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WOW Biscuits is the new creative brand of fully personalised biscuits by La Biscuiterie Namuroise. The biscuits are aimed at both companies and individuals. All the biscuits are handmade in their workshop in Bois-De-Villers, using natural, local products from the short distribution chain. They are fresh, with no additives or preservatives.

WOW Biscuits

100% customisable biscuits for all occasions

KIKK Market

Sharingbox is a world leader in the design and production of brand activations using video, photos and gifs. Present in over 14 countries, we work with major brands and agencies around the world to create innovative marketing events. Make your event unique and generate experiential leads with our exclusive photo booths and software.
In 2020, sharingbox became part of DNP Photo Imaging Europe, a pioneer in dye sublimation photo printing technology and the world&#8217;s largest manufacturer of dedicated printing paper and ribbon.

Sharingbox

The most versatile photo booth in the world.

Everyone should have the opportunity to play the piano and express themselves musically. That&#8217;s why the team behind Piano LED has simplified piano playing to make it accessible, so that everyone can unleash their talent and creativity.
The idea for inventing such a product came from Anthony, a French engineer in the field of IT and industry. His passion for the piano led him to find a creative way of learning it: by lighting up his playing. In March 2021, the start-up Piano LED was born. A year later, in March 2022, his project won over Euratechnologies, Europe&#8217;s largest incubator, enabling the team to work in a stimulating and rewarding environment on a daily basis.

Piano LED

Piano LED has developed a technology that makes learning the piano easier.
The product consists of a system and an LED strip that both connect to an application where you can find songs, import others and then learn them using light signals : the LEDs light up the keys to be played and wait for you to press them before moving on to the next note.

An intelligent LED strip for learning the piano in a fun and accessible way.

Piano LED (FR)

PatchXR is a Swiss-Danish studio founded in 2020, focused on sound and vision in mixed realities. Co-founder Mélodie Mousset is the creator of HanaHana, an award-winning surrealist VR artwork five years in the making celebrated by film festivals and the interactive circuit alike. A half-decade of development produced the core philosophy of a bespoke VR sound engine, Patch. Eduardo Fouilloux had in parallel developed MuX, a sandbox for musical instrument creation available on Steam.
This coming together of co-founders represents an unprecedented convergence of backgrounds in interactive sound and extended realities, all in a single vision of an accessible, emotionally powered new genre of tools and music.

PatchXR-  Eduardo Fouilloux, Melodie Mousset, Gad Hinkis

PatchWorld is an XR creative platform developed by the Swiss start-up PatchXR. It allows users to create immersive virtual music worlds and interactive experiences using a user-friendly 3D patching tool. Users can craft music, collaborate in real-time, play shows and build virtual environments through a gamified design. The platform is designed to be a collaborative and creative space where people can express themselves, share their creations, and interact with others in the metaverse.

Patchworld

XR creative platform

PatchWorld (CH)

Vivid Memory is a creative studio that transcends music stories through immersive installations, scenography, and most recently immersive music videos.  VMS collaborates with artists to create and produce interactive story-driven experiences where innovation and music are at the center stage of all projects. From Montreal, Canada, they are a team of creators, technologists and producers passionate about art, music and technology whose desire is to offer a playground to creators and elevate the music experience. For their last immersive music video project : EPISTOLARY, Vivid Memory Studios collaborated with music artist KROY and the immersive virtual platform Archiv VR to imagine the new generation of music videos where two worlds collide.

Archiv VR

Epistolary is an immersive and innovative fusion of music, video, and virtual reality, created in collaboration with Quebecois artist KROY, Vivid Memory Studios, and Archiv VR. This groundbreaking event marks the first Quebecois virtual music video, propelling the music industry into new horizons.
Music : KROY, with her enchanting voice and captivating compositions, takes a central role in this immersive musical experience. Her music transcends boundaries and explores deep and emotional themes. In Epistolary, she combines her musical talent with technological innovation to create a captivating and immersive experience.
Artistic Direction and Production : Vivid Memory Studios excels in designing interactive and immersive experiences. For Epistolary, they crafted a narrative and environment in harmony with the song and the artist. This has been translated into various presentation media, including an exhibition, a music video, and a virtual clip, all with the aim of immersing you in the emotional universe of the song. You won&#8217;t just be a spectator ; you&#8217;ll experience KROY&#8217;s music like never before.
Virtual Reality and Broadcasting : Archiv VR, a pioneer in creating immersive environments and preserving cultural heritage, is the key partner in this digital adventure. Their expertise in virtualizing artworks has allowed us to create a high-quality immersive visual universe to complement KROY&#8217;s music. Thanks to their innovative platform, we dive into a digital world where music and art meet in a revolutionary way.
By collaborating with these three creative forces, Epistolary offers a unique artistic experience where music, digital art, and virtual reality converge into a multidimensional experience. It&#8217;s a celebration of Quebecois artistic innovation that unites generations, cultures, and borders.

