Agenda des activités

During this residency, composer and performer Nathalie Kruger, film sound engineer Alexis Oscari, and visual artist 眯腊 Mira, creator of the Fōz Machine, will come together to finalize their interactive installation project, blending long-exposure photography and video…

Transcultures and its partners invite you to meet Kotryna Žilinskaitė and discover her research during the Sfere workshop, where body, voice, and gesture become tools of expression and connection — both inward, toward inner experience, and outward, toward the world around us.

As part of her residency at Transcultures from February to June 2025, Lithuanian artist Kotryna Žilinskaitė is also conducting doctoral research on sound and bodily practices, in connection with neurodivergent individuals, including those on the autism spectrum and/or living with mental health challenges…

“Life is a Lab” is a live audiovisual performance that blends poetic tinkering, critical engagement, and low-tech aesthetics. Set on a compact stage transformed into a visual laboratory, the piece brings to life a miniature world where repurposed objects, resistance archives, recycled materials, and real-time footage are animated under…

“Life is a Lab” is a live audiovisual performance that blends poetic tinkering, critical engagement, and low-tech aesthetics. Set on a compact stage transformed into a visual laboratory, the piece brings to life a miniature world where repurposed objects, resistance archives, recycled materials, and real-time footage are animated under…

TEXT IMAGE is a series of international academic symposia dedicated to exploring the interactions between text, sound, and image in various artistic and technological contexts. These events bring together researchers, artists, and professionals to discuss the relationships and synergies between these three forms of expression…

After a kick-off event in August 2024 with some 35 artists, followed by the December Presentation Series – an initiative to bring new art trends and practices to life in a more short format – the Planned Accidents project, initiated and directed by the artist Rafael, returns with a…

After an initial residency at Transcultures in 2024, artist Rafael (working between Liège and Seoul) returns to the Couvent d’Hautrage for another residency at Transcultures to further develop his new installation project, A propos de Marie, a polyphonic and multicultural dialogue…

“Murmure de la Bête” is a research project exploring the relationship between primal instincts and structured movement, inspired by Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow self. It examines how raw, instinctive forces not only coexist with control but also enrich and redefine the composition of movement…

At the invitation of the independent Parisian record store “Le Souffle Continu”, Alexandre Castant and Philippe Franck, authors of the essay “Correspondances dans le labyrinthe des sons” (Editions La Lettre volée, Brussels, 2024) are invited to a meeting/discussion presented and moderated by curator Fabienne Grasser-Fulchéri…

This residency, combining sound and digital creation with research (in collaboration with the hypermedia laboratory CiTU-Paragraphe at Paris 8, of which both designers are members), will focus on developing the second part of iA VOX®, linked to the research-creation project VOX ePŒTICS. This project, tied to Philippe Franck’s doctoral…

Transcultures and the European Pépinières of Creation are pleased to support the call for participation in the Art of Remembrance project, which invites creators from around the world to reimagine the legacy of World War II through contemporary art. Deadline 05.02.2025. Grant €10,000 + accommodation and various expenses…

Following its launch event in August 2024, which showcased some 35 artists, “Planned Accidents” continues its momentum with a series of events titled “Presentation Series,” aimed at identifying new trends and artistic practices…

Si la fourchette a cessé d’évoluer depuis longtemps, pourquoi n’en est-il pas de même pour la machine à laver ? Qui se sert des programmes aux noms lyriques apparus sur nos machines à laver ces dernières années ? Mathilde Schoenauer Sebag propose avec *Lou et le mystère du cycle…

L’artiste Fred Chemama, soutenu tout au long de l’année 2024 par Transcultures et les European Pepinieres of Creation a été sélectionné pour participer à cette résidence pluridisciplinaire avec 4 autres artistes internationaux : Laura Burns, Annie Graham, Diane Zillmer, Elizabeth Guerrero. Les artistes sélectionnés ont été invités à soumettre…

The advent of digital technology offers unprecedented opportunities to rethink the planning, governance and promotion of territories. Editorialization and digital territorial marketing help to forge distinctive identities for cities, while urban sociability technologies and digital mapping facilitate a better understanding of and interaction with urban space…

IN & OUT / OUT & IN aims to be a Mediterranean space for multidisciplinary encounters, debates, and South-North/North-South exchanges. A space that opens up perspectives for critical reflection and cross-cutting debates between artists and researchers. Three days of exchanges, four panels, one roundtable, a transmedia poster space, and…

