Exhibition public opening event - Postcolonial?

Name: Exhibition public opening event - Postcolonial?
Start: 2026-04-17T18:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-17T23:00:00+02:00
Location: House of European History

Schedule

Fri Apr 17 2026 at 06:30 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

House of European History | Brussels, BU

💫Join us on Friday 17 April!
❓Dive into the exhibition’s powerful questions about colonial legacies and their lasting impact in today’s world.
Through guided tours, artistic interventions, and shared experiences, the galleries come alive as spaces of encounter, memory, and exchange.
🫱🏼‍🫲🏽From moving performances by La Candidate, DJ JOKI and Ilda Vaz, to hands-on block printing with Indikon, guided tours in the exhibition space, and East African–inspired refreshments by Utamu Collective, this opening is more than a launch — it’s an invitation to gather, reflect, and engage together
🎉Event line-up🎉
🎶DJ JOKI — DJ set
18:30 - 23:00
First floor "Graffiti Room"
🎤La Candidate – Coming back to voice
18:30 and 19:15
Pop-up performative intervention outside museum on stairs, Fables Room, Graffiti Room, cafeteria.
🔍Postcolonial? guided tours
19:30 - 21:30.
Exhibition galleries, duration - 30 minutes.
19:30 - English
20:00 - French
20:30 - English
21:00 - French
🎨Indikon – Block Printing Workshop
19:30 - 21:30
Fables Room, no registration needed, workshop language: English.
Duration approximately 30 minutes.
👩🏽‍🎤Ilda Vaz – Vocal Performance
20:00 - 21:30
Exhibition galleries.
No registration required – free entry
Please book in advance for guided tours
https://bit.ly/PublicOpeningHEH