Damien Petitot

Déjà-vu

Dive into the universe of “Déjà-vu,” Damien Petitot’s video installation, a striking introspection on surveillance in public space. Confront yourself with the impact of emerging technologies like facial recognition and machine learning. It’s an invitation to examine our relationship with devices that watch us, often without our knowledge.

The piece welcomes you with an interactive mirror screen, where a discreet camera analyzes your face, assessing age, gender, emotions, and ethnic origin. Transforming this data into live-generated images, it reveals to us how algorithms perceive us, questioning the formation of visual stereotypes.

Damien challenges us: are we simplified into clichés through the gaze of observing machines? “Déjà-vu” dares you to consider how surveillance shapes our lives, emphasizing the importance of privacy and awareness of the stakes of personal data processing. A call to reflection on identity and self-perception in the digital age.

Benjamin Gaulon

2.4 GHz

Discover the 2.4 GHz project, a bold exploration of the underbelly of urban surveillance initiated by Benjamin Gaulon in 2008. Through the clever use of wireless video receivers, this initiative sheds light on the pervasive surveillance devices in our cities. Signals, easily interceptable by those equipped with the right technology, reveal the prevalence of hidden cameras, confronting us with the fragility of privacy.

Gaulon traveled through numerous European cities, capturing images from these receivers to compose revealing documentaries. Then, through a public installation of these devices, he made the invisible visible, educating city dwellers about the extent of surveillance they undergo daily.

In this interactive exhibition, you are invited to navigate the networks of wireless surveillance cameras, tracing signals like modern urban explorers.

Dynamorphe

Pézize

Immerse yourself in the world of “Pézize”, the monumental inflatable installation that redefines the art of space.

Designed by Dynamorphe, “Pézize” is an artisic installation that engages in a dialogue between inside and outside, playing with transparencies and levels through its perforated volumes and bold octahedral structure. It invites you to wander between patios and walkways, under filtered light that sculpts time and space, creating an architectural experience that is both captivating and soothing.

“Pézize” transcends the limits of traditional inflatable structures by embracing complex geometric shapes and inverted double curves. The aesthetic tension, underlined by a play of contrasting colours, maintains the balance of this innovative pneumatic architecture. Dynamorphe stands out for its innovative approach, integrating scientific techniques to create living, reactive spaces .

Xavier Gazon

GAHALANA

What is the impact of music on plants?

In a harmonious marriage between art, science, and nature, Xavier Gazon’s art installation “Gahalana” offers a unique immersive experience where plants become listeners to a polyphonic orchestra on magnetic tapes.

“Gahalana” is a bucolic sonic ecosystem inspired by scientific studies on the interaction between sound and plants. Xavier Gazon, artist and sound luthier, created this installation to express the subtleties of botanical communication.

As visitors wander through this sound garden, they are invited to listen closely to the vibratory whispers and be carried away by this multisensory experience presented for the first time to the public.

Xavier Gazon, a composer, sound artist, and performer, uses techniques to unveil the secrets of the plant kingdom. He invites you to reconsider our relationship with plants and perceive the richness of their sonic world. Immerse yourself in a sensory experience that will broaden your perspectives on interspecies communication and the impact of sound on nature.

Marion Sehier

Les contours de terre

‘Les contours de terre’ are fragments of biological and non-biological soil imprints. They make a poetic link between the structures of the soil and the way in which landscapes are formed. In the form of models, they question the interdependence of the microcosm and the macrocosm, and attempt to preserve the vestiges of a soil in transition.

A visual artist and market gardener, Marion grows shapes made up of intention and chance, born of a tense dialogue between control and letting go. Her work is built around a fragile alchemy, a tenuous space in which simple forms are transformed into fictional memories. A place of wonder and powerlessness, it is often the landscape of ruins that remains and imposes itself in his installations. It is no longer time that operates, but the acceleration of an entropic movement that shows the fragility of a world between calm and tumult.

Marion Séhier, born in 1987, lives and works in Brussels. She studied cross-disciplinary art at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art d’Avignon (FR) and sculpture at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts in Brussels.

Microflavours

Exhibition on vertical farming

This activity is only available in NL-FR

Microflavours is Brussels’ most impressive indoor vertical farm, and it invites you to discover the fascinating world of urban agriculture.

Microflavours’s projects are a great way to discover how to grow micro-sprouts and mushrooms in an urban environment.

Micro sprouts are young vegetable shoots harvested early in their growth stage, just after the first leaves appear. They are rich in flavour and nutrients, often more concentrated than their mature versions. Microflavours’ vertical farm uses a hydroculture method, where plants are grown without soil and receive the necessary nutrients via an aqueous solution. This innovative approach makes efficient use of water and resources while guaranteeing fresh, high-quality produce.

Discover this blend of technology, sustainability and culinary prowess in the heart of Brussels.

Cassamajor O. Ánima (BackToSoilsBasics)

Eco-futuristic water tower

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Explore the essence of urban innovation with Back2SoilBasics’ eco-futuristic water tower installation. This art installation, orchestrated by the next generation – Albert School students and KET&CO – is a centre for collaboration, education and the experience of nature.

This castle is not only a symbol of urban water resilience, but also a living laboratory. Here you have the opportunity to engage with radical architecture and direct politics. It invites you to explore what it means to visit a park and observe nature. While absorbing the surrounding nature, you are invited to experience water in all its forms and learn more about the importance of sustainability in our cities.

Back2SoilBasics is a collective that focuses on the restoration of the earth, centred on putting a decolonised ecology into practice.

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.

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.