Collective Exhibition

Science (De)constructed

Science (De)constructed is an invitation to explore how human knowledge—be it scientific, artistic, or historical—is constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed. Organised by Ohme, this exhibition takes place in the Archives of the City of Brussels, a symbolic venue to question memory, transmission, and the preservation of knowledge.

The exhibition adopts a critical and transdisciplinary approach to scientific research processes and the mechanisms that shape our individual and collective understanding. It examines the methods, tools, and biases involved in the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, while reflecting on the fragility, plurality, and subjectivity of human truths.

With:

Sophie van Eck, Louise Charlier, Stephanie Roland, Mieke Sterken, Valery Vermeulen, Pasquale Nardonne

Space Night

Let yourself be transported on a sensory and intellectual journey through space and the cosmic mysteries that surround us! Space Night is the perfect evening to sharpen your curiosity and expand your horizons, diving into the vastness of the universe through a series of captivating interventions, projections, and discussions, suitable for both beginners and astronomy enthusiasts.

17 :00 – Stars, Black Holes & Co. by Sophie van Eck

How about a journey through the Universe? Embark on a virtual tour where we will explore stars, exoplanets, and even black holes, while discovering the latest scientific findings. This adventure will remind us of the importance of preserving our planet, while offering a fascinating perspective on our place in the vastness of the universe.

18:00 – Roscosmic speculative space agency : rethinking the link between Space and the Earth, by Louise Charlier

Louise Charlier focuses on the observation of space, her place of experimentation and representation, between art, science and narrative. At the crossroads of art and science, the world-project named « Roscosmic speculative space agency » is a transmedial narrative project that plays on the fluid boundary between fiction and reality. By sharing a common vocabulary with space agencies, the aim is to question these dominant imaginaries, the veracity of their representations of the cosmos and their impact on our societies. For Louise Charlier, installations are possible worlds, fictional enclaves in objective reality that invite viewers to “build hope on the edge of the abyss” by immersing themselves in an alternative version of reality.

18:45 – The Empty Sphere by Stéphanie Roland

This experimental documentary delves into a space object and its slow drift into the darkness of a space graveyard. A scientist shares her attachment to this object and the absence of images of the mysterious site. This reverse science-fiction journey blends real and fictional archives, taking us to the edges of an invisible and almost inaccessible place.

19:15 – Antarctica: an icy window to the universe, by Mieke Sterken

Travel with us to Antarctica, the coldest continent on Earth, where scientists try to decipher not only the secrets of the ice, but also those of the universe. Why is Antarctica so interesting for space research? Is living in an Antarctic research base like living in a space station? What are the Southern Lights? And why do scientists go all the way to Antarctica to collect meteorites? You will find out all about it in this presentation!

20 :00 – Mikromedas AdS/CFT 001, by Valery Vermeulen

Mikromedas AdS/CFT 001 is a a concept driven project from Dr Valery Vermeulen. It is an invitation to contemplate the nature of reality, an odyssey focusing on the most enigmatic, exotic objects in space – black holes. With this piece Vermeulen augments art and science using data sonfication to transform data streams from various simulation models of black holes into sound and music.The similarly title album Mikromedas AdS/CFT 001 is released on London based label Ash International, subsidiary of the renownded Touch label. Mastering was done by Simon Scott, also known as the drummer of the band Slowdive. Upon release the album was picked up internationallyand was nominated with an Honorary Mention for the S+T+Arts Prize Ars Electronica issued on behalf of the European Commission. Mikromedas AdS/CFT 001 resides within the space sound project Mikromedas, a data-driven musical project in which compositions are created using data stemming from space, deep space and astrophysical simulation models.

Moderated by Pasquale Nardonne

21:00-22:00 – Space Cocktails

To register click here: https://www.billetweb.fr/curieucity-marolles

Michel Goyon

ART ET MARGES MUSEE : ARBORESCENCES

CurieuCity invites you to visit the Art et marges musée, free of charge, where artist Michel Goyon will give a guided tour of his “Arborescences” exhibition.

For over forty years, Michel Goyon (1963) has been developing a complex, hybrid body of work, in which plastic experiments and cultural, artistic and scientific references intertwine in a perpetual quest for meaning. A visionary, he draws his inspiration from fields as varied as contemporary art, mathematics, American comics, alternative culture, art brut and science fiction. His work, spread over some 1,400 pages of illustrated notebooks, large-scale drawings and volumes, blurs the boundaries between the real and the imaginary.