Epistolary

A musical revolution : Quebec's very first immersive music video !

Epistolary (CA)

sPods is a multidisciplinary professional studio that solves problems through innovation. They develop unprecedented realms, products and UX for business development, product development and R&amp;D projects.

sPods

As the sober curious becomes a global movement, the demand for non-alcoholic beverages is expected to rise. However, in many cases, non-alcoholic beverages are mass-produced products found in cans and PET bottles containing a lot of sugar and additives. PJ INFINITEA developed the extraction technology COLDRAW as a countermeasure against the harmful effects on the global environment and people&#8217;s health due to mass production. COLDRAW brings out the natural flavors of plants, allowing you to enjoy a delicious non-alcoholic beverage experience without sugar. By avoiding bottled products and focusing on freshly extracted drinks based on the needs and occasions, this will also help to significantly reduce plastic and other waste. We are confident that the development of COLDRAW will contribute to the sustainability of the global environment.

Coldraw

A technology for non-alcoholic beverages that brings out the natural flavors and colors of plants in a few minutes.

COLDRAW (JP)

We offer innovative and surprising interactive experiences to motivate and engage users in their learning process. Our team of creative artists, committed developers and educators tackle every challenge with a human-centred approach.

Owlion

Creation of a serious game for metalworkers (CP 111) to raise awareness of psychosocial risks in the workplace. Avoid the pitfalls in the various modules available: welding, maintenance and machining. Accessible online, users can improve their skills and generate scores which are then interpreted by the platform administrator.

Tailored gamification & serious games

Gamification & serious game dedicated to psychosocial risks in the workplace.

Owlion (BE)

Zoetrope is a business delivering futuristic smart art frames: square screens encased in a wooden frame that allow owners to generate their own artwork with the help of generative artificial intelligence.
Our mission is to decorate your home with wonderful digital frames that showcase your own, beautiful, AI-powered creations. The smart art frames are controlled by user gestures captured through an edge AI camera, and voice captured with a hidden microphone.
Zoetrope is Brice Le Blevennec new venture. He is the founder of Emakina (now an EPAM company), Host of CyberCafe TV/Radio Show, Author or Vision of a Better World (Lannoo, 2022).

Zoetrope

Unleash your inner artist and turn your own home into a personalised art gallery with the exceptional Zoetrope, world&#8217;s first smart art frame.
The first editions of Zoetrope, the Alpha Series, allow users to generate their own generative AI artwork pieces using only their voice and gestures.
The design features a stylish 33-inch screen encased in a beautifully crafted wooden frame made in Belgium.

Zoetrope - Smart Art Frame powered by AI

Smart Art Frame powered by AI.

Zoetrope (BE)

Studio HOYO. The creative communications agency for positive impact projects. 
At Hoyo, we love positive things! 
Specialising in the creation of brand images, the development of educational tools and visual translation, we boost the positive impact of sustainable projects by making them intelligible and understandable to target audiences. 
Since 2019, our multidisciplinary team has been providing tailor-made support for its customers and imagining, conceptualising, planning and creating creative communication solutions from its studio in Namur or with the help of local partners. 
Explaining, raising awareness, changing perspectives: we are convinced that to make informed choices, we need to understand the world around us.

Studio Hoyo

Creative communications agency for positive impact projects.

Studio Hoyo (BE)

We are Blink! 
An EV charging company that does things slightly differently. We have over 15 years of experience in designing, manufacturing, managing and owning charging solutions and the service that comes with them. What makes us unique is that we keep everything in-house, from the design and production of our charging solutions to our European Blink Network and customer care, to support our customers and users on a daily basis.
Originally a US listed company (NASDAQ: BLNK), Blink now has offices in Amsterdam, Athens, London, Dublin and Antwerp. With over 220 passionate colleagues based here in Europe, we serve clients in over 7 European countries.
We are driven by the idea that technology serves a greater purpose, which is to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions caused by vehicles that use fossil fuels. With our charging solutions, we accelerate the energy transition and provide solutions that not only provide a fantastic charging experience, but also contribute to smart energy concepts, such as V2G, energy management systems and load balancing in combination with solar panels. Our charging solutions meet the latest standards and are therefore fully future-proof.

