Festival ARTONOV

The ARTONOV Festival is inspired by the international movement of Art Nouveau, both for its philosophy as for its implementation. Its objective is to generate a convergence between the performing arts, such as music, dance, theater and visual arts, promoting interdisciplinarity. Its fourth edition will take place in Brussels from 11th to 14th October 2018.

The name ‘ARTONOV’ is a pun which defines the vision of the festival. With an Eastern European consonance, it invites us to travel through Art Nouveau by the establishment of a bridge between the centuries and the arts, where innovation becomes a way to build a future together. It revolves around the following:

• ART: convergence of the arts, providing a coherent dialogue without falling in an amalgam.

• O: the festival itself, the bridge that brings visual arts, performing arts, space arts, fine arts and the arts of music together for a complete and balanced symbiosis around Art Nouveau .

• NOV : young emerging artists as a force to invest in the future, united with the use of new technologies as well as with the opportunity to travel the road of European Art Nouveau cities.

October, a month with a somewhat bad reputation. The days get shorter, the winter arrives and an insidious trend of withdrawal is in the air. It's time to throw open the windows, to leave one's home and feel the pulse of the city of Brussels. Rediscover the Art Nouveau buildings by attending a concert, a performance or show. Imagine the inside of the finest houses or hotels of great masters in Brussels reinvested by recognized and emerging artists. Music, dance, theater and visual arts in the heart of our heritage and accessible to all. What if we dreamed together, having in mind a piece of Mahler, Klimt or Zweig? Far from dwelling on the past, ARTONOV Festival offers an unprecedented look into the vision of Total Art.

The ARTONOV Festival wants to offer to the artists and in priority to emerging artists, the opportunity to develop their artistic projects in a spirit of cooperation between generations, nationalities and artistic disciplines. It will also mobilize some of the artists to raise awareness, generate curiosity and the desire to learn with respect to careers in arts and performance through workshops.
Finally, it proposes to reinvest Art Nouveau locations (already open to the public or private) in order to give a particular color to all the works presented as well to give a marvelous artistic challenge to the creative teams. The architecture becomes part of the "ritual" performance and an essential aspect, too often set aside. Going to venues such as the Hotel Ciamberlani, the Bibliothèque Solvay and the Hotel Wielemans will give tothe public the opportunity to discover or rediscover a heritage little or not accessible during the year and will bring back these buildings to their original inspirations and splendour