This “ex/position” was born from the desire to bring together, within the same dynamic and the same space/time, the dimensions of research/sciences (the conference “TEXTE IMAGE 7”) and creation/arts. It features a selection of multi/inter-media works that highlight a hybridization of practices, imaginaries, and forms…

This new “HARMONY” event takes place as part of the TEACH PEACE project, a virtual exhibition promoting harmony through art at the Second Life Endowment for the Arts…

Kamer Negen / K9 presents a dual exhibition featuring two Belgian artists with unique trajectories. Vincent Strebelle, a sculptor and painter, has spent over five decades exploring materials and forms, transforming everyday objects and diverse materials into poetic and monumental works. Alongside him is Alain Wergifosse, a pioneering Belgian…

#MétaversCity is a hybrid project bridging the metaverse and the real city, exploring the fusion of tangible and virtual realities in the post-digital era. Anchored in Tétouan, this research-creation initiative invites students to design an open and innovative shared space by connecting the physical and the digital, the social…

The multimedia creator Fred Chemama, supported throughout 2024 by Transcultures and the European Pepinieres of Creation, has been selected to participate in this multidisciplinary residency alongside four other international artists: Laura Burns, Annie Graham, Diane Zillmer, and Elizabeth Guerrero…

This November, the objkt.one platform will participate in Paris Photo, one of the world’s most prestigious international photography fairs, celebrating its 27th edition with a return to the iconic Grand Palais venue. With the support of Transcultures, objkt.one will highlight a series of works by Lorna Mills, including a…

Initiated in Paris in 2002 by Khaldoun Zreik/laboratory CiTU Paragraphe-University Paris 8, the Computer Art Congress (CAC) is an interdisciplinary academic event that investigates art and science from various perspectives. CAC.8 particularly emphasizes the role of minority and underrepresented communities in shaping the arts at local and regional levels…

Since 2004, Isa*Belle (holistic masseuse, artist of the senses) has been working with sound creator Paradise Now (Philippe Franck’s solo and collaborative artistic project) to create sound installations and performances from an impermanent interlacing of singing bowls (Tibetan, Vietnamese, Indian, crystal…), gongs, bells and other vibrating objects/instruments…

Founded in 2004 by German electronic pioneer Hans-Joachim Roedelius (co-founder in the 70s of Cluster, Harmonia, collaborator of Brian Eno) and organized by the members of the Roedelius family, More Ohr Less is an annual meeting place for musicians and those interested in art, culture and science for artistic…

This documentary film (2014) directed by Anne-Laure Chamboissier and Philippe Franck in collaboration with Gilles Coudert is based on interviews with the late poet-performer-artist Bernard Heidsieck and other major figures in sound poetry, (Jean-Pierre Bobillot, Olivier Cadiot, Laurent Cauwet, Anne-James Chaton, Paul-Armand Gette, John Giorno, Françoise Janicot, Arnaud…

During her residency in sound creation at the Camille Claudel Museum, the young French artist Anne-Line Drocourt drew her inspiration and raw material from the testimonies of visitors observing the museum’s works, as well as from everyday experiences and encounters at the Domaine du Tournefou. Her residency project therefore…

Following her creative residency at Transcultures, Joyul, a Korean sound artist and explorer, presents a performance centered around the daxophone (an invention by German musician Hans Reichel—a wooden tongue mounted on a tripod with contact microphones…) in a new, vibrant environment aimed at discovering a fresh sonic flow…

Toujours piloté par son initiateur Pierre-Jean Vranken*, cette manifestation audio libertaire, conviviale, fédératrice et intimiste propose cette fois encore une programmation qui présente tant des artistes belges qu’internationaux, des références internationales (dont, pour cette édition, le compositeur maximaliste Charlemagne Palestine et la violoniste Iva Bittova), des labels de référence…

The exhibition explores the tension and harmony between two universes often perceived as opposites: the sacred, imbued with spirituality, rituals, and mysticism, and the profane, rooted in everyday reality and materialism. Through a variety of works, the exhibition invites reflection on the blurred boundary between these two dimensions, while…

At the dawn of the 20th century, as industrial landscapes emerged amid the clamor of machines, deafening noise, and pervasive soot, the women working in the mines carved out lives shaped by relentless hardship, yet also by an unyielding resilience. These silent heroines, too often sidelined in historical accounts,…