Blink

Leading the Future of EV Charging Stations! 
Experience the future of electric vehicle (EV) charging with Blink Charging. Empowering electric mobility, one charge at a time.

Blink Charging

Leading the Future of EV Charging Stations !

Our commitment to eco-design in 3D printing, favouring local production, and using responsible materials to reduce waste is as important as designing objects according to their materiality. While form follows function, we also design with a desire for dialogue between material and form. Our work is the result of an experimental practice, combining product design, digital craftsmanship and materials science.

Studio Minimètre

In the vast world of 3D printing, with its infinite possibilities, our focus lies on the responsible use of materials: the concept of eco-design guides our approach. Whether in the field of interior design, fashion shows or tool design, our creations question the notion of eco-design and strive to provide concrete solutions. 
Thanks to the optimisation of printing times and local production, we are able to come up with simple and effective solutions. But we don&#8217;t stop there. We are also committed to clarifying and studying the problem of plastics by introducing eco-responsible materials and designing without generating printing waste. 
Our work is the result of experimental practice, combining product design, digital craftsmanship and materials science. We have customised our printers and extended their range of tools so that we can print a variety of objects from a diverse range of waste streams: wood, concrete, metal, natural stone&#8230; The form of our creations also reflects our expertise: the form follows the function, that of the machine.

3D printing & eco-design

Impression 3D & éco-conception

Studio Minimètre (BE)

ATORIKA is a French start-up based in Provence, and the creator of educational games offering an active learning approach to the discovery of art and science.
A family business founded in 2021 by Isabelle and Aurélien, Atorika is
a world built around art and science ;
a mission to help everyone fulfil their potential through discovery ;
a concept based on 3 pillars: education, leisure and technology.

Creator of educational games

Atorika (FR)

The Incubhacker concept is to bring together creative and motivated individuals to share discoveries and carry out projects in a friendly atmosphere in the fields of electronics, programming, and manufacturing. The only limit : imagination !

Incubhacker

The Namur hackerspace

Incubhacker (BE)

We are a national not-for-profit organisation that runs free programming clubs for young people aged 7 to 17. We operate on a voluntary basis and are present in over 130 locations in Belgium, in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
ASBL CoderDojo was founded in Ireland in 2010 and exported to Belgium in 2013, thanks to its president Martine Tempels. We are celebrating our 10th anniversary this year. In 2017, CoderDojo became a member of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. As a result, we are now part of an even bigger network.

CoderDojo Belgium

Belgian association of youth programming clubs

CoderDojo Belgium (BE)

For more than 10 years now, benuts, creative hub in visual effects for cinema, television, scenography and advertising is specialized in compositing, matte painting, after effects, motion design, opening credits, photorealistic 3D, Houdini FX, on-set supervision, art concept, artistic direction.

benuts

Real-Time Experience

benuts (BE)

Liège Hackerspace is a community driven space where members with common interests in sciences, technology or digital art meet to create, share and learn based on their knowledge and skills. It’s a non-profit organisation funded in 2016. It opens twice a week for members and visitors, and it also regularly holds conferences, workshop and various events.
Running a hackerspace is a never-ending project with a never-ending list of projects. Few of members projects will be shown at our booth.

Liège Hackerspace ASBL

Community driven space to create, share and learn

Liège Hackerspace (BE)

Prof. Igor Eeckhaut (University of Mons) : Head of the Biology of Marine Organisms &amp; Biomimicry Laboratory
Nathan Puozzo (University of Mons) : Developer &#8211; Marine Biology &amp; Biomimicry Laboratory

Prof. Igor Eeckhaut & Nathan Puozzo (UMons)

MetaMorphos VR is an educational application that immerses you in the fascinating world of animal biology in virtual reality.
Explore the internal structure of animals, from insects to starfish, using 3D avatars. You can explore the inside of these animals for a better understanding of their anatomy.
A unique learning experience that offers a new perspective on the animal kingdom.

MetaMorphos VR

Explore the internal structure of animals, from insects to starfish, using 3D avatars.

MetaMorphos VR (BE)

Audiovisual innovation with integrity.

