Inspiration event at Le Fresnoy
Creativ'Up presents an inspiring evening at Le Fresnoy on Thursday 4 December.
With a talk by Hicham Berrada, who combines intuition and knowledge, science and poetry in his work, and a visit to the PANORAMA 27 exhibition.
Programme
6.30 p.m. | Welcome
6.45 p.m. | Presentation of Creativ'Up and PANORAMA 27
Three inspiring speakers (artists/creatives/entrepreneurs)
Hicham Berrada
Artist born in Casablanca in 1986, lives and works in Roubaix. Trained at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. His work has been exhibited at the Louvre-Lens, the Centre Pompidou, the Institut du Monde Arabe and the Palais de Tokyo, MoMA PS1 in New York, the Yokohama Triennale and the Hayward Gallery in London, among others.
Giliam Ganzevles
Researcher AI in Design & More-than-Human Futures, Devine Kask Howest. With his research project & book Decentering Design - Practice in a More-than-human World, he has just received a Henry van de Velde Award 2026 in the category of design research. Decentering Design is a research-through-design project that explores how design can contribute to an inclusive future by no longer placing humans at the centre, but understanding them as part of a more-than-human network.
Géraldine Bueken
Director of the XR4Heritage programme - "Memory connections: dialogue with the past in the age of AI - The example of Miriam Makeba"
8 p.m. | Cocktail reception and visit to the Panorama 27 exhibition
The Panorama exhibition, Le Fresnoy's major annual event, showcases more than 50 new works in the fields of image, sound and digital creation.
Praktical
Location
Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, 22 rue du Fresnoy, 59200 Tourcoing
Accessibility
Metro → Line 2, Alsace station
Bus → Line 30 towards Fresnoy stop
Train → Roubaix station
About Creativ’Up
Creativ'Up is an initiative involving three cross-border regions: Hauts-de-France, Wallonia and West Flanders. The aim of Creativ'Up is to offer you personalised support for your innovative projects related to the cultural and creative industries (CCI), whether you are an institution in the sector, a company, a researcher, a student entrepreneur or a motivated project leader!
Creativ'Up is part of the European territorial cooperation programme INTERREG France-Wallonia-Flanders, which aims to strengthen the economic attractiveness of the area by pooling the skills, practices and cultural and technological specificities of the participating regions.
Stijn Debaillie
Coordinator