For several years, Transcultures has been a partner of the Lumen event initiated by the Maison de la Marionnette in Tournai and which makes the link with digital arts. For this ninth edition, Transcultures is once again in charge of the Digital Emergences section and exhibition, bringing together installations…

During her residency at Transcultures, Joyul will primarily work with her daxophone (an invention by German musician Hans Reichel – a wooden strip attached to a tripod with contact microphones, played with a bow, and a dax, a curved wooden piece with one side fretted) in a new, vibrant…

Pour ce cycle d’ateliers, qui ne demande pas forcément de connaissance technique préalable, le “bidouillage” sera l’art, le jeu et la science d’explorer la création de sons et de musique avec n’importe quel élément quotidien comme des objets amplifiés, des  appareils électroniques détournés de leur fonction originale, des ordinateurs,…

Dans cet atelier d’initiation, l’accent est mis sur le développement des compétences en conception graphique et montage vidéo par une approche pédagogique et inclusive de Canva, cette application en ligne qui se présente comme une plateforme idéale pour les débutant.es, offrant une interface simplifiée qui rend la création graphique…

Why put orality and reported speech forms at the center of our concerns? Following the “Ci-dit” conferences, which focused particularly on digital genres (more in their scriptural dimension) and on graphic material supports, it seemed important to re-examine the imaginations and forms of contemporary oralities in relation to the…

Comme pour d’autres ateliers CreaMakers, l’atelier d’introduction aux NFT (jeton non fongible) et à la Blockchain vise à démystifier ces technologies et les outils qui les accompagnent, rendant ainsi accessible leur compréhension et leur utilisation pratique à tout un chacun. Aucune prérequis n’est nécessaire pour cette…

Transcultures and the European Pepinieres of Creation are pleased to be partners of the Art in Country of Tokyo 2024. AICOT festival is an interdisciplinary artistic event of international dimension, which takes place in the 23 wards of Tokyo, as well as in the Tama region and on the island…

Alain Wergifosse supported by Transcultures is hosted in September by the WeSA Sound Arts Center (South Korea) in their residency center located on Jeju Island offering all the technical and logistical facilities. The sound and visual artist will develop a new, more mobile performance device, work on the material…

L’exposition que l’artiste Alain Wergifosse a préparé en résidence Pépinières à East Atelier Gallery présente plusieurs projets que l’artiste a mené depuis 2020. Au cœur de ces photographies, pièces sonores et vidéos, on retrouve cette notion de feedback et ce processus de régénération qui animent également les cycles de…

Transcultures Europe and the European Pepinieres of Creation are pleased to present the 3d UNIT ACADEMIA event, a new series of multidisciplinary presentations initiated in Seoul -in March 2024- by Rafael (a Belgian visual and multimedia artist, also organizer of the ALEA and De Noize experimental arts festivals) together…

For the opening of its September festival, Kote invites Transcultures and the European Pépinières de Création to present a sound performance: Isa*Belle’s “Sonic Shower”, never before presented in South East Asia. With “Sonic Shower”, the artist Isa*Belle has been developing a project for years that can take the form…

Transcultures is pleased to be able to honor the invitation of Rafael Sanchez, artistic director of the Planned Accidents festival by presenting performances of sound and intermedia artists here from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation: Alain Wergifosse, Isa*Belle and Paradise Now, as well as Rafael, also a multimedia creator supported by…

L’atelier d’introduction à la création assistée par Intelligence Artificielle vise à désacraliser ces outils, comprendre leurs différents fonctionnements et leurs biais afin de de les utiliser de manière personnelle et originale, sans peur irrationnel pour la technologie, mais tout en ayant conscience des différentes implications aux niveaux personnelle et…

In the framework of the Sonic Summer 2024, the convent garden becomes the scene of a small multi-phonic symphony of synthetic insect sounds inspired by the intense bustle of the Amazonian jungle, the lazy audio landscapes of a hot Mediterranean summer with these crickets and cicadas and the joyful…

For the past six years, the Camille Claudel Museum, in partnership with the city of Nogent-sur-Seine and the Tournefou Association, has invited an artist each year to participate in a two-month research and creation residency. The goal of this residency is to conceive an original artwork that establishes a…

This second Sonic Garden Party gives pride of place to sound arts with a Belgian discovery, Thanas Kas, who has just released his first solo album, Dans la Mogador, on the Transonic label, and a reference in Spanish experimental music, Eli Gras, who invites his long-time accomplice, Alain Wergifosse,…

