Antoine Bertin

Aquatic Conversations

Antoine Bertin explores the conversation of aquatic species through scuba diving, field recording and machine learning. His research draws on advanced machine listening techniques to try and decode the intricate ways of beluga whale communication.

Presented for the first time as part of CurieuCity, Antoine will propose an intimate and immersive radiophonic plea for marine conservation, immersing audiences in the fascinating world of listening to the ocean. Blending spoken word, artistic visualisation and immersive soundscapes, this experience draws listeners into the deep, often unheard dialogues of the sea.

“The microscope enabled humans to see anew, with both our eyes and our imaginations. Digital acoustics are an invention of similar significance. Like the microscope, they function like a scientific prosthetic: as they extend our sense of hearing, they expand our perceptual and conceptual horizons.” – Karen Bakker, Research Question

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Daniel Linehan & Michael Helland

Land Connection Practice

Daniel Linehan and Michael Helland guide outdoor embodied movement practices to help us to connect with our senses and our environment.
They create time for physical play and moments of active urban meditation, to re-connect to our bodies and to our surroundings inside the space of a park. A park is a human-cultivated place, but also a place that responds to a basic human need to connect with the more-than-human, with green grass and blue sky and the wild beings that fly above and burrow below.
We will stand, walk, listen, talk, and move together to inhabit a place in the here and now, with our full bodies and our open attention.
The Land Connection Practices are accessible for everybody: citizens, visitors, commuters, … dancers or non-dancers alike.

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Daniel Linehan

Iris

In his solo “Iris”, Linehan considers how movement and words can be a form of magic, a way to cast new spells. His dance and his poetry aim to give voice to the invisible connections that join us together with our fellow living beings near and far – the plants and the birds, the insects and mushrooms, the sky and the living Earth. In ancient Greek mythology, Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and a messenger of hope. Linehan sees hope in the process of learning to see our inherent relatedness with the colorful spectrum of planetary life that we are a part of.

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Marion Neumann

The Mushroom Speaks

What if the fungus could help us address and radically change our relationship to this world?
CurieuCity wraps up the fungi night with a screening of the documentary The Mushroom Speaks. The film explores the healing qualities of fungi and their ability to regenerate. This personal journey takes on a walk alongside parasites, symbionts and decomposers offering ideas of both interconnectedness and collaboration. Driven by a vision of resistance, the encounters seek possibilities of renewal and question what connects us when the world seems to be falling apart. With mushrooms and their allies the film invites to imagine a myco-cultural (r)evolution.

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Credits:

With: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Franz Xaver Vollenweider, Peter McCoy, Geoffroy Renaud, Ursula Weiher, Vanja Palmers, Frida Krieger
Direction & Image: Marion Neumann
Sound Design & Music: Olga Kokcharova
Editing: Marion Neumann, Orsola Valenti
Sound Editing & Mix: Adrien Kessler
Image Postproduction Studio: Studio Rougegorge, Robin Erard
Camera Assistant: David Huwiler
Graphic Design: Thomas Perrodin
Website: Jeff Gaudinet, Raphaël Arbuz

Production: Intermezzo Films SA, Katia Monla & Luc Peter
Production Assistant: Aurélie Oliveira Pernet, Stéphanie Severino
Administration: Karla Kolder
Accounting: Annick Kammacher

ANAGRAM ASBL

Fungi Night / Anagram – Culinary Performance

Immerse yourself in a sensory journey where art and ecology come together around a table. For Fungi Night, Anagram invites you to a one-of-a-kind performance dinner, where every bite connects you to the artists’ works and the secrets of mycelium. A rare and intense moment, to be savoured without moderation.

Anagram, the Brussels-based association that reinvents environmental awareness through contemporary art, is offering you an exceptional opportunity to share in the experience. During this dinner, the creations of the artists present are transformed into an immersive culinary experience, inviting each guest to explore the subtle links between nature, art and gastronomy.

Practical information:

Registration required (places limited).
Participation free of charge.

Join us for an evening where flavours, ideas and emotions weave together like the threads of a mycelium.

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Joske Ruytinx (VUB), XX person SpecXCraft (ULB), Sara Manente, Britt Bakker

Fungi Talks

Engage in a thought-provoking panel discussion with experts and artists, including Joske Ruytinx, SpecXCraft, Sara Manente, and Britt Bakker, as they react to the fungi exhibition. Moderate by XX.

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Valckenaere Tom

Under the Swamp – World

Xavier Gazon

Circuit bending hub

This activity is only available in FR

In this interactive workshop, Xavier Gazon invites you to discover the art of circuit bending, a practice similar to hardware hacking. Learn how to hijack the internal circuits of electronic objects to create new sounds and sound effects. With a little imagination and creativity, you can give a second life to discarded devices and transform them into unique and original musical instruments. It’s a fun and educational experience, where music goes hand in hand with craft and innovation to create something truly unique.

Circuit bending and hardware piracy are often associated with the idea of “open source”, which encourages sharing and collaboration around knowledge and resources. This philosophy also applies to the field of electronic music, where circuit bending enthusiasts often share their discoveries, techniques and creations with other enthusiasts, encouraging the emergence of new ideas and projects.

Xavier Gazon is Belgian a music composer, sound artist and performer who works with modular synthesizers, homemade electronic instruments and electro-acoustic instruments.

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