Protest Elektronik Poelaert
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In 2025, we were denied Place Poelaert for.
Yet this is where we initiated the first daytime open airs and proved that another model was possible.
We made it a success. Maybe even too much of a success.
Today, we are clearly talking about a “mainstream invasion”: driven by the same actors who are progressively monopolizing space, visibility, and decision-making power, with a growing threat to cultural diversity and democratic balance. And this year, the City of Brussels @philippe_close went even further by placing some of these same actors on the jury.
After denouncing these conflicts of interest, we were asked to resubmit authorizations already provided in 2025, while organizations structurally connected to members of the jury [including shared entities] were once again selected across multiple locations. We refuse to be judged by those helping build the monopoly we are fighting against, a monopoly that suffocates emergence, standardizes the scene, and slowly privatizes public space.
So we are coming back.
Because electronic culture does not belong to a handful of structures.
Because public space belongs to everyone.
Because a free scene does not ask for permission to exist.
This year, Protest Elektronik returns to Poelaert.
No DJs allowed? Fine. We will still gather, play music, and occupy the space together for a few hours.
Save the date.
13.06.26
Protest Elektronik 12:00 - 15:00
After Protest TBC
Give us back our public place. STOP the colonisation of the dancefloors.
Yet this is where we initiated the first daytime open airs and proved that another model was possible.
We made it a success. Maybe even too much of a success.
Today, we are clearly talking about a “mainstream invasion”: driven by the same actors who are progressively monopolizing space, visibility, and decision-making power, with a growing threat to cultural diversity and democratic balance. And this year, the City of Brussels @philippe_close went even further by placing some of these same actors on the jury.
After denouncing these conflicts of interest, we were asked to resubmit authorizations already provided in 2025, while organizations structurally connected to members of the jury [including shared entities] were once again selected across multiple locations. We refuse to be judged by those helping build the monopoly we are fighting against, a monopoly that suffocates emergence, standardizes the scene, and slowly privatizes public space.
So we are coming back.
Because electronic culture does not belong to a handful of structures.
Because public space belongs to everyone.
Because a free scene does not ask for permission to exist.
This year, Protest Elektronik returns to Poelaert.
No DJs allowed? Fine. We will still gather, play music, and occupy the space together for a few hours.
Save the date.
13.06.26
Protest Elektronik 12:00 - 15:00
After Protest TBC
Give us back our public place. STOP the colonisation of the dancefloors.
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Where is it happening?
Place Poelaert, 1000 Brussel, België, Brussels, Belgium
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Host or PublisherPiknik Elektronik Brussels