In the framework of the Sonic Summer 2024, Isa*Belle (sound and holistic artist/masseuse) offers everyone 2 workshop modules (10 participants maximum) on the theme “Body in Accord” composed of autonomous sessions (2 hours each) open to all…

Comme beaucoup d’artistes multi/transdisciplinaire, Eli Gras, artiste échappe aux étiquettes et cases, déborde, conjugue en faisant des liens, entrecroise ou brise les attentes conventionnelles en dérangent les conventions établies. Elle se définit simplement comme une créatrice qui “fait des choses”. Dans une interview donné à elCorreo elle dira aussi…

Following its launch event in August 2024, which showcased some 35 artists, “Planned Accidents” continues its momentum with a series of events titled “Presentation Series,” aimed at identifying new trends and artistic practices…

Initiated in Paris in 2002 by Khaldoun Zreik/laboratory CiTU Paragraphe-University Paris 8, the Computer Art Congress (CAC) is an interdisciplinary academic event that investigates art and science from various perspectives. CAC.8 particularly emphasizes the role of minority and underrepresented communities in shaping the arts at local and regional levels…

Toujours piloté par son initiateur Pierre-Jean Vranken*, cette manifestation audio libertaire, conviviale, fédératrice et intimiste propose cette fois encore une programmation qui présente tant des artistes belges qu’internationaux, des références internationales (dont, pour cette édition, le compositeur maximaliste Charlemagne Palestine et la violoniste Iva Bittova), des labels de référence…

The exhibition explores the tension and harmony between two universes often perceived as opposites: the sacred, imbued with spirituality, rituals, and mysticism, and the profane, rooted in everyday reality and materialism. Through a variety of works, the exhibition invites reflection on the blurred boundary between these two dimensions, while…

At the dawn of the 20th century, as industrial landscapes emerged amid the clamor of machines, deafening noise, and pervasive soot, the women working in the mines carved out lives shaped by relentless hardship, yet also by an unyielding resilience. These silent heroines, too often sidelined in historical accounts,…

For several years, Transcultures has been a partner of the Lumen event initiated by the Maison de la Marionnette in Tournai and which makes the link with digital arts. For this ninth edition, Transcultures is once again in charge of the Digital Emergences section and exhibition, bringing together installations…

L’exposition que l’artiste Alain Wergifosse a préparé en résidence Pépinières à East Atelier Gallery présente plusieurs projets que l’artiste a mené depuis 2020. Au cœur de ces photographies, pièces sonores et vidéos, on retrouve cette notion de feedback et ce processus de régénération qui animent également les cycles de…

Transcultures is pleased to be able to honor the invitation of Rafael Sanchez, artistic director of the Planned Accidents festival by presenting performances of sound and intermedia artists here from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation: Alain Wergifosse, Isa*Belle and Paradise Now, as well as Rafael, also a multimedia creator supported by…

The artworks “August 30, 1991, Tokyo” and the new work “July 13, 1985, Paris” from the series of “Documentary Sculptures” by the artist Pierre Larauza (which Transcultures has supported for several years), will be exhibited at the Carreau du Temple, as part of the “Jogging Festival 2024” which is…

The artworks “August 30, 1991, Tokyo” and “October 20, 1968, Mexico” from the series “Documentary Sculptures” by the artist Pierre Larauza (which the Pépinières have supported for several years), will be exhibited at the Vaisseau in Strasbourg, as part of the exhibition “Hors Jeu” which is part of the…

This second edition of the festival Reflets Sonores, organized by the Belgian Federation of Electroacoustic Music, offers, in partnership with Transcultures, 3 exceptional evenings of sound creation in an unusual heritage site.

