Independent stage designer and music journalist Axel Simon explores the stage design of French Nightclub Le Sucre, based on the rooftop of a former sugar factory in Lyon. Should venues like this embrace their “club” identity in the cultural landscape? How can scenography reflect the persona of residents and invited collectives? In this interview, we explore these topics with stage designer Léa Chaix and programmer Pierre Zeimet.
Every day, hundreds of pedestrians pass through the corridors of Galerie Horta, which connects the Marché aux Herbes square to Brussels Central Station. Most of them are unaware that by taking this path, they are treading on the floor of C12, a polymorphous club that has been hosting international projects as well as local flavours for the past few years, and gathers the night owls of the Belgian capital in a meeting point well aware of the aesthetic and social issues of its time. Journalist and scenographer Axel Simon met two members of the organising team to try and understand what makes up the DNA of this club.
Independent stage designer and music journalist Axel Simon explores the stage design of Belgian festival Horst, based in industrial site ASIAT-Vilvoorde. In this interview, co-founder Mattias Staelens dives into the architectural DNA of the organisation, and how it faces environmental and aesthetic challenges.
Independent stage designer and music journalist Axel Simon explores La Station - Gare des Mines, a cultural space carved into a former train station on the outskirts of Paris. Over the years the venue gathered an ardent community while building itself a solid reputation in the French underground circuit. Through this interview, Olivier Le Gal and David Georges-François from La Station, and Roman Szymczak from Atelier Craft, the design studio behind the venue’s stagecraft, open the doors to a constantly evolving space merging activism and interdisciplinarity.
We reached out to Naja Orashvili, founder of techno club BASSIANI/HOROOM, a safe haven for partygoers in the heart of Georgia's capital city, Tbilisi.
New club featured as part of We are Europe series Club To Cloud is Porto-based Pérola Negra Club, with Jonathan Tavares, in charge of the venue's booking and management.
A series of articles to showcase and support European nightclubs. Next episode of "Club To Cloud" highlights the work of Nantes-based Macadam club, with founders Alexis Tenaud and Maxime Durand.
A series of articles to showcase and support European nightclubs. Third episode of "Club To Cloud" highlights the work of renowned Helsinki-based Kaiku club, with Mikko Anisimoff who's in charge of communications & marketing
A series of articles to showcase and support European nightclubs. Second episode of "Club To Cloud" highlights the work of Belgrade-based Drugstore club, with Branislav Jovancevic, the venue's program director, also known as Kӣr.
We are Europe is launching a new series of articles to showcase and support European nightclubs. The nightlife sector is just one of those that has been hugely impacted by the pandemic, which is why we wish to show our support for all the people and teams behind these essential cultural venues. To launch the series, we caught up with Vidmantas Čepkauskas from Opium, the iconic club in Vilnius. As the club’s artistic director, Vidmantas shares his vision for the political role occupied by the club scene.
