THE EUROPEAN PEPINIERES RENEWED THEMSELVES
With a brand new staff under the name Pépinières Europénnes de Création, the structure reborns to develop, through a vast network of partnerships in France, Europe and abroad, programs of residency for artists, mobility, exchanges, to support (co)production and dissemination of projects… with particular attention to new hybrid talents and digital cultures.
Programs
Pepinieres creates mobility, creation, co-production, distribution and workshops programs …
Networks
Pepinieres’ networks include artists/creators and structures in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia.
Art Calls
The Pepinieres’ calls offer to artist/creators residence opportunities or opportunities to disseminate their projects.
Partners
Three main axes of partnership that can benefit of funds, equities and Pepinieres networks
News
Livre | Akashic Diaries – Detroit Degree Zero and Other Crisis Writings – Biba Sheikh (Lb/USA) | Europia (Fr)
These burning/moving texts are poetic fragments, and sketches, nourished by the visions and experiences of Biba Sheikh, nomadic American writer and artist of Lebanese origin, living now in Detroit. THe book was commissioned by Transcultures - Belgium and the ...
Call 2023 | Applications European residency – KULT XL Ateliers | Municipality of Ixelles (Be)
The European Pepinieres of Creation support the initiative and the call "European residency - KULT XL Ateliers" launched by the Municipality of Ixelle (Brussels/Belgium). The project grants the use of the municipal short-term artists’ studio to visual artists....
27.04.2023 | Degree Zero (unknown realities) – Sonopoetic performance – Biba Sheikh (Lb/USA) | International Institute of Detroit (USA)
This poetic performance is taking place in celebration of the ‘Arab American Heritage Month’, at the International Institute of Metro Detroit. Habibah (Biba) Sheikh will perform texts, from her newly released book, “Akashic Diaries: Detroit Degree Zero, and other...
27.04 > 14.05.2023 | Augmented reality tour ]P P P[ XR Bury – La Société iMatériel (Fr/Be) | La Louvière (Be)
] P P P [ - XR Bury pays tribute to the inventiveness of Pol Bury, a multidisciplinary and visionary creator (from Surrealism to Kinetic Art), and highlights emblematic works and locations of his presence in the Louvière area. It allows for a playful and poetic...
27 > 28.04.2023 | Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – XR Bury | Maison des associations (Be)
On the occasion of the centenary of Pol Bury's birth, Transcultures, in partnership with the Paragraphe laboratory (CiTu axis) of the Paris 8 University and CY Cergy-Paris University, is organizing a research/creation seminar on art in the digital and AI era with...
26.04.2023 | Sound arts/alternative urban explorations workshop | Centrissime (Be)
This workshop, which brings together PHD students and professors from the CiTu-Paragraphe laboratory - University of Paris 8, takes place in the preamble to the symposium around the legacy of the multidisciplinary and indisciplinary artist (from La Louvière), Pol Bury...
22 > 29.04.2022 | Résidence PPP XR Bury – Société i-Matériel | Transonic Lab La Louvière (Be)
The members of the iMaterial Society bringing together creators/researchers Marc Veyrat/design, initiator of the Society i Material project, Jonathan Juste/programming, images, Gaetan Le Coarer/images, Philippe Franck/sound and poetic design are invited, by...
22.04 > 15.05.2023 | XR BURY – From the visionary work of Pol Bury to digital arts | La Louvière (Be)
On the occasion of the centenary of Pol Bury's birth, Transcultures, in partnership with the Paragraphe laboratory (CiTu axis) of the Paris 8 University and CY Cergy-Paris University and in partnership with the European Pepinieres of Creation (“Emergences – Ars...
17 > 30.04.2023 | Residence – Geolocated sound creation – Tommy Lawson (Tg/Fr) | Transonic Lab La Louvière (Be)
For this first phase of a creative residency at Transcultures in La Louvière (BE), Tommy Lawson is scouting the site, both meticulously and poetically, by developing a "map of the territory" woven with sounds. He walks in the city listening to collect sounds, natural...