The artwork “February 20, 1998, Nagano” from the series “Documentary Sculptures” by the artist Pierre Larauza (which the Pépinières have supported for several years), will be exhibited at the Paul Eluard Museum of Art and History, as part of the exhibition “The Mechanics of the Exploit. The Body Put…

The artworks “August 30, 1991, Tokyo” and “October 20, 1968, Mexico” from the series “Documentary Sculptures” by the artist Pierre Larauza (which the Pépinières have supported for several years), will be exhibited at the Vaisseau in Strasbourg, as part of the exhibition “Hors Jeu” which is part of the…

The Kermesse Klub, which organizes multidisciplinary events mixing visual arts, concerts, clothes and conviviality, is back in Mons (BE). At the dawn of the Ducasse period which ignites the dragon city every year, the team has once again brought together a panel of quality regional artists and craftsmen…

The artwork “February 20, 1998, Nagano” from the series “Documentary Sculptures” initiated by the artist Pierre Larauza (which the Pépinières have supported for several years), will be exhibited at the National Museum of the History of Immigration, as part of the exhibition “Olympism, a History of the World” and…

Après le week-end d’ouverture qui s’est déroulé du 03 au 05 mai, Transcultures vous propose un nouveau rendrez-vous de rencontres et de performances. Les expositions restent accessibles jusqu’au 18 mai 2024. Vous pourrez y découvrir, dans une ambiance conviviale et une approche transversale chères à Transcultures depuis ses origines…

To celebrate its active participation in the project combining creation and training of the Hautrage convent, Transcultures, Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital and Sound Cultures, invites you, in different spaces of the convent, to a multiple event. In a friendly atmosphere and a transversal approach dear to Transcultures since its…

In his documentary sculptures project, Pierre Larauza questions the sporting gesture through art, linking history, homage and combat. Two works from the series (which Transcultures has been supporting for several years), February 20, 1998, Nagano and October 20, 1968, Mexico will be exhibited at the Carreau du Temple as…

The fourteenth edition of the “Nuits du Beau Tas” festival arrives in mid-April. This intimate and warm experimental festival offers, this year over ten days of alternative and visionary culture, a real prospective cultural offer that will make you discover or find a panel of heterogeneous artists. The programming…

As part of the exhibition, “The future is ours” organized at the Maison du Peuple in Saint-Gilles (Brussels), Karine Marenne presents the performance ‘APRON ROLE’, in the form of a video triptych including 3 videos performative…

Central offers, in collaboration with Transcultures, an exhibition of 2 young multidisciplinary artists who each explore a very particular universe and invite us to reflect on the complex relationship between humans and materials, and on the possibilities of creation and interpretation in the contemporary artistic landscape…

For this 39th edition of their international festival of hybrid and digital arts in Clermont-Ferrand, VIDEOFORMES has designed with Transcultures, a new partnership around the production of the work MATERIA by Belgian sound and visual artist Alain Wergifosse. In residence at Transcultures (at the Hautrage convent) since the end…

Le projet d’exposition initié par le Collectif LA ESPIRAL, l’ACC et l’Institut Cervantes de Fès, qui parcourt les Instituts Cervantes de Larache, Tétouan, Marrakech, Rabat, Fès et Nador depuis un an s’installe à la Galerie Mohamed El Kacimi de Fès. Des disciplines telles que la photographie, la sculpture, la…

The chimes form concentric spaces in many cities, in the north of France as in Belgium. These spaces, at the same time social, spiritual, musical, community, provided so many subjects of study and sources of inspiration for the young artists of this GMLR session. We explored our cross-border territory…

Since its creation in 2019, the Zone Libre sound arts festival has emerged as one of the essential events for sound creation in Corsica. Discovering projects that question, shake up and enrich aesthetics, the festival has established itself for its transversality, with its ability to combine sound and visual…

The Spirit of Vilnius exhibition is a tribute to Grand Duke Gediminas who in his letters written seven centuries ago invited all people of good faith to come to Vilnius and practice their religion freely. The result was a tolerance which allowed the city to have for a long…

After the first concert with the Polish artist Barbara Drazkov Drążkowska, Transcultures supports a second event of the Nuit du Beau Tas in October: the arcana #8 of the Sub Rosa label where we can discover Stephane Ginsburgh (Be) and Thérèse Malengreau (Be)

It is with great pleasure that Transcultures supports the Nuit du Beau Tas in October 2023 for 2 exceptional concerts. The first will give you the opportunity to discover or rediscover the Polish artist Barbara Drazkov Drążkowska who will offer us personal works for prepared piano and harpsichord in…

In his documentary sculptures project, Pierre Larauza questions the sporting gesture through art, linking history, homage and combat. From Mike Powell’s long jump world record to the racist police blunder on Tamir Rice, passing by the forbidden backflip of skater Surya Bonaly: so many historical movements that the visual…

In his documentary sculptures project, Pierre Larauza questions the sporting gesture through art, linking history, homage and combat. Two works from the series (which Transcultures has been supporting for several years), February 20, 1998, Nagano and October 20, 1968, Mexico will be exhibited at the Carreau du Temple as…

