Being with Art / Being with Architecture

On September 22 and 23, CIVA Foundation organizes a two-day discussion: Being with Art / Being with Architecture.

This event, initiated by the new department dedicated to contemporary culture and cities directed by Cedric Libert since January 2017, will be an opportunity to take risk and rethink the practice of curatorship and architecture in an institution that operates simultaneously as a space of conservation and curation, and a space of knowledge production. We will bring together various topics related to the raison d’être of an architecture centre, in the perspective of the integration of CIVA in the future Contemporary Art Centre in Citroën Garage Brussels. Also, underlining the relevance of cross-disciplinary praxis of art and architecture to produce exhibitions, this can lead to the exploration of both practices and the influence in the reflection and creation of contemporary environment.

A series of conversations with international leading practitioners—architects, theoreticians, writers and curators—will take place to reflect on the stakes at play in a contemporary environment of art, culture and the city under constant probation. These discussions will be recorded and edited to lay the basis and objectives of a critical agenda. At this occasion will also be unveiled its founding Scientific Committee.


September 22: Being with Art
Discussions moderated by Emmanuelle Chiappone-Piriou & Nicola Setari

10–10:30am
Gian Piero Frassinelli
Reading of the text Central Archive of Human Culture

10:30–11:30am
Shumon Basar
"Ce n’est pas une idée juste, c’est juste une idée"

11:30–12:30pm
Nikolaus Hirsch
"Do We Dream Under The Same Sky?"

2–3pm
Charlie Koolhaas
"Are we punk enough?"

3–4pm
David Malaud
"Architectus Ludens"

4:30–5:30pm
Vincent Normand & Jeremy Lecomte
"Le complexe d'exposition comme dispositif médiatique de la modernité"

5:30pm
Open conversations and conclusions of the day by moderators


September 23: Being with Architecture
Discussions moderated by Flavien Menu & Cédric Libert

10am–10:30am
Aurélien Bellanger
Reading of the first chapter of L’Aménagement du Territoire

10:30am–11:30am
Djamel Klouche
"Cities"

11:30am–12:30pm
Ido Avissar
"Neutral posture facing chaos"

2–3pm
Brett Steele
"Art & Pedagogies in the age of Trumpism"

3–4pm
Freek Persyn & Johan Anrys
"Negotiating Albania: development in practice"

4:30–6:30pm Maurice Culot, Isabelle Doucet
Re-discussing La Déclaration de Bruxelles

6:30pm
Open conversations and conclusions of both days by moderators

Check out the details and bios of all of our guests
Registration: There is no participation fee but prior registration is preferred by sending an email to t.garduno@civa.brussels. 

September 24: Sunday brunch

11am–3pm 
Lastly, for those who would spend the entire weekend in Brussels, a sunday brunch is organized in Parc Duden, within the temporary premises designed by Piovenefabi—Ambra Fabi and Giovanni Piovene: Le Pavillon du Parc Duden, Émile.