Talk
Brussels Academy
Working in Brussels: labor in the shadow of the city
10/11/2022
Often perceived as characteristics of the cities of the South, informal dynamics also unfold in the European capitals, such as Brussels. During the visits and lectures, experts and will discuss the variety of processes, squats, alternative access to jobs, etc. that co-construct the urban fabric and attempt to implement the right to the city.
WalkTalk
Brussels Academy
The (in)formal urban fabric
20/10/2022
Often perceived as characteristics of the cities of the South, informal dynamics also unfold in the European capitals, such as Brussels. During the visits and lectures, experts and will discuss the variety of processes, squats, alternative access to jobs, etc. that co-construct the urban fabric and attempt to implement the right to the city.
During this walk through the northern district, we will observe the tensions between urban projects and the networks of globalisation that bring new forms of appropriation and uses of spaces.
TalkWalk
Brussels Academy
Urban struggles and the right to the city
06/10/2022
Brussels Academy is an urban educational platform to share Brussels knowledge for and by its inhabitants. To accompany Kinshasa (N)tóngá, Brussels Academy organizes a series of thematic city walks. The first event, titled “Urban struggles and the right to the city” is an introduction to the cycle of walks and conferences on the informal city.
ScreeningTalk
Renaud Barret
System K
17/11/2022
18/11/2022
System K, a film by Renaud Barret from 2018, portrays the artistic scene of Kinshasa. It depicts the social, political, and cultural context of Kinshasa, and shows the ways in which a vibrant performance scene emerges despite harassment from the authorities and the artists' personal difficulties..
There will be a Q&A with director Renaud Barret moderated by Ayoko Mensah (Artistic Programmer at BOZAR) after the screening (17.11).
TalkScreening
Day of Encounters: Constructed Histories, Conflicted Memories
03/09/2022
A day of encounters, presentations and screenings on the historic & contemporary entanglements b/w architecture urban history & colonialism
TalkRendez-vous
Music as a Space of Conquest & Domination
The Politics of Music
14/05/2022
15/05/2022
This two-day public discursive programme looks at how political dynamics permeate through and affect music and the spaces which it creates.
The opening day is devoted to discussions of music as a form of conquest. Speakers explore the role music plays in the formation of national identity, music as an instrument of torture, and the relationship between domination and appropriation in the practice of sampling.The day closes with a performative reading of Maan Abu Taleb’s The Congress, reimagining the first Congress of Arab Music, in Cairo in 1932.
Talk
ANNEKATRIEN VERDICKT
SOFA TALKS
15/10/2020 — 16/10/2020
During the corona crisis, we discovered an uncanny, and at the same time sublime, ghost town. Even after the lockdown, the streets and squares remain strangely empty. Gideon Boie and Lieven De Cauter invite a number of architects and urban planners who have criticised the spatial dimension of the crisis. On 15 October they invite Annekatrien Verdickt.
Talk
Talks
Desired Spaces
07/10/2020 — 08/10/2020
On Wednesday October 7, ICA, CIVA and VAi will follow up on the "Desired Spaces" open call for projects, launched in May, with a day-long debate at Kanal-Centre Pompidou. This call, launched by the three Belgian architecture institutes, aimed to collect, in response to the current crisis, possible future scenarios for a built and non-built environment. 180 contributions, a series in the newspaper Le Soir and a summer of reflection later, the institutes pursue this inspiring momentum with a first event.
Talk
+ book presentation Raamwerk in Practice
In Practice: AgwA & Office KGDVS
22/10/2020 — 23/10/2020
AgwA and Office KGDVS will unveil the design process of a project during a double lecture, followed by a conversation with the public. The recently published book “Raamwerk In Practice” will be presented on this occasion.
Talk
Luigi Failla, Krist Biebauw
Library Architecture
26/09/2020 — 27/09/2020
To imagine the library, we must think a space centered on users’ needs and expectations, but also a space that integrates a broad cultural and social role. CIVA invites Luigi Failla and Krist Biebauw to discuss the evolution of this third place and its architecture.