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🍽🔌💻🥕😄🥗 The Cookery is back! And since we enjoy tweaking the recipe a bit for every edition 👩‍🍳, this time, we’re having a ⏳🛀 🐌 slower Cookery, with activities spread through May and June. The menu will combine masterclasses (led by a duo composed of one international and one Belgium-based artist), performances, talks and dinners. Names confirmed: Alex McLean @yaxupaxo Agathe Herrou aka @th4music Thomas Teurlai @thomasteurlai Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle @laminalalamina and more to be announced... A long weekend dedicated to livecoding, a masterclass where participants will build electromagnetic microphones using components salvaged from domestic appliances to explore the invisible sounds of everyday machines. ➕ the addition this year of introductory workshops in our super @fablab_imal : - an introduction to electronics and the Arduino physical computing platform - and an introduction to Fusion 360, a CAD software to design objects for digital fabrication. Read on for a quick preview of the programme in the 📎 of our bio. More info & registration links will follow soon! And do not forget to save the dates! We’re still cooking the programme of talks & performances but you will read and taste it soon. We can already tell you that Peter Sattler will be back with a delicious meal... @ptr.sttlr @bread_and_butter_supper So stay tuned for more! This programme is supported by @innoviris.brussels Design by: Camille Chautru @kmichatr

𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑮𝑬𝑺#𝟑 𝐱 𝐢𝐌𝐀𝐋 Artist Residents: 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝘀 & 𝗬𝗼𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 Born in 1997, the twins Amos and Yoel are Antwerp and The Hague-based multidisciplinary artists whose work spans from 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲, 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁 and 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. Their artistic practice is to create a shared ground in which objects, thoughts, sounds, and systems can be played with like instruments. Coming from a background in sound, they build sculptural, theatrical, and technological environments: "𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴." During their residency, they'll be working on their new project 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 [𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦] which reenact the return of such digital entities to introduce new forms of technologies for our digital, post-human world. "𝘈𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴: 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴. 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." On a mechanized, digitally controlled stage, a a self-contained operating system where synthetic voices and machine-like figures guide shifting geometric forms, 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴. ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁: @as12fg45 & @yoelzeor 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲: @mayalandsmann 𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 @imal_brussels

iMAL @imal_brussels Quai des Charbonnages 30, 1080 Brussels Located in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, iMAL operates at the intersection of an art centre and a laboratory, supporting artistic practices that critically engage with digital technologies through exhibitions, residencies, talks, and workshops. For Downtown Brussels Art, iMAL opens the doors of its residency programme through a special open studio visit. Audiences are invited to discover workspaces usually closed to the public and engage directly with the artists’ research and creative processes. Offering a glimpse into the experiments unfolding within iMAL’s laboratory, the presentation highlights practices developed in close dialogue with digital technologies. Featuring artists in residence including @maud_gourdon and Sohel Bourgeau. 30.05.26 — Downtown Brussels Art #DowntownBrusselsArt #VisitBrussels #iMAL #ContemporaryArt

Talk and concert alert on the 29th May 🔥 Alongside Alex McLean, we will count on amazing French livecoder Agathe Herrou, known musically as th4 @th4music , Agathe is a developer and mathematician based in Leuven. A classically trained theoretical computer scientist, she was drawn to TidalCycles back in 2017 from her love of lambda-calculus, and it has since been her language of predilection. Her performances typically consist in from-scratch improvisations, with an accent on dark, melancholic melodies and textures. She is also a proficient knitter, and has been working on bridging this practice with live-coding by studying the ways that procedural methods can be used to design knitting patterns in a way that respects the specificities of this art form. 🔗 🔗 https://agathe.herrou.fr 🔗 🔗 /th4music If you want to join the talk, concert (and dinner!) and even the workshop that will follow during that same weekend, don't wait longer to get your tickets. Seats are limited and time is flying! Link to register in our bio. video credits: Dark fairytale livecoding #tidalcycles @th4music

Concert alert 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 29th May will be an evening dedicated to live coding and we are absolutely delighted to count on the greatest Alex McLean @yaxupaxo We start at 5 pm with a talk followed by a concert-dinner at 7pm. On that evening we will also have the amazing @th4music whose dedicated post will come next of course! 😀 Both together, and on the weekend following (30 and 31 May) they will get deep into pattern thinking and how it can ground contemporary creative technology in ancient arts and crafts. To do this they will be working with glue guns, motors, lollypop sticks and code examples, to explore how complex patterns of sound and movement can be made from simple parts. They will introduce the free, web-based strudel software for this, exploring its possibilities for live coding music, while connecting it with other pattern-based codes like knitting and weaving patterns. Check our programme and register fast!!! Seats are limited. If you are joining both, the talk/performance/dinner + workshop, we recommend to select the combo ticket in our website! All info in the link 🔗 of our bio