With the title “In between Worlds”, this 14th edition invites you to discover works from all disciplines that question the notions of concrete or imaginary territories, intermediate spaces, elusive borders, singular dimensions… So many parallel worlds – real or abstract, secular or expectant – to which contemporary artists, and…

As part of the events of the Music&Art summer season, A Limb will perform the opening concert of the new exhibition “Atlantes” by German artist Ann Von Rhein on Second Life…

L’installation se compose de fûts métalliques disposés en cercle et émettant de la lumière et du son, ils rappellent les bidons de fortune embrasés des chantiers ou de certains quartiers excentrés des métropoles mais dans une version qui emprunte volontairement les formes d’un mobilier urbain. En s’approchant de Braseros…

What remains of the human body in the age of automated AI generation of realistic photographs? If digitization may have appeared as the preservation of traces of our humanity as underlined by French artist/author David Guez’s “Binary Steles”, it was quickly transformed into a possible egotic mirror, to henceforth…

Ben Bertrand created for this occasion a composition for bass clarinet and violin which explores the polyphonic possibilities of these instruments. A concert in keeping with the famous adage taken up and commented on by Erasmus: “Haste slowly” developed in the temporary exhibition currently on display at the Erasmus…

For the uninitiated, Sub Rosa is a Brussels-based record company that emerged in the mid-1990s with the exploration of a new form of electronic music. Since 2001, the label has produced a vast collection of concrete, noise and electronic music: ‘An anthology of noise and electronic music’…

“No (more) pussyfooting” revives the classic experimental studio albums “No Pussyfooting” and “Evening Star” by Brian Eno and Robert Fripp… Belgian virtuoso guitarist Kobe Van Cauwenberghe will also play a work by Italian composer Fausto Romitelli… Lisza (Debauche) will play new intimate songs for voice, piano and guitar…

Quasi Una Fantasia: voice duo (Christina Van P.) and prepared piano (Pierre-jean Vranken). A musical journey in sound and emotion a bit like Meredith Monk… A musical creation based on poems by Michaël Vandebril. From a selection of poems taken from the two collections “L’exil de Maeterlinck” and “New…

Eclectic evening in the chapel of the Grand Hospice with the Express string 4tet which will play the famous Jesus Blood by Gavin Bryars and will create a work by Christophe Heroufosse… The duo Solange Labbé (vocals) and Sylvain Ruffier (cello). And a solo from Neptunian Maximalism saxophonist JJ…

Two exceptional musicians in the spotlight for this NBT at the chapel of the Grand Hospice. The accordionist Emilie Skrijelj who experiments this instrument in an incredible way… And the Polish pianist Barbara Drazkov who will create a work by Szymon Brzoska and Miguel Rozpide for harmonium and electronics…

Transcultures and its partners invite you to meet Kotryna Žilinskaitė and discover her research during the Sfere workshop, where body, voice, and gesture become tools of expression and connection — both inward, toward inner experience, and outward, toward the world around us.

Following its launch event in August 2024, which showcased some 35 artists, “Planned Accidents” continues its momentum with a series of events titled “Presentation Series,” aimed at identifying new trends and artistic practices…

IN & OUT / OUT & IN aims to be a Mediterranean space for multidisciplinary encounters, debates, and South-North/North-South exchanges. A space that opens up perspectives for critical reflection and cross-cutting debates between artists and researchers. Three days of exchanges, four panels, one roundtable, a transmedia poster space, and…

#MétaversCity is a hybrid project bridging the metaverse and the real city, exploring the fusion of tangible and virtual realities in the post-digital era. Anchored in Tétouan, this research-creation initiative invites students to design an open and innovative shared space by connecting the physical and the digital, the social…

Initiated in Paris in 2002 by Khaldoun Zreik/laboratory CiTU Paragraphe-University Paris 8, the Computer Art Congress (CAC) is an interdisciplinary academic event that investigates art and science from various perspectives. CAC.8 particularly emphasizes the role of minority and underrepresented communities in shaping the arts at local and regional levels…

Pour ce cycle d’ateliers, qui ne demande pas forcément de connaissance technique préalable, le “bidouillage” sera l’art, le jeu et la science d’explorer la création de sons et de musique avec n’importe quel élément quotidien comme des objets amplifiés, des  appareils électroniques détournés de leur fonction originale, des ordinateurs,…