The Arborescences exhibition, curated by Thibault Leonardis and Roberta Trapani, offers an immersive retrospective of Michel Goyon, spanning his entire career through an interactive multimedia journey. A monograph, co-published by Knock Outsider, the Art et marges musée and Patrimoines irréguliers de France, accompanies the event, rethinking the boundaries between art brut and contemporary art.

To register click here: https://www.billetweb.fr/curieucity-marolles

François Gaspard & Boris Wilmot

Sine

Come onto the stage to learn, step by step, how to create your own electronic music!

Sine is an audiovisual lecture-performance that, from both a physicist’s and a musician’s perspective, explores how electronic music producers design sound and compose music. Starting with a simple sine wave, this experience playfully and interactively delves into the physics of sound, synthesis, and electronic music production.

The performance begins with a sine wave to demonstrate how, by adding, filtering, and manipulating these waves, we can create the three essential sounds of electronic music: the kick, snare, and hi-hat. Then, the show takes on a more musical tone, inviting you to participate in a Guitar Hero-style game to apply effects and contribute to the collective creation of a final musical composition.

Created by François Gaspard, engineer and musician, and Boris Wilmot, graphic designer and digital artist, Sine offers a unique opportunity to discover, play with, and understand electronic music in a new light.

Friday 29/11:

19:00 – 20:00

Saturday 30/11 – Sine, 2 performances scheduled as follows:

14:00 – 15:00
16:00 – 17:00

Sunday 1/12:

16:00 – 17:00

To register click here: https://www.billetweb.fr/curieucity-marolles

The Rubberbodies Collective

One More Drop

How much can a person contain? Working in a laboratory day in and day out. Between glass tubes, vials and refrigerators, organising blood. While pandemics spread and wars are fought. Disaster approaches from a distance.

This installation is the backdrop for the performance with the same title. The artworks centre blood as a performative agent and explore fantasy and mysticism surrounding leaking bodies, political borders and a sense of connection.

Erik Etienne

Discover the house sparrow

The Wiels Marsh is an island of nature lost in the middle of an ocean of houses. On its shores lies our city. In the marsh, when the wind blows, the reed beds sing and when the clouds pass overhead, they like to look at themselves in the water. But really, what’s the point of a marsh in a city? Whether they’re sedentary like the sparrow, summering like the swift and the warbler, overwintering like the gull, or simply on a migratory stopover like the common sandpiper, the birds that frequent the marsh (100 species in all) all benefit from this place in one way or another. Let’s take a look at some of these relationships between birds and the Wiels Marsh.

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Repair Together asbl

Mobile Repair Café

The Mobile Repair Café is a traveling and collaborative object repair workshop. It is the mobile version of the Repair Cafés that moves around to bring the co-repair experience to life. It includes:

– A reception area to ask your questions, learn about Repair Cafés, discover our missions and actions, discuss new modes of consumption;

– A repair space equipped with all the necessary tools and a large workbench to perform repairs together, learn, discover, share;

– A “café” area to meet people, wait for a repair, connect with Repair Café volunteers, and exchange ideas with neighbors…

The Mobile Repair Café is a traveling tool to discover the values and operation of Repair Cafés, to participate and share knowledge about repair, to raise awareness about waste reduction and the circular economy, and to strive for a more sustainable world.

Depending on the skills of the volunteer repairers present on the day, you can come and repair small appliances, electronic devices, computer equipment, bicycles, clothes, and/or sharpen your kitchen knives and scissors!

People will be served in the order of arrival.

Super Terram & CiDéSol

Walk and soil analysis

Workshop available only in French

Join us for a workshop to discover the soils of Park West. The workshop will begin with an informative walk where we will collect soil samples while learning about the characteristics and impact of pollution on our soils. The 45-minute walk will be followed by a hands-on workshop on producing chromatographs to analyse the nutrient and carbon content of soil.

Soil chromatography is an analytical method used to separate and identify the chemical components present in a soil sample. The technique is based on the difference in speed at which substances move through a stationary support under the action of a mobile fluid. For soils, it is particularly useful for analysing the content of nutrients, carbon and other organic or mineral substances.

To register for this activity, click here.