Four days of “Fiesta” at the foot of the Atomium.
This seventeenth annual Spanish and International festival, EuroFeria, will be celebrated, for the third time at the foot of the Atomium.
More info: http://www.euroferia.net
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The new Magritte museum in Brussels
Since June 2nd 2009, visitors are able to discover the Musée Magritte Museum on 2.500m² of a building of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.The museum will display the works of the surrealist artist, which belong to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and which are mainly the result of purchases as well as of the legacies Irène Hamoir-Scutenaire and Georgette Magritte. Many private collectors, as well as public and private institutions have contributed to the Musée Magritte Museum project by loaning their masterpieces. This multidisciplinary collection is the richest in the world. It contains more than 200 works consisting in oils on canvas, gouaches, drawings, sculptures and painted objects but also in advertising posters, music scores, vintage photographs and films produced by Magritte himself.
Belge Side Story
Could be…. who knows…
Let’s Dance / Central Station Antwerp Belgium
More than 200 dancers were performing their version of « Do Re Mi », in the Central Station of Antwerp. With just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt! Those 4 fantastic minutes started the 23 of march 2009, 08:00 AM. It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program, where they are looking for someone to play the leading role, in the musical of « The Sound of Music ».
The idea is probably coming from a T-Mobile Ad:
Source: Youtube / VTM
Buffalo Bill was in … Brussels, the Far East
Did you know that the famous american William F. Cody « Buffalo Bill » (1846-1917) visited Europe and Brussels? I didn’t. When I think of Buffalo Bill, it brings me back to my childhood, playing cowboys and indians in the far Far West with the Goldmines, … well actually in my parents’s backyard!
I recently found out that Buffalo Bill, after his army life, created a show called « Buffalo Bill’s Wild West ». After touring in the US, he was invited to England in 1887, then all over Europe.
His show was presented in Brussels:
– in 1891, « Plaine de Tenbosch » in Ixelles,
– in 1895, Bd Emile Jacqmain at the « Alhambra Theater », in Bruxelles-Ville,
– and finally in 1906, « Plaine de Manoeuvres » in Etterbeek.
Source: « Ils ont choisi Bruxelles » by Didier-Charles Luytens – Noir Dessin Production
The Vegetal City
The Evolution of a street from 1850 to 2150…
This is the creative research from Luc Schuiten, Architect in Brussels.
The Luc Schuiten’s exhibition is being held in Brussels from April 3 to August 30, 2009 at the « Musée du Cinquantenaire ».
The concept of ARCHIBORESCENCE
« The beginning of the millennium is characterized by a growing awareness of the importance of the climatic changes on our future. From all sides, the scientists ring the alarm bell. UNESCO, Giec, the international summits of Rio, Johannesburg and Bali anticipate the worst for the coming century if we do not change our behaviour radically.
The message is carried out daily by the media. It turns out that the autorities and decision maker’s plans are inadequate to effectively stop the emergency of this already urgent matter. The purpose of « Vegetal City » is to demonstrate that a long lasting and bright future is possible for the planet, through an innovative process.
This life to come has to be considered like an attempt of reconcialiation and cooperation with nature, in order to enable us to live together in a balanced harmony.
The website Vegetal City is conceived as a progression in time and space, through Luc Schuiten’s eye. It takes us on the path of this thoughts about Mother Nature’s presence as a model of a new way of building named by him « archiborescence ».
For three decades, this eco-visionary has been imagining and realizing homes, urban landscapes, cities… inspired by all he has been able to observe in natural environments.
The website opens the door to a harmonious future, possible through the modifications of our behaviours in our living environments. Nature is no longer considered as an inexhaustible manna from heaven but rather as an ally, likely to cooperate in edification of a long lasting society. »
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Luc Schuiten
The brain from Artonaut
Artonaut, a Brussels’s based association developping creative visual concepts, created a Giant Human Brain (8x6x5 meters) for the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Brussels. This concept, called InstruMENTAL, was placed at the top of the MIM building. It represents the intellectual faculties, the imagination and the potential of creation we all have. I love it. So « out of the box »!
Alex Pavy
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Tour & Taxis, an urban experience
Tour & Taxis, downtown Brussels, is a unique urban experience… Tour & Taxis offers today a mix of activities from business offices, shops, restaurants, spa and last but not least …cultural events. The lover of Architecture will also appreciate its exceptional renovation mixing history, charm and design.
More info: http://www.tourtaxis.be/
Brussels, the comic strip capital!
In 2009, Brussels will be more than ever THE capital of comic strips! Discover numerous exhibitions and other events that are organised to honour the Ninth Art. Brussels has a long tradition of murals. For the 2009 comic strips theme, the City of Brussels will again add to its comic strip tour, with two or three murals…
More info:
http://www.comicscenter.net/en/about-us/external-activities
http://www.brusselscomics.com/en/index.cfm