Dans cet atelier d’initiation, l’accent est mis sur le développement des compétences en conception graphique et montage vidéo par une approche pédagogique et inclusive de Canva, cette application en ligne qui se présente comme une plateforme idéale pour les débutant.es, offrant une interface simplifiée qui rend la création graphique…

Why put orality and reported speech forms at the center of our concerns? Following the “Ci-dit” conferences, which focused particularly on digital genres (more in their scriptural dimension) and on graphic material supports, it seemed important to re-examine the imaginations and forms of contemporary oralities in relation to the…

Comme pour d’autres ateliers CreaMakers, l’atelier d’introduction aux NFT (jeton non fongible) et à la Blockchain vise à démystifier ces technologies et les outils qui les accompagnent, rendant ainsi accessible leur compréhension et leur utilisation pratique à tout un chacun. Aucune prérequis n’est nécessaire pour cette…

Transcultures and the European Pepinieres of Creation are pleased to be partners of the Art in Country of Tokyo 2024. AICOT festival is an interdisciplinary artistic event of international dimension, which takes place in the 23 wards of Tokyo, as well as in the Tama region and on the island…

Transcultures Europe and the European Pepinieres of Creation are pleased to present the 3d UNIT ACADEMIA event, a new series of multidisciplinary presentations initiated in Seoul -in March 2024- by Rafael (a Belgian visual and multimedia artist, also organizer of the ALEA and De Noize experimental arts festivals) together…

Transcultures is pleased to be able to honor the invitation of Rafael Sanchez, artistic director of the Planned Accidents festival by presenting performances of sound and intermedia artists here from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation: Alain Wergifosse, Isa*Belle and Paradise Now, as well as Rafael, also a multimedia creator supported by…

L’atelier d’introduction à la création assistée par Intelligence Artificielle vise à désacraliser ces outils, comprendre leurs différents fonctionnements et leurs biais afin de de les utiliser de manière personnelle et originale, sans peur irrationnel pour la technologie, mais tout en ayant conscience des différentes implications aux niveaux personnelle et…

In the framework of the Sonic Summer 2024, Isa*Belle (sound and holistic artist/masseuse) offers everyone 2 workshop modules (10 participants maximum) on the theme “Body in Accord” composed of autonomous sessions (2 hours each) open to all…

In the framework of the Sonic Summer 2024, Isa*Belle (sound and holistic artist/masseuse) offers everyone 2 workshop modules (10 participants maximum) on the theme “Body in Accord” composed of autonomous sessions (2 hours each) open to all…

Dans cet atelier, qui ne demande aucune connaissance technique préalable, le “bidouillage” sera l’art, le jeu et la science d’explorer la création de sons et de musique avec n’importe quel élément quotidien comme des objets amplifiés, des  appareils électroniques détournés de leur fonction originale, des ordinateurs, des instruments de…

In the framework of the Sonic Summer 2024, Isa*Belle (sound and holistic artist/masseuse) offers everyone 2 workshop modules (10 participants maximum) on the theme “Body in Accord” composed of autonomous sessions (2 hours each) open to all…

In the framework of the Sonic Summer 2024, Isa*Belle (sound and holistic artist/masseuse) offers everyone 2 workshop modules (10 participants maximum) on the theme “Body in Accord” composed of autonomous sessions (2 hours each) open to all…

Transcultures joins its partner Septem (Cultural Centre of Saint-Ghislain) to offer, this summer 2024, a program of friendly events open to all. Workshops, concerts, installation, sound art video selection… dialoguing with the spaces of the Hautrage convent (16th century), around sound and intermedia creation with the participation of leading…

The audience will encounter the story and the characters of MONOLOVE as well as with a variety of transformations of the characters. There will also be a special acting introduction to character nonverbal expression and physical language, as well as the basic guidelines of Motion Capture acting through specific…

The European Pepinieres of Creation and Transcultures, partners of University Paris 8, are joining forces with this symposium to select and support international digital and intermedia artistic projects related to the theme which will be presented in parallel with the interventions/conferences during the symposium on the university site of…

Transcultures Europe and the European Pepinieres of Creation are pleased to present the 2nd UNIT ACADEMIA event, a new series of multidisciplinary events and presentations initiated in Seoul by Rafael (a Belgian visual and multimedia artist, also organizer of the ALEA and De Noize experimental arts festivals) together with…

