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On the 24th and 25th of May, the third and closing conference of SHARE will take place at LUCA – campus Sint-Lukas Brussel. SHARE is a European project that focuses on Phd and research in the arts.  SHARE is an international networking project, comprising 39 partners working together on enhancing the ‘3rd cycle’ of arts research and education, creating a Europe-wide exchange framework for the widely different experiences, practices and ideas that make up the lively domain of artistic and cultural research.

More information and the full program can be found here

As part of the integration of the KU Leuven and its university colleges, Social Spaces (MAD-Faculty) and the Centre for User Experience Research (CUO, iMinds) have merged into a joint research group called Social Spaces|CUO. Together we pursue research projects in which we combine our complementary skills for designing socially relevant interactive applications and artefacts.

In order to celebrate this new joint research group, we invite you to a kick-off event. A combination of an interesting speaker (Froukje Sleeswijk-Visser) and a practical workshop (MAP-it) will give you a glimpse of the topics and methods our joint group is working on.

Registration is free but required via http://twikilist.com/SocialSpaces%7CCUOevent-04022013-lecturebyFroukjeSleeswijkVisser

We hope to see you on Monday!

„Sound & Image“ is a day devoted to lectures, debates and performances exploring sound in relation to visual art forms. In the first part of the day (11am – 4pm) doctoral students and artistic researchers present their research to a critical group of fellow doctoral students, supervisors and experts. This takes place in the context of SeminArt, a cross-association seminar aimed at doctoral researchers in the visual arts.

The second part of the day (4.30pm – 10pm) is open to a wider audience of artists, students, researchers and anyone interested in the topic of sound & image. The day concludes with a performance by the experimental tuba player and composer Robin Hayward, followed by the multidisciplinary improvisation performance „2 x 2“ (Peter Jacquemyn, Klaas Verpoest,  Sigrid Tanghe and Jan Pillaert). „Sound & Image“ is organised by LUCA – Faculty of the Arts in collaboration with SeminArt/HISK, Transmedia Impact Sessions and M – Museum Leuven. All lectures and debates are in English.

more information can be found here

From september 8 till september 16, my installation ‘Exploded Film‘ will be part of Set Off - a group exhibition of 24 artists in the Molens Van Orshoven in Leuven. The exhibition is meant to draw attention to the creative potential of Leuven and to raise questions about the lack of affordable artists workspaces and exhibition spaces.

Everybody is welcome at the opening party on saturday september 8 at 20h with Prof. Dr. Willem Elias as guest lecturer and with amongst others Dj Hafida and performances by Didi De Paris, Dirk Vekemans and Line Closset. Location: Stapelhuisstraat 15, 3000 Leuven (Vaartkom). More info about this exhibition: setoff.be