Art au Centre and the Very Contemporary Network are pleased to invite you to the third edition of Performing Landscapes, which will take place on Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 11 am to 7 pm in Liège. During this day we will collectively question the landscape around us, that of the city of Liège, through a dozen artistic interventions in the form of performances, sound works, projections and collective artworks.

While landscape has been a favorite subject of artistic creation for several centuries now, the Performing Landscapes program aims to offer participants the opportunity to experience it collectively through movement and the discovery of contemporary artistic practices.

On September 7, we invite you to embark with us on a cruise or a bike tour along the Meuse, a crucial axis of circulation and communication for the Liège basin since its origins. Following the flow of the river will lead us to revisit the not-so-distant past of the city of Liège. The cruise and the bike tour will take us out of the city center to explore the fringes of the city, transformed and exploited by industry, laden with a history that resonates intensely with our current challenges. What legacy do we retain from this period? How do we integrate these landscapes into our present? While these questions arise from the observation of a specific region, they extend far beyond any geographical anchoring. Starting from a city and its periphery, we open a reflection beyond borders.

Each artistic gesture positions itself as a first step in reflecting on the future. How do we move beyond a form of status quo, whether it concerns questions of heritage, memory, ecology, culture, socio-economic, or political developments?

Come share with us a convivial and unique moment to discover the landscape of a city in a new way!



Very Contemporary is a network of exhibition venues for contemporary art in the EUREGIO Meuse-Rhine. The cultural exchange between the three countries (Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands) in the middle of Europe is also of particular importance for the art scene. The network has been testing an intensive exchange across the borders for many years. The Very Contemporary venues are: Museum De Domijnen (NL), SCHUNCK (NL), Greylight Projects (NL), IKOB (BE), La Châtaigneraie (BE), Art au Centre Liège (BE), Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster (DE), Leopold-Hoesch-Museum (DE), Ludwig Forum Aachen (DE), NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (DE).