14 > 17.04.2023 | Akashic Diaries – Sonopoetic residence | Transonic Lab (Be)
Associated with the publication of a book and e-book “Akashic Diaries - Detroit Degree Zero and Other crisis writings” coming out this Spring from Europia (Paris) by American-Lebanese poet/performer/director Biba Sheikh, the Belgian sound artists Paradise Sonore and...
01.04 > 10.05.2023 | Jonathan Juste (Fr) – European Pepinieres of Creation Residency | Transcultures (Be)
This sound and digital arts residency by Jonathan Juste - 2023 European Creation Nurseries for Transcultures/Wallonia-Brussels Federation laureate - will firstly aim to give the artist time to enable him to finalize the "PPP XR Bury project" produced by the i Material...
21.03 > 10.06.2023 | Pierre Larauza (Fr) @ expocollective #20 – Pour l’amour du sport | Saint-Ex – Culture Numérique (Fr)
As part of the exhibition "expocollective #20 - For the love of sport", the artist Pierre Larauza will exhibit his sculpture "February 20, 1998, Nagano", one of the works that he produced as part of his research "Documentary Sculptures"(project supported by the...
16.03 > 19.03. 2023 | i-REAL _ d-E+E-p_d-i+V-E – Société i Matériel (Fr) | Videoformes Festival (Fr)
The "d-E+E-p_d-i+V-E" project is part of the iREAL WORLD project led by artist researcher Marc Veyrat and supported by Transcultures. It was tested in VR for the first time during the Recto VRso Art Festival of Laval Virtual 2022, then during the FMSH Digital...
16.03.2023 | Ambisonic session – Reimagining the City | Ideas Block – City Sonic Vilnius (Lt)
An "Ambisonic Session" (immersive technique for broadcasting a 360-degree surround sound environment) is specially offered , at Ideas Block-Kompresoriné (new cultural venue partner of Transcultures and European Pepinieres of Creation) in the exhibition "Reimagining...
13 > 19.03.2023 | Sonopoetics Residency – Kotrina Zilinskaité (Lt) + Paradise Now (Fr/Be) – Tortura | City Sonic Vilnius (Lt)
As part of the City Sonic Vilnius events planned for 2023 by Uziateka, Oasis of the Arts, European Pépinières and Transcultures, Kotryna Zilinskaité and Paradise Now are hosted for a week in residence at Kompresoriné - Ideas Block to create together a sonopoetic...
12.03.2022 | Round table – Kika Nicolela (Br/Be) and Raya Lindberg (Fr/Be) | Chapel of Boondael (Be)
Kika Nicolela and Raya Lindberg offer a time for discussion in the magnificent heritage site that is the Boondael Chapel around the themes addressed by the exhibition. The roundtable will be moderated by multimedia artist Thomas Israël. The Commune of Ixelles presents...
Elise Voët (Fr) | Château Éphémère (Fr) 2022-23 laureat
Through a prolific practice that intertwines sound art, video art, generative art, and programming, Élise Voët establishes connections between image and sound to create immersive experiences within multimedia and audiovisual installations. Her works are characterized...
06.03 > 18.03.2023 | City Sonic Vilnius – Sound Camp #1 | Užiateka – Kompresorinė (Lt)
Transcultures, Užiateka, European Pepinieres of Creation and Ideas Block present City Sonic Vilnius Soundcamp, a sound art workshop (6 >11 March 2023) at Kompresoriné/ Ideas Block (Vilnius) featuring participants from Lithuania coordinated by Belgian and French...
06.03 > 16.03.2023 | Sound art creation and curation residency | Užiateka – Kompresorinė (Lt)
As part of a joint residency Pépinières Européennes (Fr), Transcultures (Be), Oasis Art, Užiateka, Ideas Block, (Lt), 3 Belgian (Philippe Franck) and French (Tommy Lawson and Christian Vialard) artists are invited to the Kompresorinė - Ideas Block from Vilnius for 10...