𝗢𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 An exhibition in collaboration with @imal_brussels sound art installations by: Ooooo & Isabel Burr Raty Aernoudt Jacobs Charlie Usher Sonia Saroya & Edouard Sufrin Jasmine Guffond Tintin Patrone Laura Conant 🕚 11:00–19:00 📅 24.04 – 03.05.2026 📍 iMAL 29.04, 16:00 Guided tour + conversation #2 with @aernoudtjacobs , @tavolo_1973 , and @sonia.saroya & @edouard_sufrin , moderated by @elena_biserna 02.05, 16:00 Expo activation + presentation of tekhnē microresidents Performance by Diane Barbé & Marie Thompson

#appelàcandidatures | 📢 Bonne nouvelle ! Vous avez dès à présent jusqu’au 3 mai inclus pour candidater aux résidences artistiques EXTRA 2026. L’ambassade de France en Belgique et ses partenaires, iMAL, Antre Peaux, WIELS, MORPHO, games.brussels, Octobre numérique-Faire Monde, proposent 4 résidences artistiques à destination d’artistes de France et de Belgique : 👉2 résidences individuelles en Belgique : - Arts visuels au WIELS : pour les artistes français d’outre-mer. - Arts visuels à MORPHO : pour les artistes français ou résidant en France. 👉2 résidences croisées France ↔ Belgique : - Arts numériques entre iMAL et Antre Peaux : pour les artistes résidant en France et les artistes résidant en Belgique. - Jeu vidéo artistique entre games.brussels et Octobre Numérique – Faire Monde : pour les artistes français ou résidant en France, et les artistes belges ou résidant en Belgique. ⏳ Clôture des dossiers : 03.05.2026 🔗 Lien en bio pour postuler ! NL : #oproeptotkandidaten | 📢 Goed nieuws! U hebt nog tot en met 3 mei de tijd om uw kandidaat te stellen voor de artistieke residenties EXTRA 2026. De Franse Ambassade in België en haar partners iMAL, Antre Peaux, WIELS, MORPHO, games.brussels en Octobre Numérique-Faire Monde, bieden 4 artistieke residenties aan voor kunstenaars uit Frankrijk en België: 👉 2 individuele residenties in België: - Visuele kunsten bij WIELS: voor Franse kunstenaars uit de overzeese gebieden. - Visuele kunsten bij MORPHO: voor Franse kunstenaars of kunstenaars die in Frankrijk gedomicilieerd zijn. 👉 2 uitwisselingsresidenties Frankrijk ↔ België: - Digitale kunsten tussen iMAL en Antre Peaux: voor kunstenaars die in Frankrijk of België wonen. - Artistieke videogames tussen games.brussels en Octobre Numérique – Faire Monde: voor Franse kunstenaars (of inwoners van Frankrijk) en Belgische kunstenaars (of inwoners van België). ⏳ Deadline voor dossiers: 03.05.2026 🔗 Link in bio om te solliciteren! #EXTRA2026 #ResidencesArtistiques #ArtContemporain FranceBelgique

Expo preparations for Oscillation ::: from the Mothership at @imal_brussels ⚡⚡ Saturday 25.04 at 16:00: Opening + activation by ooooo & Isabel Burr Raty and Sonia Saroya & Edouard Sufrin Open 25.04 - 03.05, 11:00 - 19:00 With: Jasmine Guffond, ooooo & Isabel Burr Raty, Sonia Saroya & Edouard Sufrin, Aernoudt Jacobs, Charlie Usher, Tintin Patrone, Laura Conant 29.04, 16:00 Guided tour + conversation #2 with Aernoudt Jacobs, Charlie Usher, and Sonia Saroya & Edouard Sufrin, moderated by Elena Biserna 02.05, 16:00 Expo activation, presentation tekhnē microresidents, performance by Diane Barbé & Marie Thompson The Mothership figures as metaphor for the field of possibilities which technologies can open up. Drawing on experiments with the speaker as a medium, ecology of machines, networks and webs, cybernetics and feedback, affect, and unstable procedures and processes, the seven sound art installations in this exhibition explore these possibilities. Ooooo & Isabel Burr Raty set up a laboratory for electromagnetic fields as shared energetic resource, The Endless Speaker built by Aernoudt Jacobs is haptic and amorphous; Mixed feelings by Charlie Usher invites visitors to dive into the unpredictability of found sound in and from boxes; Sonia Saroya & Edouard Sufrin have constructed a sculpture made from diodes and transistors which speaks of relation and is playable in duo; the issue of online networks and surveillance is unpacked in Jasmine Guffond‘s Listening Back where online cookies are made audible in an audio-visual installation; as a glimpse into a possible future, the movie caprizaen, a world made for robot goats, by Tintin Patrone is projected in loop; and finally an open source synthesizer tool based on the wave rings of pebbles thrown into water built by Laura Conant is available for the public to use. The seven installations will be activated by the artists and some guests on three moments during the duration of the exhibition. Expo in collaboration with @imal_brussels Video by @solaexiste

