Program

For its first edition, Mons en Lumières celebrated the 100th anniversary of surrealism with a 3 km light route through the historic center of Mons. From January 25 to February 4, 2024, 25 artistic installations, inspired by poetry and surrealism, transformed the city. Guest of honor, British artist Robert Montgomery, brought a unique touch to this free and accessible event, offering an immersive and captivating experience.

Event launch with a poem by Robert Montgomery

A one-time event on 25 January 2024 - 6:30pm My city with windows of summer lightning whose church Is an hourglass with bridges of Rollercoasters My city...

Invisible Graffiti of Love

“Above the city the gargoyles wander the sky, while under the cobblestones are crushed monuments, under the cobblestones an invisible forest, under the cobblestones the...

Dites-le avec des fleurs

Dites-le avec des fleurs takes on the form of customized mirror balls transforming into giant flowers, creating a surrealist illuminated garden in the middle of...

DADAIA

Words chanted, read and whispered by Mons citizens in their mother tongue, and enhanced by sound effects, converge with digital images projected onto facades. Dadaia...

Vitrines Lumineuses : Une expérience interactive

The Mons city-center windows will transform into living canvasses of light. Through interactive visual creations, the Illuminated Window Display installation offers up a unique playground...

Poésie numérique : une odyssée artistique entre surréalisme et IA

A captivating fusion of surrealism and artificial intelligence, this digital piece created by ARTS2 digital arts option students with the contribution of artificial intelligence, explores...

The Inside of Your Head is Not this Grey Mass They Have Told You (based on Paul Nougé)

“THE INSIDE OF YOUR HEAD IS NOT THE GREY MASS THEY HAVE TOLD YOU IT IS A LANDSCAPE WHERE FRESH SPRINGS GUSH WITH MOUNTAIN WATER...

Jardin d’Eden, si tout était à refaire…

Jardin d’Eden, si tout était à refaire revisits the tale of Adam and Eve through the eyes of a girl/woman who claims her right to...

Visages

This light installation will transform la rue Samson into a poetic picture. Laurence Vray’s botanical photographs come to life through phosphorescence orchestrated by Amélie Kestermans....

A Necklace of Liberty (based on Fernand Dumont)

“IN THIS LONG NECKLACE OF LOST TIME WE WILL SPEND AT LEAST ONE DAY WITH FREEDOM TREMBLING AROUND THE NECK OF THE WANDERING AND SILENT...

Trottoirs Lumineux

Trottoirs lumineux is an interactive installation which invites passersby to take a unique journey through light, darkness and architecture. Local businesses will participate in this...

Qui êtes-vous Monsieur Lambert ?

Qui êtes-vous Monsieur Lambert ? is a unique collective light installation created in collaboration with the people who live in la rue de la Grande...

Déluges

The installation called Déluges pays tribute to the artist, René Magritte, all the while exploring climate change via poetry and surrealism. The ARTS2 students have...

Order 200

Ordre 200 is a sound and light installation. 200 oil lamps are aligned symmetrically creating a hypnotizing show. Each light has an associated music note...

Balançoires

Balançoires is a playful and interactive experience, transforming the Grande Pêcherie park into an enchanting nocturnal playing field. The public will become the masters of...

You Are Still Alive

“You are still alive on this hurtling blue-skied planet spinning into a fragile unknowable future, The future is a cattle prod / the future is...

Exo-Cortex 3.0

The mapping installation, Exo-Cortex 3.0, transports you into a waking dream, guided by a digital entity, through a poetic and spellbinding composition of the space....

La Rivière

The La Rivière installation gives the effect of two giant koi carp swimming in the sky. These majestic creatures, lit up from the inside, will...

La Couronne de Rosa Parks

Discover Magic Monkey’s La Couronne de Rosa Park on the UMons site, Avenue Frère Orban. This project pays tribute to Rosa Parks; a symbolic figure of the...

Your Friends the Trees Will Save You from this Digital World

“NO MATTER HOW FAST YOU TRY TO RUN INTO A DIGITAL WORLD THE TREES WILL HAUNT YOU, THE TREES WILL FOLLOW YOU, YOUR FRIENDS THE...

Shattering Some Porcelain Trumpets (based on Paul Colinet)

“Shattering some porcelain trumpets in the castle at night with guitar amplifiers.”

Lustre

Lustre, is an enigmatic presence suspended in the empty space, exploring the relationship between time and light and transforming the latter into vital energy. Defying...

Les Frontières de l’Imaginaire

Les frontières de l’imaginaire invites you to explore a surrealist world in the heart of Mons. This visual and audio experience defies the laws of...

Doigts, frites et mains Bingo!

Dogs, frites et mains Bingo! is the fruit of 12 workshops and includes 96 participants. This installation offers visual and surrealist immersion in the universe...

La Magie du Parc du Beffroi

The artwork called La Magie du parc du Beffroi transports visitors to a fairytale universe at the heart of the Parc du Beffroi. This immersive...

HYMN

HYMN is a captivating installation created by artists Antoine Goldschmidt and Ofer Smilansky from Magic Street. It takes its inspiration from Tchaikovsky’s ‘Hymn of the...