S+T+ARTS AQUA MOTION final symposium Organised by KIKK within the framework the S+T+ARTS AQUA MOTION project What happens when artists become active contributors to scientific research and technological innovation? Shifting Currents brings together artists, researchers, technologists and policymakers to explore how transdisciplinary collaboration can challenge assumptions, generate knowledge and open new paths of discovery. Through… Read more »
Performance and talk Louise Vanneste | dancer and choreographer, Rising Horses dance companyFabienne Aucant | director of Charleroi Danse The presentation will begin with a performance of an excerpt from the solo 3 Days, 3 Nights, in which dancer and choreographer Louise Vanneste pushes the boundaries of intimacy between a human being and geological elements to… Read more »
Talk Tom Bauler | lecturer and researcher in ecological economics at the SONYA Research Centre (ULB), co-director of iiTSE Following a brief overview of systems theory and the dynamics governing socio-ecological transformations, the presentation will examine different representations of trajectories of change. A critical examination will be made of social innovations and ‘joyful’ alternatives, in… Read more »
Talk Jérôme Decock | artist, co-founder of LAb[au]Manuel Abendroth | artist, architect, curator, co-founder of LAb[au]Axel Cleeremans | professor, Université libre de Bruxelles, director of the Centre for Cognition and Neuroscience Research (CRCN), principal investigator of the ERC EXPERIENCE project Since September, the artist duo LAb[au] and the team at the ULB’s Centre for Cognition… Read more »
Talk Introduction by Camilla Colombo | co-founder and artistic director of Ohme Caroline Schnurrer | artist Berlin-based artist Carolin Schnurrer presents her work at the crossroads of sound, performance and installation, and shares the research behind Orbiting Other Rhythms, her new performance, which premieres at LaVallée that same evening. Drawing on somatic psychology, ritual and… Read more »
Talk Maya Van Leemput | Unesco Chairholder on Images of the Futures & Co-creation Researcher Open Arts & Futures – Erasmushogeschool Brussel; co-founder of Agence Future The capacity to imagine and engage with plural futures, question dominant images of the future, and move beyond projection and prediction is prevention against foreclosing possibilities for the later… Read more »
Talk Julie Nicod | Coordinator of cultural cooperation platforms at the Centre culturel du Brabant wallon (CCBW)Natacha Mottart | Director of LMNO – Ecologisons-Nous! AsblJonas Moënne | artist Les Laboratoires Artistiques du Vivant (L.L.A.V.) offer visual artists multidisciplinary residencies centred on our coexistence with living organisms. Two formats are available: [L.L.A.V] and [L.L.A.V. Médium]. With no… Read more »
Talk Karine Van Doninck Drawing on her experience as a biologist and the collaborations she has undertaken with artists within her laboratory, Karine Van Doninck will explore how artistic practices can enrich and transform scientific research itself. How do these collaborations influence the questions asked, the methods employed and the new perspectives opened up? A… Read more »
Talk Sabrina Parent | Professor in Faculty of Letters (ULB) In this talk, Sabrina Parent begins by seeking to identify (rather than define) the various uses of the term and concept of ‘narrative’. This will be followed by a section devoted to the difficulties (some of which are perhaps unconsidered) posed by climate change and… Read more »
Presentation Marius Gilbert | Vice-Rector for Culture and Science Outreach, ULBManon Ledune | Director of Institut Supérieur des Arts (INSAS)Olivia Wahnon | Director of the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels How can we initiate and foster dialogue between the arts and sciences? This presentation will focus on the aims and direction of the new Alliance for… Read more »