The Mont des Arts receives the Night of Lights and Esquisse commune

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The installation will be integrated into the programme of the festivities of 175 years of the ULB and celebrates the birth of the new faculty of architecture of the ULB, a fusion between La Cambre and the Victor Horta Institute.

Esquisse commune

The event Esquisse commune exists since 1984. It consists in moving the premises of the Victor Horta Institute during 1 week to a symbolic Brussels place and transform it into an urban laboratory. For this year, 250 students visit the Mont des Arts [plan] for conferences, debates, exchanges, architectural conceptions,... The works will remain visible until 10 May 2010.

Annual subject

This year the subject of the Esquisse commune is 'Rear Window', inspired by the film of Hitchcock. About fifteen structures with wood and light will be built in the gallery of the Royal Library.

Night of Lights

This academic year 2009-2010, the ULB celebrates its 175 years of existence. To celebrate the end of this anniversary and the 40 years of existence of the VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), a Night of Lights will be held. It will be a playful event from the Grand-Place [plan] to the Place des Palais [plan]:

• a big banquet (paying and compulsory booking)
• free concerts (Place des Palais)
• a relay
• fireworks

During this Night of Lights, La Cambre, The Horta institute and the Erasmushogeschool will present the winner of a lighting competition at the Mont des Arts. This winner is Alessandro Pontara with his 'Plug in seat', a concept of 25 cubes which are illuminated when people sit down on. The work will be visible on the Mont des Arts.