Wizard Motion - Visual & Sound Art -

Described as a &#8220;Movie-Game&#8221; at the crossroads of art, technology, spirituality, and philosophy, this immersive experience invites each participant to embark on a personal journey of self-discovery, while contemplating the essence of our humanity.
Through encounters with ancestral archetypes, enigmatic characters, and breathtaking scenery from around the world, participants will uncover the meaning of their own exploration.
Designed as a multidisciplinary new media art, ONA combines hyperlapse videography, interactive motion designs, and programming languages to create a truly unique digital artwork.

An interactive journey across the world to discover the quest of humanity.

ONA (BE)

Archiv VR is a bridge between art, culture and technology. They are much more than a platform, they are immersive environments that transport you to the heart of creativity and artistic expression. With them, culture comes to life, preserving the treasures of the past while propelling the artists of tomorrow.
Archiv VR is dedicated to bringing cultural heritage to life digitally. They support artists and cultural institutions in their transition to the Metaverse. Their expertise in virtualising works of art is aimed at preserving our heritage. Their platform provides an innovative digital structure for classifying diverse cultural content, exporting it easily and promoting the visibility of Quebec creators around the world.
With this approach, They aim to build bridges between artists, cultural institutions and a global audience eager for enriching discoveries.

Welcome to the virtual digital exhibition of Henning Wagenbreth, a multi-talented graphic designer who deploys his artistic genius in a multitude of fields : illustrations, posters, books, stamps, record sleeves, games, costumes, theatre sets, and even in the enchanting world of puppets. His graphic work, characterised by a profusion of colours and bold deconstruction, may appear naïve at first glance, but in reality reveals an impressive artistic mastery. An inimitable visual signature that has made this artist internationally renowned.
Immerse yourself in Henning Wagenbreth&#8217;s captivating world, where comic strip characters come to life under his distinctive creative touch. You&#8217;ll meet characters who, although sometimes caricatured, embody a surprisingly authentic human presence. You&#8217;ll explore a world populated by futuristic robots, crazy rockets and infernal machines, all the result of Wagenbreth&#8217;s fertile imagination.
During your visit, you&#8217;ll discover how Wagenbreth pushes the boundaries of graphic creativity by using a bold palette of colours and deconstructing traditional artistic conventions. His works will transport you to a world where creativity knows no bounds, where fantasy meets reality, and where the imagination is in constant turmoil.
Experience an extraordinary digital journey, where you can interact with some of the works on display. Prepare to be dazzled, inspired and amazed by the rich visual universe of this internationally renowned master of graphic art.

Henning Wagenbreth : The Graphic Universe of a Master

Dive into the bold visual world of graphic artist Henning Wagenbreth.

Henning Wagenbreth : The Graphic Universe of a Master (CA)

Welcome to the Maurice Ravel experience, an immersive experience designed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières in collaboration with Archiv VR. This experience transcends the simple framework of virtual reality to offer you an immersive presentation of the artist&#8217;s emblematic work &#8220;Ma Mère l&#8217;Oye&#8221;, in a dreamlike and poetic environment that resonates perfectly with his work.
In this experience, you will plunge into the life of the artist himself, guided by his voice and exploring the range of instruments that make up the orchestra to perform the pieces from &#8220;Ma Mère l&#8217;Oye&#8221;.
Our main aim is to bring the audience closer to the orchestra in an immersive, informative and captivating way. Whether you&#8217;re a curious neophyte or a seasoned music lover, you&#8217;ll discover a new approach to understanding and appreciating this musical work in a completely new light.
Our innovative approach will plunge you into the heart of this dazzling and interactive virtual experience, allowing you to connect with the instruments, explore the subtleties of their resonant frequencies, while immersing you in the fascinating story of the famous composer Maurice Ravel through captivating audio capsules.
Get ready for an exhilarating musical adventure where every moment is an opportunity for discovery, learning and wonder. We are delighted to accompany you on this immersive exploration and hope that this experience will enrich your life with new perspectives and unforgettable discoveries. Welcome to the future of cultural mediation.

Maurice Ravel : Immersive mediation with the Symphony Orchestra

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of classical music through an immersive experience.

Maurice Ravel : Immersive mediation with the Symphony Orchestra (CA)

A special preview for KIKK Market : be the first to explore our Archiv VR Gallery. Immerse yourself in the world of six talented artists, each with their own unique vision and creativity. What&#8217;s more, we&#8217;ll be welcoming a Franco-Belgian artist to enrich this cultural experience.

