Exhibition

ville, paysage urbain

Pauline Vanden Neste & Tom Lyon

Zones

The Brussels Canal has undergone numerous changes throughout history. Once, it served as a natural barrier for the city, but today, this former industrial district undergoing redevelopment represents a significant economical, social, and real estate asset for the Brussels of tomorrow.

The photographic series “Zones” is a visual exploration of the areas around the Brussels canal. Through the lenses of young photographers Pauline Vanden Neste and Tom Lyon, you are invited to discover areas of this emblematic district, the way it comes alive, and the people who live there.

Formerly an industrial center, these areas are now the scene of major urban change, particularly within the framework of the Canal Plan, which aims to revitalise waterfront areas and create new residential and commercial spaces.

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.

Aline Yasmin

Sound poetry and other landscapes

This activity is only available in FR.

Poet Aline Yasmin moves around the city, in different places and circumstances, to produce a sound installation highlighting the diversity of Brussels.

The poetic project stresses the importance of listening to the city and valorizing the richness of its multicultural human presence, which she calls the poetic soundscape.

The audio sequences, looped for 18 minutes, are designed to immerse the audience in a listening experience that highlights the diversity of Brussels’ everyday voices. This soundscape is an attempt to capture the essence of Brussels through its sounds – human and otherwise – interwoven with its thoughts.

Irene Gutiérrez Torres

Reel Borders – Moroccan women’s film collection

Join us for a screening of short essay films created during a participatory filmmaking workshop in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa bordering Morocco.

Thirteen women produced these short films over a three-month Participatory Filmmaking workshop situated in Ceuta. Participatory Filmmaking employs collaborative techniques enabling groups to create films about issues they deem significant.

The films’ narrators are cross-border Moroccan women working in domestic service, residing irregularly in Ceuta and representing approximately eight hundred women. These individuals have become part of a larger group of long-term undocumented migrants across Europe. The films do not show faces; this choice serves two purposes: to preserve their anonymity and to comment on their status as ‘invisible women.’ Instead of showcasing faces, the films focus on spaces. We view their world through their eyes, not ours.

Participatory filmmaking serves to elevate their voices and bring their stories to the forefront. For these women, participatory filmmaking is not just a medium—it’s a powerful tool for advocacy and empowerment. The films will be showed in loop during the whole festivalweekend.