While here in the Netherlands the month of April is the month of philosophy, with special theme The City, just across the border Belgium hosts some very interesting events the coming month. The first is a symposium in Genk called “De Hybride Stad” (hybrid city) taking place today – April 18 – starting at 15:00, with an ensuing exhibition until 11/5/2008. Students of the Media & Design Academy in Genk have been investigating spatial layers underneath and above those of physical space.

The address of the exhibition is: Cultureel Centrum Genk, Dieplaan 2, 3600 Genk.

Please see here for more info >>.

While you are in the neighborhood, stop by in nearby Hasselt, where another interesting event is taking place called “PLACE@SPACE – (re)shaping everyday life”.

From the announcement:

New technologies have made our surroundings more diverse, larger and more complex. In our global society it is easier to cross borders and we can even be ‘virtually’ present in different places simultaneously. Networked and digital environments interact with physical, mental, social cultural and historical spaces. These multi-layered, kaleidoscopic, or hybrid spaces provide a wealth of new impressions. Technology is also becoming more ‘ubiquitous’, by which we mean that technology is everywhere, concealed in the objects that surround us. In other words, technological networks have become less visible in our environment.

In PLACE@SPACE – (re)shaping everyday life, artists, scientists, architects, engineers and designers make the impact of these new technologies visible once more and show how we can use them to reclaim our spatial environment and to make it our own again.

The exhibition lasts until 25/5/2008. The address is Art center Z33, vleugel ´58, Hasselt

Please see here for more info >>.