Galerie Archiv VR

A journey into the world of six talented artists

Galerie Archiv VR (CA)

Odoo is a Belgian IT company offering a complete and flexible management solution, with a suite of open source applications covering all business needs : CRM, eCommerce, accounting, inventory, point of sale, project management, website, manufacturing, purchasing, etc.

Odoo

Where innovation meets design : create your website like a professional designer with the Odoo Website Builder !
Get intelligent design proposals and perfect colour combinations with Odoo&#8217;s artificial design intelligence.
A host of features are available to make your life easier : multilingual tool, technology designed for SEO, modern environment&#8230; and much more!

The creation of your website will take as long as a coffee break !

Website creation as easy as a child's game !

Odoo (BE)

Brussels based Creative innovation agency, Futurewave works on big ideas to make the world a better place by blending best-in-class designers &amp; tech experts to help forward-thinking companies drive their future.
Product Innovation : A long journey accross Strategy, Product Design, Brand, Prototyping &amp; Manufacturing.
Tech Innovation : Building exceptionnel hardware &amp; software systems ( AI, Electronics, Electromechanical Systems).
Sustainable innovation : Helping companies achieve their sustainable goals.
Their clients : Adidas, Decathlon, Duvel, Sony, Flos, Cowboy, Ionnyk, Yoda, O-Boy, Addax motors&#8230;

Futurewave

Futurewave sectors are : Mobility, Smart Products, Home &amp; Lifestyle, Healthcare, Aerospace.
Projects example :
&#8211; <a href="https://cowboy.com/">Cowboy</a>
&#8211; <a href="https://www.yoda.bike/">Yoda bike</a>
&#8211; <a href="https://o-boy.com/">OBoy</a>
&#8211; <a href="https://www.ionnyk.com/">Ionnyk</a>
&#8211; <a href="https://www.courtyard.io/">Courtyard</a>
&#8211; <a href="https://www.umbrosa.be/fr">Umbrosa</a>

Projects

Design meets technology

Futurewave (BE)

Founded by Hamie Robitaille and Ganesh Baron Aloir, TRANSVERSAL is both a creative studio and a non-profit organization with the mission to transcend the boundaries between digital arts and creative industries, as well as between artistic, technological, and scientific disciplines. By creating conceptual and transdisciplinary experiences that seek to address contemporary issues through design, TRANSVERSAL places humans at the center of its reflections to foster discussions around complex subjects, while emphasizing an integrated vision of technology.

Transversal

TRANSVERSAL, in collaboration with Robocut Studio, is working on the development of a bidirectional digital creation tool that translates the movement of bodies into sounds and images, and vice versa.
Taking the form of an interactive light baton, this research and development project aims to establish connectivity between disciplines by exploring the interaction of living beings with technology. Going beyond conventional peripherals, this new type of tool facilitates human-machine exchanges and integrates the intuitive language of the body into the digital space, creating a genuine vector of emotion that can be transmitted to diverse audiences.

Interactive Light Baton

Bidirectional digital creation tool

Interactive Light Baton (CA)

HITT (Human Interaction Technology Transfer) aims to bring together the key players in research and innovation focused on immersive and interactive experiences (AR, VR, MR, XR, Metavers, etc.).

HITT

Virtual reality driving simulator and metahuman animation

HITT (BE)

Nathan Puozzo

Addmire offers a range of immersive virtual reality experiences specifically designed for the cultural and museum worlds. Addmire aims to create immersive experiences that enable visitors to explore cultural elements in a more in-depth and engaging manner. By skillfully merging technology with culture, we provide a unique opportunity to explore, learn, and connect with the rich diversity of our cultural and artistic heritage.

Addmire

Immersive virtual reality experiences for museums and cultural sites

Addmire (BE)

The UX Team, the crafters of the new world.
We envision a future where design teams and companies come together to create a more beautiful world, bringing value where it matters. It starts with living lives aligned with our values and well-being, and extends to doing what it takes for a better world &#8211; one that begins with ourselves but doesn&#8217;t end there.
We aspire to be a catalyst for conscious businesses and creatives, helping them find their place and contribute value in the Tech ecosystem.
We offer :
1. UX Advising, UX Fractional Management and UX Teams on fractional basis. 
2. UX Teams offsite planning and facilitation, UX Coaching, Design Leadership Coaching. 
3. Speaking engagements about UX.