For the very first time, Bright Festival invites experts, artists and professionals, from various sectors, to share their experience on different topics related to organizing a festival of lights. The Bright Sessions offer  participants the chance to discuss with leading speakers about light creation, sustainability and the organization of…

The chimes form concentric spaces in many cities, in the north of France as in Belgium. These spaces, at the same time social, spiritual, musical, community, provided so many subjects of study and sources of inspiration for the young artists of this GMLR session. We explored our cross-border territory…

Since its creation in 2019, the Zone Libre sound arts festival has emerged as one of the essential events for sound creation in Corsica. Discovering projects that question, shake up and enrich aesthetics, the festival has established itself for its transversality, with its ability to combine sound and visual…

Transcultures recherche des animateur.trices / formateur.trices ayant des compétences pour mener des formations d’initiation à différentes techniques/médiums aux croisements des arts et des cultures numériques et sonores et/ou des artistes sonores ayant des compétences pour mener des ateliers de création sonores (field recording, interviews…) qui donneront lieu à…

As part of “Spirit of Vilnius”, ArtComTech is offering 2 conference-meetings with Philippe Franck (27.11) and Gabriele V. Souchère (28.11) -respectively director of Transcultures and Videoformes- who will talk about their respective cultural and artistic experiences…

MATERIA is a multiform installation in progress project , a journey of poetic and imaginary exploration, inside matter in all its states and transmutations. Alain Wergifosse presents, here, a first phase of this “in progress” project with, as a link, electronic sound (heard or imagined)…

A circuit bending workshop is an opportunity to discover the art of short-circuiting sound toys, looking for connections on the internal circuit to find hidden sounds and then adding components as they are discovered. Equipped with a soldering iron, wires and buttons, participants create unique and original musical instruments…

Sound, visual and multimedia artist Alain Wergifosse invites young and old to spend a few days of creative experimentation around sound in all its electronic and experimental dimensions. It proposes to amplify the hidden sound of everyday objects, to make musical instruments sound differently, even if the participants do…

MuseumLab and Transcultures, Center for Digital and Sound Cultures, offer you a round table that will offer five views of culture professionals on their understanding, their relationship to the plural concept of artificial intelligence as well as their specific uses…

After the fallout of the speculative bubble that surrounded the world of NFT works and the past craze for metaverses, it is time for museum institutions to ask themselves the right questions…

Barbara Cool, musician, dancer, coach in sound expressiveness of socio-emotional skills, offers, in the REPIT (participatory, intergenerational and transcultural summer meetings organized by the Septem Cultural Center during the summer of 2023 in Saint-Ghislain-Belgium), a playful and creative workshop around the relationship between song and movement.

At the invitation of the cultural center Septem, Isa*Belle offers 2 modules on the theme “Body in harmony” proposed autonomous sessions open to all. In the framework of the REPIT 2023, initiated by SEPTEM, a series of workshops on different themes take place throughout the Summer in the 7…

What remains of the human body in the age of automated AI generation of realistic photographs? If digitization may have appeared as the preservation of traces of our humanity as underlined by French artist/author David Guez’s “Binary Steles”, it was quickly transformed into a possible egotic mirror, to henceforth…

On the occasion of the centenary of Pol Bury’s birth, Transcultures, in partnership with the Paragraphe laboratory of the Paris 8 University and CY Cergy-Paris University, is organizing a research/creation seminar on art in the digital and AI era with teacher-researchers and artists related to sound and hypermedia devices…

This workshop, which brings together PHD students and professors from the CiTu-Paragraphe laboratory – University of Paris 8, takes place in the preamble to the symposium around the legacy of the multidisciplinary and indisciplinary artist (from La Louvière), Pol Bury (1922-2005)…

Philippe Franck (directeur de Transcultures) participera aux premières Rencontres sur les arts littéraires qui auront comme thèmatique « Pratique et esthétique à l’ère du numérique », organisées par Rhizome (Qc – partenaires de longue date de Transcultures) et les Midis de la poésie…

Transcultures, Užiateka, European Pepinieres of Creation and Ideas Block present City Sonic Vilnius Soundcamp, a sound art workshop (6 >11 March 2023) at Kompresoriné/ Ideas Block (Vilnius) featuring 7 participants from Lithuania coordinated by Belgian and French sound/intermedia artists Philippe Franck, Tommy Lawson, Christian Vialard.