The Street belongs to you !
Artists, come and invade the streets of Brussels ! An unmissable part of Nuit Blanche, le Grand Piétonnier will this year take over Rue Léon Lepage. From the Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains to the Rue du Marché aux Porcs, the street is all yours ! A lively mix of entertainers, street acrobats, DJs on balconies, locals and the network of community associations welcome you for a journey of discovery like no other. Nuit Blanche 2010 places an emphasis non-motorised form of transport. On foot, by bike, on rollerblade, let’s make it the greenest Nuit Blanche to date !
Welcome from H. Fassi-Fihri Alderman for Culture of the City of Brussels
Nuit Blanche
A breath of Art in the night
Saturday 2nd October 2010
You won’t have to count sheep during the night of 2nd October 2010 !
The City of Brussels has once again mobilised all its energies to promote cultural dynamism and manage artistic abundance for the edition of Sleepless Night 2010.
Be welcome and discover the creations, audacity and flights of mind of all the artists gathered together for your delight. During this night, which will lead you through the Sainte-Catherine district, from rue Dansaert towards the magic fountains of the Vismet to the Place de l’Yser, you will admire, exult and get involved in numerous spectacles, installations, performances and animations that blend a luminous aesthetic into the creations with intelligence and finesse. Baroque images cradled in sonorous rituals are presented and overwhelm our senses and frontiers by unexpected choreographic processes.
Selecting the 50 retained projects was a veritable feat given the dilemma caused by the choice and quality of the 185 proposals received from Belgium and abroad.
Today, I am happy to announce to you a sumptuous programme for the blank screen of your sleepless nights.
The real challenge, the foundation of all this prior work for one and unique night, is you : you, the public, you the veritable star attraction of the spectacle - you, with your passions and your dreams...
Welcome to all, at the heart of the Night, at the heart of the Town for this unique and magnificent party that we are sharing with other capitals all over the world.
Hamza Fassi-Fihri Alderman for Culture of the City of Brussels
The Nuit Blanche concept
Nuit Blanche (which means “sleepless night” or “white night” in French), is a cultural event that is both artistic and popular. This eighth edition of the event aims at (re)discovering or (re)conquering this urban environment from a new perspective.
It is a night to get together, to share unusual and creative aspects of the contemporary creative scene in a warm and festive atmosphere that encourages discovery and wonder.
Nuit Blanche is aimed at opening up the city to the world of the night, by encouraging access to numerous places for a wide audience. This approach really is open to the city, to its inhabitants and to creativity.
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What makes the Brussels Nuit Blanche different ?
A participative project :
One of the specific aspects of Nuit Blanche Brussels is its participative aspect, which is based on a huge call for projects aimed at all actors in the fields of social events, sports events, cultural events and tourism.
Previous editions encouraged the emergence of dozens of projects by recognised or novice artists, from public and private cultural institutions, but also by people involved in social work and associations.
In this way, Nuit Blanche intends to offer a higher profile both to the sociocultural world and to the organising authorities who have the task of managing regular events for the general public. This night will increase the profile of non-profit associations, shopkeepers and artists in Brussels, but also the commune services and cultural venues which depend on them. Cooperation between artists and young people is planned, in order to put together high quality productions.
In order to create as many projects as possible among the general public and among the different actors in civil society, the mediators of the Cultural Service of the City of Brussels are working with neighbourhood associations in order to organise the resources of the numerous participants in this event. The approach of these cultural mediators consists in unifying and organising the resources of the many participants in the cultural, economic, artistic, association and sports sectors, in order to bring coherence to the largest number of initiatives taken in the context of this night-time adventure. It is an approach which is open to the city, its inhabitants and to creativity.
An artistic night :
Nuit Blanche would like to place the emphasis on artists from Brussels and Belgium, and the elements which have made their international reputation : their proximity, humanity and accessibility. Brussels is teeming with artists who are well-known and less known, young and old… we give you a chance to meet them. Nuit Blanche would therefore like to offer these artists a large and varied audience by providing them with a stage and taking care of the coordination and logistics aspects.
As well as exhibitions, films, concerts, stories and contemporary dance, the audience will also be invited to become an “artist”, for the night, via the different workshops.