The UX Team

The UX Team, the crafters of the new world

The UX Team (ES)

The Office helps cultural and creative operators in Wallonia and Brussels to obtain European funding for their projects. There are around forty offices in Europe. As part of KIKK 2023, the France, Luxembourg, Flanders and Wallonia-Brussels Offices are working together to inform and support cultural and digitisation professionals.
&#8220;Europe Créative&#8221; is a European Commission programme. Its aim is to respond to the needs and challenges of the cultural and creative sectors. It supports them in their efforts to become more digital, more ecological and more inclusive. It is open to all creative sectors : contemporary art, heritage, architecture, theatre, music, dance, fashion, design, cultural tourism, literature, etc.
The Offices help cultural and creative operators to seize the funding opportunities offered by this programme and support them in their funding projects.

Bureau Europe créative Wallonie-Bruxelles

The Office to help you secure European funding for your cultural project !

Bureau Europe créative Belgique-France-Luxembourg (BE/FR/LU)

XR4heritage, a program of the Belgian association 3 Plumes, uses social innovation and new technologies to massively engage the public around the challenges of safeguarding and promoting heritage. Created in 2021 by Géraldine Bueken, XR4heritage offers a rich program of 
program of activities to support cultural and local players in the design, production and dissemination of attractive, accessible, participatory, inclusive and sustainable phygital cultural formats.
TROIS PLUMES has been working with authors and creative people since 2005 on positive-impact writing projects: children&#8217;s books, fiction, TV entertainment, exhibitions&#8230; Since 2010, the non-profit organization has been designing and organizing training courses and professional workshops to connect writing and digital technologies. It specializes in narrative and/or mass media projects conceived as tools for the positive transformation of mentalities and behaviors. In 2023, in addition to its head office in Brussels, the association will open an operations office in Mons.

XR4heritage

An innovative program to explore the potential of historical avatars for culture, media and tourism professionals. Visit the stand to learn about motion capture and give a voice/move to forgotten and little-known African figures/women in history.

AVATARS by XR4heritage

An innovative program to explore the potential of historical avatars

AVATARS by XR4heritage (BE)

How your creative idea become an industrial product.
Because you have innovative ideas, strong values to promote and want to create a sustainable business, we have created 1POINT61; an industrial design and engineering agency to help you develop your products and get them to market.

1POINT61

Industrial Design Agency

Market

The Market is the place where you will discover the unique and innovative projects of talented Belgian and international entrepreneurs. On the program : a selection of innovative objects to handle, to test before everyone else. 
From 10am to 6pm (except Sunday from 10am to 4pm).
Supported by the Feder.

Dewi is a folding artist. His artistic practice is at once a technique, a means of expression and a multidisciplinary field of research. His current projects focus on the sensitive relationship between the living world and technology, through robotic folding installations.

Dewi Brunet

Recommended age : 10-14 years.
Duration : 3 hours
4 possible sessions : 
Saturday 28 October : 10am to 1pm / 2pm to 5pm 
Sunday 29 October : 10am to 1pm / 2pm to 5pm
Build your origami-robot-insect.
Discover origami and its unsuspected links with science. This workshop will introduce you to soldering, electronics and folding, so you can build the most beautiful, fun and original robot!
No pre-requisites, materials provided.

Origami-robot-insecte

by Dewi Brunet

Creative Village 2

Can Touch This is a creative technology studio from Playtronica. We make tactile sound installations for museums and brands. We are based in Nantes, Paris and Berlin.

CanTouchThis.studio

3 possible sessions : 10:30 to 12:00 / 13:30 to 15:00 / 15:30 to 17:00
Recommended age : 7-12 years.
How birds are talking ?
In this workshop you will create your DIY version of garden that sound. With french-japanese designer Emilie Yoko Hirayama you will assemble pieces of scrapwood, colour it in order to create the environment where your birds will fly in. With Omma from cantouchthis studio you will compose their voices by recording and connecting them.
The aim of the workshop will be to play a collective garden symphony with all participants.

DIY birds and garden orchestra

by Playtronica

Creative Village 1

Urban planner, passionate about the future of our cities, and a facilitator in collective intelligence, Claire-Anaïs founded the company Emerging Future to assist stakeholders in diving into complex projects as a team. She loves seeing everyone use their innate talents to benefit the team and to improve the world as we know it.

