Xavier Gazon

TaboOTaboO

Immerse yourself in this immersive musical experience with electrokinetic instruments and sound synthesis.

‘TabooTaboo’ is a musical project orchestrated by sound artist Xavier Gazon, creator of unique instruments powered by electromechanical elements and sensors interacting with a modular synthesizer.

Each instrument in ‘TabooTaboo’ is a work of art in its own right, capable of generating unheard-of sounds. But the magic happens when these mechanisms come to life, triggering automated instruments and creating a captivating and poetic symphony. In each performance, Xavier Gazon improvises an enchanting story, transporting the audience on a sensory journey through exotic lands and imaginary soundscapes.

TabooTaboo explores concepts such as ‘sound synthesis,’ ‘sound physics,’ ‘acoustics,’ ‘electromechanics,’ and ‘do-it-yourself.’ It thus offers a captivating performance both for music and science enthusiasts.

Xavier Gazon is a composer, sound artist, and performer who pushes the boundaries of sound art by exploring electromechanics and sound synthesis. Let yourself be surprised by a world where music and technology meet, where vibrations and sound waves are the raw materials of a fascinating artistic performance.

Pauline Mikó

PLUIES

PLUIES is an innovative artistic project that explores the interface between electronic music and plant biodiversity.

Created by artist Pauline Mikó, PLUIES creates an immersive experience where the human body and plants enter into a symbiotic relationship to produce organic electronic music. Using modular synthesis, botany and bioelectronic sensors, Pauline Mikó creates an audiovisual performance that invites the audience to rediscover the relationship between humans and nature through the universal language of music.

Pauline Mikó is a visual and sound artist whose work explores the boundaries between art, technology and nature. A graphic arts graduate, she began the PLUIES project inspired by her travels and artistic encounters in Iceland. With PLUIES, she invites audiences to rethink their relationship with living things and to recognise music as a shared language between humans and nature.

Precy Numbi

Robot sapiens Kimbalambala

This exhibition and travelling performance offer an insight into the engaged artistic universe of an eco-futurist creator.

Precy Numbi is a visual artist, sculptor and performer who uses his art to raise public awareness of contemporary environmental and social issues. A graduate of the Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts, Numbi is politically committed to human rights through militant performances in public spaces.

His works and performances explore themes of resistance, human resilience and environmental degradation. He uses recycled materials such as used plastic bottles, car bodies and electronic waste to create poetic films, analogue characters, living sculptures and contemporary masks. By interacting with the audience, he invites everyone to think about their own responsibility for preserving the planet and come up with creative solutions for a better future.

Fabwest

Urban water recovery installation

Rhizome

Plantswap

Join the Brussels plantswap community!

‘What is a plantswap?’

This cosy occasion brings together houseplant and garden lovers to share their plants and cuttings to expand their collection of green friends. The perfect opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts, make new contacts and learn tips & tricks. You simply bring what you have at home and offer it to others.

By exchanging plants and cuttings for free, you counterbalance the capitalist production system: many houseplants are produced in ecologically dubious conditions and sold at high prices, to be consumed as decorative items that are discarded when their health deteriorates.

Help encourage the circular economy and increase your knowledge of plants at the same time!

Graffiti fresco

Noio Games (Thomas van den Berg)

Cloud Gardens

Explore the interaction between nature and urban planning in this creative video game. Plant seeds to rejuvenate and transform overgrown, decaying urban environments into thriving spaces. Create unique dioramas with the healing power of nature and let your imagination run wild as you turn urban landscapes into green paradises.

Cloud Gardens is a garden simulator, dystopian landscape builder and puzzle game that offers frustration-free fun. Share your creations with fellow gardeners, download videos of other dioramas, and immerse yourself in the generative soundscapes of Amos Roddy, the composer of Kingdom.

The relaxing nature of Cloud Gardens encourages creativity. The video game has a huge catalog of objects and plants for you to choose from.

Watch the trailer of the game via the following link: https://youtu.be/pZ6x-Ueoz_Y?si=wC4ggGXQjWLeg5b7

Mâalem Driss Filali & Koyo de Bxl

Discover Gnawa music

The music, singing, and dancing of the Gwanas are part of Moroccan folk culture. Originally, their musical performances were religiously inspired. However, the meeting between Gwana and Jazz musicians in the early ’70s made the music known outside the community as well.

Driss Filali is a ‘mâalem’ or Gwana master, and one of the key artists from the Moroccan diaspora in Brussels. He is a member of MetX groups such as Marockin’ Brass and Banda Quetzal, and is the co artistic coordinator of the Gwana training program Karkaba.

As the son of mâalem Selam, Driss Filali grew up in Morocco in a cummunity where Gwana culture is omnipresent. At a young age, he learned to play music with his father and his cousin, mâalem Hamid. Together, they perform during various lila’s, traditional spiritual healing rituals, in Morocco and at festivals in France and Belgium. Enjoy their captivating music rhythms and whirlwind choreographies at CurieuCity.

Odd Paper

Create your own personalised, sustainable notebook

Creating a personalized notebook from various types of collected paper.

OddPaper? That’s a Brussels-based company that crafts sustainable, personalizable notebooks from old paper sourced from local printers and companies. The notebooks are made entirely from 100% reclaimed paper. The company collects, sorts, and creatively repurposes Belgium’s own paper waste to create unique, personalized notebooks. In this workshop, you can learn how to handle and repurpose waste paper yourself.

Join this distinctive and practical workshop during CurieuCity. Create a personalized notebook from different types of collected and reclaimed paper and immerse yourself in the circular economy and the reuse of materials. At the same time, discover the fascinating story behind OddPaper, founded by Nastasia Anzad, and learn about various binding techniques. Whether you have a passion for writing, drawing or simply want to contribute to a more sustainable world: this workshop is for you!

To register for this activity, click here.

Carré & Co asbl

Upcycling Fitness Granito

This activity is only available in NL-FR

Sport, art, and science all in one workshop! Create your own Granito wall tiles in this fun upcycling workshop suitable for all ages. Upcycling is a form of recycling where the processed product has the same or even better quality: like a new bag made from old denim or new furniture from old oil drums.

In this ‘sporty’ workshop, learn about the production chain and circular economy, and discover how to reuse bricks to create beautiful wall tiles.

Break your own used red bricks and shape them into lovely Granito wall tiles in this short workshop by Carré&Co vzw. Will you soon tile your bathroom with self-made tiles?

Carré & Co asbl raises awareness, creates and develops art and craft forms applied to urban design, the plastic arts, architecture and scenography.

Carré & Co develops inclusive and creative projects for the appropriation of public space with residents and neighbourhood associations in Brussels.

Their projects encourage practices based on re-use, personal well-being and encounters between diverse people.

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