The climate calls for action! (NL)

We felt and saw it again this summer: the world is on fire. In Brussels, more than 200 people died this summer as a result of the extreme heat. Yet action is still lacking. How can we mobilise people? Can art play a role in this? And what about urban planning and architecture? What messages can rouse everyone to action? Lisa De Visscher and Frank Theys will be speaking on this topic.

About the speakers

Lisa De Visscher is Brussels’ Chief Architect and a leading voice in the Belgian and European architectural landscape. She is an engineer-architect, researcher, critic and trilingual cultural professional, and consistently focuses on the social responsibility of architecture. Thanks to her many years of experience in education, research, publishing and professional practice, she has a broad, nuanced perspective on the subject. In her policy paper as Chief Architect, she repeatedly refers to public space as the driving force behind a climate-resilient city.

Frank Theys is a filmmaker and visual artist. His experimental films, theatre works, video installations and documentaries have won various international awards and are included in the collections of, amongst others, the SMAK (Ghent) and the Museum for the Moving Image (New York). This autumn, he is curating the group exhibition ‘Ecostories’ at the VUB, a project by huisvandeMens Brussels and Pilar (25 November 2026 – 6 February 2027).

Practical information

Everyone is welcome from 12.15 pm for a bowl of vegetarian soup, in collaboration with Atelier Groot Eiland

‘Tussen de Soep en de Feiten’ is a collaboration between Brussels Academy, CCV, Citizenne, CM, Curieus, Davidsfonds, huisvandeMens, Humanistisch Verbond, Internationaal Comité, Louis Paul Boonkring, Masereelfonds, Mensen & Wetenschap, Muntpunt, Odisee, OKRA, UCOS, Vermeylenfonds, VUB en Willemsfonds.