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During the summer 2021, KANAL participates in Openstreets21
An extra-mural project
The summer of 2021 is set to be unforgettable! Not due to Covid this time, but because of...
KITES FLY ABOVE THE QUAYS
Exhibition of kites in Kanal-Centre Pompidou from Wednesday 19/9 till Sunday 23/9. First...
Performance
SIRENS
09/09/2023
The performance is the result of participatory workshops conducted in summer 2023 by the artist Younes Baba-Ali with an eclectic group of engaged citizens brought together by the platform Forsiti’A in collaboration with KANAL-Centre Pompidou. Exploring the sounds present in the public space of Brussels, the Sirens interrogate the mechanisms of power and authority to which we are exposed.
ScreeningExhibition
Cinematek
The Act of Breathing
23/06/2022 — 31/07/2022
Until 31 July, CINEMATEK presents a selection of 26 films as part of The Act of Breathing. The programme has been put together by the Belgian-Congolese filmmaker Monique Mbeka Phoba.
Performance
Olga de Soto
Paper Lane
17/10/2020 — 18/10/2020
Paper Lane represents an act of resistance in the face of the digital revolution, the profusion of overabundance and high-speed and high-tech life, that destroy the silence necessary for meditation, introspection and reflection. This act is based on the observation of the need for a radical deceleration and is inspired by the book Alienation and Acceleration: Towards a Critical Theory of Late-Modern Temporality by the German sociologist and philosopher Hartmut Rosa.
de Radouan Mriziga
Ayur
29/01/2022
30/01/2022
30/01/2022
As part of the World Exhibition which is held in Dubaï, KANAL proposes to discover the work and universe of the artist Radouan Mriziga through one of his latest creations, AYUR. Our choice naturally turned towards this dancer-choreographer of Moroccan origin, who in his artistic work, strives to create bridges between the East and the West.
Pompidou Centre (Paris) partners the Citroën-Yser cultural centre
T he Minister-President of the Brussels Region, Rudi Vervoort, and the president of the Georges...
Ambient night
Basic moves
22/06/2019 — 23/06/2019
Free open air with Basic Moves (Grand River and Ben Bertrand), for the first part of the ambient night during the Festival Kanal in Brussels.
Interior design of a bookshop and a reading room
Call for interest
The work of the Atelier Kanal team, in charge of transforming the former Citroën garage, has given...
Performance
Samah Hijawi
Godefroid of Bouillon: The Bastard Son of Antara Bin-Shaddad
01/10/2020 — 02/10/2020
02/10/2020 — 03/10/2020
Samah Hijawi, Godefroid of Bouillon: The Bastard Son of Antara Bin-Shaddad, performance art at KANAL - Centre Pompidou in Brussels. A story that jumps through time and across geographies brings the artist and her grandmother in Palestine, together with two well-known European personalities; Godefroid de Bouillon, known as the first king of Jerusalem and the illegitimate son of the famous Arabian poet Antar Bin-Shaddad, and the 16th-century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel.
Conference
NIGHTLIFE Design+Architecture
01/12/2018 — 02/12/2018
The nightclub is one of the most important design spaces in contemporary culture. Since the 1960s, nightclubs have been epicentres of pop culture, distinct spaces of nocturnal leisure providing architects and designers all over the world with opportunities and inspiration.
This subject is examined in the current temporary exhibition at ADAM – Brussels Design Museum, Night Fever. Designing Club Culture 1960 – Today and inspired the organization of a conference on the subject in collaboration with CIVA.
PerformanceConcert
Ula Sickle & Stine Janvin
NIGHT SHIFT II
29/06/2023
30/06/2023
Echoic Choir, a collaboration between singer, performer, and sound artist Stine Janvin and choreographer Ula Sickle, takes clubbing back to its core. The pure voices of a choir occupy the space, replacing the booming speakers of a club, while the performance explores the ritual of dance that unites in the small hours of the morning.
Talk
Meet Zach Blas, Eva L’Hoest and Keiken
06/10/2023
Meet the artists and discover the stories behind the "Connecting" works. Zach Blas, Eva L’Hoest and Keiken discuss their works and the ideas and research behind their projects. The conversation will be moderated by Joasia Krysa, artistic director of the Helsinki Biennale 2023.
Rouge Markt
The new alternative Christmas market in Brussels Kanal-Centre Pompidou
Over a duration of 4 weeks, this micro Christmas Market will o er the people of Brussels a new and...
Five teams of architects in competition for the Kaaitheater makeover
Together with the Flemish and Brussels Government Architects and with the departments of the...
Exhibition
Last week!
Connecting
06/10/2023 — 03/12/2023
"Connecting" imagines new interdependencies between humans and non-humans. These connections expand and reshape our understanding of affection, kinship, and relationships. In investigating this new texture of experience, artists in the exhibition reflect on the transformative quality of technology in shaping our emotional worlds.
Rendez-vous
BRUXELLES LES BAINS
06/07/2018 — 12/08/2018
For the seventeenth year in a row, and until 12 August, the world’s liveliest urban beach is taking its place along Brussels Canal. The two banks are joined by the temporary bridge that got everyone talking last time around.
Performance
Léa Drouet
BOUNDARY GAMES
21/03/2019 — 22/03/2019
A young Brussels artist, Léa Drouet is among the emerging figures on the international scene today. She works in the field of performance, installation and experimental music, proposing aesthetic experiences that involve group dynamics and the related (dis)harmonies.
IN SITU: art on display in windows
Showing art during the lockdown: escaping the virtual museum with #windowmuseum
Brussels, 5 May 2020 – On Friday 8 May, KANAL-Centre Pompidou, in collaboration with the new...