Centre for art, exhibition and experimentation

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Located at the Citadelle of Namur, Le Pavillon will be unveiled this December in a unique project dedicated to the digital transition.

As a host to the general public, it also pays particular attention to young people and enterprises, especially those in the tourism sector.

On site, visitors will follow a permanent path of discovery of contemporary technologies. And because we believe that knowledge comes through experimentation, our visitors will have the possibility to test, play, hack and tinker with these new technologies.

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Le Pavillon questions, analyses and promotes new possibilities related to the digital transformation of society.

Through a programme of thematic exhibitions of contemporary digital art, the presentation of company prototypes and technological innovations, the Pavilion offers the public the opportunity to understand complex topics and discover the intersections between art, science, technology and economics.

Le Pavillon isn’t afraid of bringing through art exhibitions some difficult subjects, as artificial intelligence or deep learning. Because Le Pavillon’s team firmly believes that knowledge is like a piece of cake : it’s so much better when shared (and with a good cup of tea).

The KIKK’s exhibition at Le Pavillon “Stellar Scape” focus on astronomy and space exploration.

With its deep skies that hypnotise and captivate, space holds an unrivalled fascination for the human race. At a time when the Anthropocene crisis is shaking our environmental, technological and democratic balances, the ‘Land of Night’ is in turn the last frontier to be colonised, a resource to be exploited, a tourist destination, an observatory for remote surveillance, a dumping ground for orbiting debris, and forever the infinite constellation of our original questions and (meta)physical dreams.

From the atomic fragment to the universal whole, the Stellar Scape exhibition brings together some twenty international artists, researchers and engineers to explore the imaginary world of astronomy and the revival of space adventures. Through art installations, immersive environments, scientific innovations and speculative projects, we experience this expanding starry landscape, a mirror of the cosmic link that connects us in a single space to all those things that appear not only as they are, but also as they could be.