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(N'Faly Kouyaté)

Festi’Konkoba is inviting you to experience Africa for two days with artists from various West African countries, with a carnival, an artisanal market, concerts, workshops, and cinema.

Ce n’est guère un hasard si Alex Barbier (1950) expose au Lycaon, un établissement qui s’est installé à côté du Dolle Mol il y a un an et qui fait revivre la rue des Éperonniers, à deux pas de la Grand-Place. Pour son nom, ce restaurant et lieu culturel s’est inspiré de la grande œuvre de ce peintre auteur de bande dessinée, Lycaons, rééditée par Frémok, éditeur excentrique bruxellois.

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian steals the show at Wiels. At the invitation of Belgium’s Jef Geys, the veteran Iranian-American artist presents a room in which her mirror mosaic sculptures offer a – literally and figuratively – dazzling exhibition.

Na het lezen van de recensies in Engeland en de Verenigde Staten en de berichten over het wegblijven van het grote publiek  toch naar de nieuwe film van M. Night Shyamalan gaan kijken, lijkt ramptoerisme. Maar dat is het niet.

It’s a bizarre thing, The Bling Ring. Sofia Coppola’s refusal to take a position or present a clear vision is a trial. It is both her great strength and weakness. One moment you suspect her film of being as hollow, vacuous, and ostentation-obsessed as the celebrity culture it portrays. But the next you don’t.

(75 Watt)

The biannual Working Title Platform mini-festival presents nine events at the Kaaistudios and in the Brigittines. The work-in-progress performances, installations, and talks are the fruit of workspacebrussels residencies. “The artists believe it is of the utmost importance to get gut reactions from the audience.”