For its 25th anniversary, BNA-BBOT raises a toast to Brussels — to its stories, its people, its history and its future. For the occasion, artists and DJs will dive into the audio archives and transform them into installations or dance sessions. Let’s make Brussels LOUD together!
https://www.instagram.com/bna.bbot/

17:00 - 21:00
UN ANNIVERSAIRE POTENTIEL — BNA-BBOT
installation in the cinema

17:00 + 18:30 + 20:00
SHADOW AND DUST (peau d'archive/langzaam licht) — Troubled Archives
performance in the cinema

21:00 Sagat
22:00 Le Microsondes
23:00 Roberta Miss
00:00 Rokia Bamba
01:00 Où est-ce pe n’este?
02:30 (einde)

UN ANNIVERSAIRE POTENTIEL, 17:00 - 21:00
This installation in the downstairs cinema offers a visual and auditory sketch of Brussels, built from a selection of testimonies, memories, and sounds collected through the project Bruxelles Nous Appartient – Brussel Behoort Ons Toe, spanning the years 1999 to 2025.

SHADOW AND DUST (peau d'archive/langzaam licht), 17:00 + 18:30 + 20:00
There is a rumble in archive land. Photographs are emanating sounds. Do these vibrations have transformative power? Troubled Archives invites Moise Ilunga to interpret the sounds of colonial photography and resilience.
https://www.instagram.com/troubledarchivescollectif/
https://www.instagram.com/moise_ilunga_officiel/

Sagat
Wiet Lengeler presents a work that explores the connections between recording, archiving, memory and imagination. By attempting to shape images and sounds from random discoveries in the BNA-BBOT sound archives, the installation becomes a metaphor for the way contemporary A.I. processes data.
https://www.instagram.com/ovt_sagat

Les Microsondes
When BNA-BBOT’s sound archives slip onto the decks of the Microsondes... For this big anniversary, the podcasting collective transforms the stories they've gathered over the past few years into a slightly chatty DJ set: get ready to groove to the sounds of Brussels’ voices. Ça va ksaar vanavond !
https://www.instagram.com/les.microsondes/

Roberta Miss
Roberta Miss, aka Nur/se, will navigate through soundscapes as diverse as techno, bass music, voice, and field recordings. Exploring listening dynamics and various narrative terrains, she’ll draw from protest and resistance recordings found in BNA-BBOT’s Brussels Sound Map to summon chants, crowd noise, slogans, brass bands – as well as moments of tension and solidarity – onto the dancefloor.
https://www.instagram.com/_roberta_miss_/

Rokia Bamba
Drawing from the BNA-BBOT sound archives, this vibrant DJ set pulses with love through the voices and noises of Brussels. A performance where every beat becomes a declaration – weaving together urban memory and collective emotion.
https://www.instagram.com/rokia_bamba_/

Où est-ce pe n’este?
Où est-ce pe n’este? (pronounce 'Wespennest') is a Brussels-based dj-duo (Flor Verdegem & Omar Hobo) serving stingy mixes of où a t’èveur deille file l’aïque playing. Driven by a nonsensical question with no answer, they are on a never ending quest through the local/global underground, mainstream & everything in between. They enjoy adapting their sets to the mood of the occasion (be it at a pub, a poetry festival or a rave), but always keep it playful and eclectic.
https://www.instagram.com/ou.est.ce.pe.n.este/