Claire-Anaïs Costa-Guerreiro

How will we live in 2050 ?
What will we eat ? How will we get around ? Where will we live ?
What professions will we pursue ?
While it&#8217;s true that scientific advancements and the economic and social context that will be ours largely determine our future, we shouldn&#8217;t downplay the importance of our societal choices, our ideals, and our everyday actions. This is what we will have fun exploring as a team. This collaborative game will allow you to envision these possible futures and then to imagine, invent, and prototype solutions to live in a world that you like.

Prototyping 2050 : Building Tomorrow

by Claire-Anaïs Costa-Guerreiro (Founder Family)

Creative Village

Tatiana Vilela dos Santos is a Paris-based artist and game designer. She designs and develops games and interactive installations for which she enjoys mixing creative disciplines, from art to engineering, and loves to share her knowledge and research through courses, conferences and workshops.

Tatiana Vilela dos Santos

Minimum age : 12. 
No pre-requisites required.
For the second time this year, the Pavillon is offering a 100% girls&#8217; workshop at the KIKK Festival !
Tatiana Vilela dos Santos is offering an introduction to the design and manufacture of alternative controllers, which replace traditional video game joysticks. The idea is to creatively divert the very notion of gaming by making a &#8220;strange controller&#8221;.
This workshop is part of <a href="https://galaxy.kikk.be/fr/news/propulsion-by-kikk">Propulsion by KIKK</a>, a digital awareness project for and by women, with the support of The Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie.

Workshop alternative controller

by Tatiana Vilela dos Santos

Le Pavillon

Alternative controller

Workshops for kids

Full of discoveries in gaming, sound tech and robotics.

Jan van IJken is a filmmaker and photographer in Leiden, the Netherlands, working on the interface of art and science.
In his latest works, he reveals secrets in nature like the murmurations of starlings, the genesis of life and the unseen world of microscopic plankton. He is interested in microscopy, nature, biology, evolution, and embryology.

Jan van Ijken

Planktonium is a short film about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton. It is a voyage into a secret universe, inhabited by alien-like creatures. These stunningly beautiful, very diverse and numerous organisms are unknown to most of us because they are invisible to the naked eye. However, they are wandering beneath the surface of all waters around us and they are of vital importance for all life on earth.
Jan van Ijken filmed the plankton through his microscopes, revealing the beauty and delicate structures of the minute organisms in the finest detail. The film is without any voice-over or explanation.
Renowned Norwegian artist Jana Winderen made a sound composition for the film. She is recording audio environments and creatures which are hard for humans to access, both physically and aurally – deep under water, inside ice or in frequency ranges inaudible to the human ear.

Planktonium

Delta

The immaterial and intangible character of light, colour and motion forms the starting point of Nicky Assmann&#8217;s spatial installations, in which she endeavours to heighten our perception. With a background in Film and ArtScience, she combines artistic, scientific and cinematographic knowledge in experiments that use physical and chemical processes, such as turbulence and fluid dynamics. Topics that serve as a metaphor for the turbulent and fluid times in which we live.
By implementing natural and optical phenomena she creates visual compositions for a sensorial experience and often ephemeral macro universes.
Her work takes shape in the form of kinetic light installations, video-installations and performances and is embedded in a context of expanded cinema, visual music and the concept of synaesthesia.

Nicky Assmann

Solaris is an apparatus consisting of several soap films that can be lifted manually. It is a machine that explores the mental process and physical activity of seeing and creates soap films as a spatial intervention. Solaris shows 6 screens placed behind each other to fully experience the play with light and reflections that occur between the different frames of the soap films. Through precise lighting the inner movement of the soap film is revealed, showing a turbulent choreography of iridescent colors and fluid motion. As gravity slowly takes hold of the membrane, the viewer can be mesmerized by the phenomenon, until inevitably the fragile film bursts.
Solaris is embedded in a context of visual music, extended cinema, synesthesia and what Nicky Assmann calls hypercolours, which characterize her work and are brought out in this work through the use of light. In creating her own screens made of thin soap films and the specific use of light, she plays with the different elements of the cinematic apparatus in the lineage of expanded cinema. The analog visual language that arises in Solaris refers to abstract and experimental film.

Solaris

Carlos Sfeir’s practice is inspired by his interests in magic, science, territory, and cultures. He strives to create new bridges between human perception and natural phenomena. He believes art is a tool for questioning our certainties, discovering new meanings of nature and decolonising ourselves from ageing preconceptions.
Sfeir’s work ranges from sculpture, painting and installations, and is marked by a continuous dialogue between memory and experimentation. The data, objects and phenomena observed in the field research, which forms the basis of all his work, are constantly being recreated, intertwined and challenged in the subsequent studio manipulation.
Not constrained by the urge for completeness that often drives the artist&#8217;s act, Carlos Sfeir’s works are rather interactive prototypes. Without finiteness, but alive and imperfect, they invite people to be accomplices in processes of uncertain outcomes, embracing the unexpected instead of fearing it.