05.03 > 18.03 | Residence – Multiversum et alibi – Gleb Divov (Lt) | Transonic Lab Paris (Fr) – Vilnius (Lt)
Sound Changes the City, City Changes the Sound - Multiversum et alibiCreation residency This new piece explores the transformative power of sound in shaping urban environments. From the bustling streets to the tranquil parks, sound design has a profound impact on our...
02 > 19.03.2022 | I don’t remember much about her – Kika Nicolela (Br/Be) | Chapelle de Bondael (Be)
The Commune of Ixelles presents a solo exhibition by the Brazilian artist Kika Nicolela in the Chapelle de Boondael in Brussels. It will show an exceptional group of works made in early 2022 during the artist's residency at the Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain...
14 > 25.03.2022 | Elise Voët (Fr) – An.hydra.n | Château Éphémère residency (Fr)
Nourished by a study of the upheavals within the movements of water, its variations, its extreme states, An hydra n is a project by the artist Élise Voët which unfolds in the form of an audiovisual installation immersive. By mixing a scientific and radiographic...
04 > 26.02.2023 | Audioblast #11 – Network festival – Transmission of the Woods | Apo33 (Fr)
Audio in a network, Digital sound festival using the INTERNET as a venue for diffusing LIVE experimental, drone, noise, field recordings, sound poetry, electronic, contemporary music. The festival is streamed live online and in a quadraphonic sound system at the venue...
Call 2023 | Residencies – Digital & Sound Arts & new writings 2023-24 | Chateau Ephémère (FR)
In partnership with the network of European Pepinieres of Creation and Transcultures, Château Éphémère is launching for the 9th year its call for projects "Digital Arts, Sound Art & New Writings" for the 2023/24 season. Every project involving innovative digital...
02.02 > 09.02.2023 | Signal exhibition – GMLR Arts2 (Be) ESÄ Tourcoing (Fr) Studio | Tourcoing (Fr)
The GMLR or twin studio is the cross-border sound studio common to the ARTS2 schools of Mons (Belgium) and the ESÄ Dunkerque-Tourcoing, site of Tourcoing (France). Like every year, following workshops (including the last in Tourcoing Art School during the week of...
Call 2023 | City Sonic Vilnius – Sound Camp #1 | Užiateka – Kompresorinė (Lt)
In partnership with European Pepinieres of Creation, Transcultures, Užiateka and its partners, City Sonic Vilnius launches a call for participation open to sound artists to participate in its first "Sound Camp", a project inspired by the diversity of the acoustic...
31.01 > 05.02.2023 | Zone Libre – Sound art festival 2023 | Bastia (Fr)
For the third time, Transcultures is an important partner of the Zone Libre - sound arts festival organized by the eponymous association in Bastia, which defends creative sound and digital practices both locally and internationally. As for the 2022 edition, Philippe...
14 > 15.01.2023 | Cat C. Boucher’s Remember Event | Second Life
Transcultures is very sad to announce the decease of Cat C. Boucher who has hosted in her great Second Life Cat's Club many experimental audio visual events and artists (and in the past few months some Transonic Second Life Festivals supported by Transcultures). The...
14 > 18.01.23 | Sonopoetic residence – Maja Jantar (Be/Fi) + Paradise Now (Fr/Be) | Transonic Lab (Be)
Performer and vocalist Maja Jantar produced with her sound designer accomplice Paradise Now, after a first residency in Namur (BE) in 2021, a sonopoetic EP ‘Transonic Delta” on the Transonic label, which had also been the subject of a joint video titled ‘Clouds of...
30.12.2022 | Senis ir Jūra – Kotryna Žilinskaitė (Lt) – Sonopoetic performance | Ideas Block (Lt)
The “Senis ir Jūra” sonopoetic performance is the third and last event of this year's "City Sonic - Vilnius" - a sound experiential composition based on Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea" written in 1951 when the writer/journalist was living in...