TheMerode is inviting Koen to hold a lecture as part of their enlightening program of events, where local and international speakers, ordinary and extraordinary, can share their unique stories and visions to encourage listeners on their own journey as change makers.
The documentary 'WILD GENE - the art of Koen Vanmechelen' by director Joris Gijsen has been selected for the official competition of BAFF – Brussels Art Film Festival.
Follow in the footsteps of Archimedes and Euclides, and help build our library for the new world, a cabinet of curiosities, a wunderkammer, the library of the future. Of your future. LABIOMISTA, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Universit Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) are looking for 30 young inquisitive people, ages 17 to 27, who are keen to explore the meaning of freedom. Come propelled by your dreams and together with others think about the future of the now in which we live. Come think the Unthinkable.
Our Cosmogolem, worldwide symbol of children rights, is now a delicious biscuits! Philip's Biscuits, an artisan bakery based in Antwerp (BE) made Cosmogolem cookies inspired by our Giant of Hope. The sales support the construction of a new Cosmogolem at the Academy of Merskem; the first Belgian Academy for children’s rights.
With the inauguration of LaMouseion, LABIOMISTA – the evolving work of art by artist Koen Vanmechelen in collaboration with the city of Genk – enters its third season. The installation once again proves that Koen Vanmechelen is one of the most socially relevant artists in Flanders. Three knowledge containers invite young people in particular to reflect on the future, in the same free spirit that typifies Vanmechelen’s ‘wild gene’.