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! Special Closure<\/strong>
\nThe MIM will be closed to the public on Wednesday, January 28, 2026<\/strong>, for the annual staff celebration. We thank you for your understanding and invite you to plan your visit on another day.<\/p>\n

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Unmuting the Manza<\/em> invites audiences on an immersive journey into the sound world of <\/span>manza<\/span><\/i>, a traditional xylophone once played by Azande chiefs in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). The installation opens a space to listen, reflect, and reimagine the cultural meanings and sonic memories of <\/span>manza<\/span><\/i> xylophones preserved in the Africa Museum, Tervuren, since the late nineteenth century.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using interactive electronic interfaces, participants can explore the instrument\u2019s sounds and learn its playing techniques\u2014now largely forgotten within local communities due to colonization and modernization. In collaboration with musicians from the DRC, South Africa, Belgium, and Hong Kong, the installation weaves together archival recordings, local hip-hop, jazz, and the soundscapes of Kisangani city (DRC). From church choir and airport luggage belts to the rhythmic engines of boats along the Congo River, the installation revives a lost musical heritage<\/a> through collective listening and creation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adilia Yip<\/b> is a performer of marimba and balafon, and a postdoctoral researcher in the Arts (practice-based research, University of Antwerp, 2012-18). She investigates the cross-pollination of music traditions and technology, with a special focus on co-creation and contemporary expressions, in projects such as \u2018ReSoXy: ReSounding the Xylophone Collections of RMCA\u2019 (Africa Museum, Tervuren, and BELSPO BRAIN-be 2.0) and \u2018PercAI: A Generative AI Model for the West African Balafon Polyrhythm\u2019 (Royal Conservatoire Antwerp). While giving performances and lecture-recitals at international symposia, museums, festivals and music venues, she also gives courses on African music and world music at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Edward Dekeyser<\/b> <\/a>studied electroacoustic composition at the Royal Conservatory of Mons and took prior steps in multiphonic composition and diffusion at the sound design atelier of the Royal Academy of <\/span>Antwerp<\/span>.<\/span> He<\/span> was awarded in 2021 first place in \u2018L\u2019Espace du son: Concours de spatialisation\u2019, an international competition from “Influx \u2013 Musiques & Recherches” for spatial interpretation of electroacoustic oeuvres on a world-renowned acousmonium of over 80 loudspeakers. Among many more collaborations and appearances, he recently composed tape-music for soprano-voice Fran\u00e7oise Vanhecke.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11412,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"lieu":[1372],"region":[1307],"event_type":[1696],"edition":[1641],"class_list":["post-10441","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artiste-adilia-yip","artiste-edward-dekeyser","date-1180","date-1175","date-1177","date-1178","date-1179","lieu-mim-en","region-bruxelles-en","event_type-sound-installation","edition-2026-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/10441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/10441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12198,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/10441\/revisions\/12198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/date?post=10441"},{"taxonomy":"lieu","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lieu?post=10441"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=10441"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=10441"},{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasemaineduson.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=10441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}