Carlos Sfeir Vottero

&#8220;Steel Life&#8221; aims to explore how the challenges of the steel industry can be transformed into a new narrative that addresses the current planetary crisis. The convergence of iron and carbon, which propelled human industrialisation, has also accelerated our detachment from the natural world, resulting in our subjugation of the environment and its resources. Too often, we have viewed ‘nature’ as a commodity to be exploited, with steel serving as a powerful tool in this process.
The installation wants to uncover the imaginative possibilities at the intersection of science and art, demonstrating how minerals can be coaxed into flourishing. By replicating the electrochemical methods employed in the refining of stones, the project gives rise to a fresh form of iron that blooms into dazzling crystalline structures. This metamorphosis symbolizes our ability to generate unpredicted growth and aesthetics, inspiring us to reimagine our relationship with the world we inhabit.
The project is part of research conducted in Wallonia, the French-speaking region in southern Belgium. During the Industrial Revolution, these territories were second only to the United Kingdom in Europe&#8217;s drive towards modernisation. Vast deposits of coal and iron brought wealth to the region and made the culture and economy of the entire country flourish. In recent decades, following the nation&#8217;s transition to a service economy, Wallonia&#8217;s industry has decayed into a rusty wasteland of flourishing remains.

Steel Life

Diane Mahín is a Dutch-Iranian performance maker and sociologist. She makes performative worlds in which sound and image are the driving forces. Working with sound reflects her desire to be faced with highly subjective, confrontational and immersive forms of reality. Diane scrutinizes the human body as a material object in order to dissect social constructions, as she wishes to grasp their absurdity and humor. Death and nothingness form the underlying motives of her work.
After her studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and Maastricht Institute of Performative Arts, Diane is currently exploring operatic principles within her practice at Sandberg Institute.

Diane Mahín

GUT imagines how humans behave when their bodies are turned inside out.
You will meet a human whose gut-sounds are amplified. The gut-human’s thoughts, actions, communications, movements, and feelings, are all determined by his gut sounds.
This performative world draws attention to the thin boundary between life and death, conscious reasoning and the subconscious gut, resulting in a visceral and absurd experience. Visitors are invited to walk in and out of this durational performance.

Theatre

Joanie Lemercier (b. 1982) is a French visual artist and environmental activist whose work explores human perception through the manipulation of light in space.  Working primarily with light projection and computer programming, Lemercier transforms the appearance of everyday objects and forms, bending reality to his imagination.
In recent years, Lemercier has become increasingly concerned with climate change and environmental degradation, lending his projection skills and artistry to activist causes and groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Les Soulèvements de la Terre, Ende Gelände, as well as developing a new body of work, Slow Violence which looks at the devastating effects of coal mining on one of Europe’s oldest forests.
He has been working with projected light since 2006 and co-founded the acclaimed visual label AntiVJ in 2008. Represented by a New York based gallery since 2010, Joanie founded his creative studio in Brussels in 2013, under the co-direction of Juliette Bibasse.

Joanie Lemercier

(Mist)
Brume is a contemplative installation by Joanie Lemercier, using an atomized water custom device.
With space and immateriality as a canvas, creating a mid-air floating projection, Joanie frees his work from the physicality of usual devices. Thanks to this volumetric tool, he modifies our frontal relationship with screen and allows new interactions between the viewer and the projected image.
He explores the possibilities of this new medium with a series of tableaux questioning our view of reality.
In his work, Joanie is researching timeless subjects like light, matter, geometry. With Brume, he is also interested in the link between water, light.
Like a transition or passage, the visitor discovers an intangible image, suspended in the void. For Joanie, it is a form of achievement to “escape from the screen”.
The image is moving in space and the viewer’s movements bring depth. This time of contemplation and calm invites to a sensory experience : enjoying the sound of the water, feeling the freshness of the mist.
Studio Joanie Lemercier : 
Co-direction : Juliette Bibasse 
Technical development : Martin Pirson 
Production : Nicolas Roziecki.
This project is supported by Wallonia-Brussels Federation.