KIKK Festival 2015 - part I
23:50KIKK is an international festival organized in Namur, Belgium, this year being the 5th edition. It is a festival about art, design, technology and science, a festival where lots of students come. So, I flew to Brussels with the class to participate at this conference and I'm glad I did it. Of course, we were lucky because the universtity paid us the flight tickets and the accomadation. ;)
How is Brussels? Well, it worths a city break for sure. The Grand Place, The Mannekin Pis, The Royal Palace, The European Commission, The Atomium, are interesting to see. This the only thing I saw in one day, with the mention that you can't climb the atomium after 5:30 pm :(. In the Grand Place you can participate at free guided tours, the one we took was about three hours walking and was pretty good. If I say two things I didn't like in Brussels would be that is not a clean city, and I do not feel safe alone on the streets after dark. Disclaimer: that is the first impression after one day of walking through the city and it could change in the future.
In Namur, I didn't have time to visit but of course I get 'lost' a bit and walked near the canal. It get me the impression of an rustic city.
Now, how was the conference? The main conferences were held in Theatre of Namur, a fantastic building, where I spent the most of my time.
The
KIKK15 conference was an interesting event which somehow open up my mind to
art. It’s more natural for me to think that design must be pragmatic, useful
and goal oriented, but now I’ve seen that design can be related with fun and
art. There were many studios or individuals who promoted their work, but I took
it as a chance to expand my knowledge.
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