El viernes pasado inauguramos “La Sociedad Automática”, una exposición de @felix_luque_sanchez en colaboración con @ibl3d , @damiengernay y @matierehumaine , que ya puede visitarse en LABoral hasta el 17 de octubre. 👏🏼 Coproducida junto a iMAL, la Federación Valonia-Bruselas y EUROPALIA España, “La Sociedad Automática” plantea una reflexión crítica sobre el papel que la tecnología ha adquirido en nuestras vidas, situándonos frente a cuestiones como la automatización y sus consecuencias. (@imal_brussels , @federation_wallonie_bruxelles , @valoniabruselasenespana , @culture.be y @europalia ) La inauguración contó con la participación de @semiramis_glez , directora de LABoral; @luciewalls , directora de iMAL; y el artista Félix Luque. 🗓️ Ven a descubrirla a LABoral. 🔗Entrada gratuita - Last Friday we opened “La Sociedad Automática,” an exhibition by @felix_luque_sanchez in collaboration with @ibl3d , @damiengernay , and @matierehumaine , which is now open to the public at LABoral. Co-produced with @imal_brussels , the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, and EUROPALIA, “La Sociedad Automática” offers a critical reflection on the role technology has taken on in our lives, confronting us with issues such as automation and its consequences. The opening featured @semiramis_glez , director of LABoral; @luciewalls , director of iMAL; and artist Félix Luque. 🗓️ Come discover it through October 17 at LABoral. Escenografía / set design: @nelverbeke Banda sonora original / Original soundtrack: @le.motel Diseño gráfico / Graphic design: @loponcela Con el apoyo de / With the support from: @aecid_es DJ: @nc248radio #LABoralCentrodeArte #LaSociedadAutomática #exposiciones #gijón

Durante el #LEVFestival podrá visitarse en @laboralcentrodearte la exposición La Sociedad Automática, del artista asturiano @felix_luque_sanchez , una reflexión crítica sobre el papel de la automatización y los sistemas algorítmicos en la vida contemporánea. En colaboración con Íñigo Bilbao Lopategui, Damien Gernay y Vincent Evrard, Félix Luque construye un paisaje inquietante y distópico de autómatas que no vacilan, no se cansan y no se rebelan, reflejo de un presente donde lo humano ha dejado de ocupar el centro.  Una experiencia para mirar de frente a la tecnología que nos gobierna. DEL 17 DE ABRIL AL 17 DE OCTUBRE @laboralcentrodearte :::entrada gratuita::: 📌Inauguración 17 de abril a las 19:00 h. _______ The exhibition La Sociedad Automática by Asturian artist Félix Luque will be on view at Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial during #LEVFestival. A critical reflection exploring how automation and algorithmic systems are reshaping contemporary life. Created in collaboration with Iñigo Bilbao Lopategui, Damien Gernay and Vincent Evrard, the exhibition unfolds as an unsettling, dystopian environment of automatons that never falter, never tire and never revolt. A world where human presence is no longer central. A compelling invitation to face the technologies that increasingly govern us. APRIL 17 to OCTOBER 17 :::free admission::: 📌Opening April 17th at 19:00 h. _______ w/ @laboralcentrodearte @imal_brussels @culturaast @cultura.gijon @gijondivertia @visitagijon @gijon

Au @fablab_imal , les participant·es du Centre Alpha ont exploré et expérimenté de nouveaux outils d’impressions 3D. 🔘⚙️ Aujourd’hui, ces pièces sont en train d’être réassemblées, intégrées à une œuvre plus vaste, bientôt visible au @recyclartbxl ! Une nouvelle étape, un nouveau récit en construction. On a hâte que vous découvriez la forme que tout cela prend, et on espère qu’elle vous touchera autant qu’elle nous touche. 🩶 Avec le soutien de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

¡Inauguración este viernes a las 19 h! 📍📢 Solo quedan 3 días para abrir las puertas de “La Sociedad Automática”, una exposición del artista asturiano @felix_luque_sanchez , en colaboración con Iñigo Bilbao Lopategui, Damien Gernay y Vincent Evrard. (@ibl3d , @damiengernay , @matierehumaine ) Imágenes que no sabemos si son reales o generadas por ordenador. Escenarios donde la tecnología ya no es solo herramienta, sino parte de nuestra intimidad y de nuestras relaciones sociales. A través de fotografía, inteligencia artificial, robótica, vídeo y performance, la muestra propone una narrativa desde la que reflexionar sobre el impacto de la automatización en nuestras vidas. 🔗 📍 LABoral Centro de Arte 🗓 Viernes, 19 h Entrada gratuita Coproducida junto a @imal_brussels , @federation_wallonie_bruxelles , @culture.be y @europalia . Escenografía: @nelverbeke Banda sonora original: @le.motel Diseño gráfico: @loponcela Con el apoyo de @aecid_es #LABoralCentroDeArte #exposiciones #Gijón