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WALLERS-ARENBERG – Video mapping tour at the Mine Site – 29th and 30th of May

20 March 2026
5 min read

Friday 29th and Saturday 30th of May 2026
10:15 pm > 1 am – Loop screening
Duration of the creations: approx. 3 to 10 min

Video mapping tour at the Arenberg Mine Site – La Porte du Hainaut
Rue Michel Rondet
59135 Wallers
Highway A23, exit 6 (Raismes), then follow Arenberg Creative Mine / La Porte du Hainaut
Free parking

Opening from 10 pm – Bar and snacks on site

> Download the map of the tour

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Video mapping tour

The Video Mapping Festival returns for its 5th edition at the Arenberg Mine Site with a new tour!
Monumental mapping, immersive mapping, object mapping, live performance… Take a nocturnal stroll through the heart of this historic site to explore different forms of video mapping!

1
Forecourt – Video mapping & dance performance
Duration: approx. 5 min
Showing every 15 minutes approximately

► Figure of speech
Figure of speech is an allegory of loneliness, in a world where everyone withdraws into themselves. Amidst motionless figures, a body seeks an echo, a glance, a response. But the figures around it remain frozen, unresponsive. A brief, poetic exploration of living together.

Performance: Leelou Lancel
Animation: Simon Lebon
Stage direction: Benjamin Durand
Light creation: Simon Lebon
Original music: Birdd – Renaud Watine

2
Machine room of Shaft no. 3 – Immersive video mapping
Duration : approx. 3 min

► Beat
Beat immerses the viewer in an environment where geometry and nature intersect and merge. Rigidity meets suppleness, and rhythm guides the possibilities in a creative dance. Two worlds rise together, transforming architecture into visual poetry.

Creation and animation: Sylvain Pouillart
Original music: Erick Bejarano

3
Facade of the Machine room of Shaft no. 1
Duration: approx. 7 min

►El Diablo: Hell of the North
This video mapping project brings the Paris-Roubaix race to life through a series of wacky visual styles, with the figure of El Diablo serving as the central theme.

Animation: Young professionals on the “Video Mapping Careers” employment support programme
Original music: Hélissende Raoul, Adrien Teillon
Supervising staff: Virgile Guiost Flore, Jules Camille Huvig

4
Studio – “Animalis Machina” exhibition
Duration of the exhibition: approx. 15 min env.

► Animalis Machina, Cococh Industry
Enter the “Cococh Industry” and dive into a world where artificial intelligence is at the service of animal welfare!
“Animalis Machina, Cococh Industry” is a futuristic food factory where the animal, transformed into a machine, constantly produces for the consumer’s greatest pleasure. Imaginary, funny and gritty, this ecological tale questions our relationship with the living and our own habits of consumption.

Concept and direction: Franck Dion
Music: Gaël Loison
Production: Loom Prod & Rainbox Productions

5
Compressor Facade – Interactive video mapping
Duration: approx. 10 min

► 128 Little Dwarves
A series of short interactive films, in which you’re invited to play live via your smartphone.
Together, make your choices in a playful world where bricks, windows and other props add a twist to the game.
From 0 to 128 people, 128 Little Dwarves transforms mapping into a collective experience.

To take part: download the MOMAPP app from the Android Play Store.
iPhone users can follow the experience as spectators.

Creation: Ludovic Burczykowski
Original music: Ludovic Burczykowski
Mixing and sound design: Lucas Verreman

6
Transformer Facade
Duration: approx. 4 min

►Memory and Other Languages

Creation and animation: Bug Visuals
Original music: Lucas Verreman

7
Workshop Facade – Interactive video mapping
Duration: approx. 3 min

► Life in the Mine
The history of the mine has been long, intense, and full of transformation. This project seeks to pay tribute to its passage through time, its evolution, and the most significant moments that shaped its life. Because the mine is not simply a place: it is the people who were here, those who are here now, and those who will continue giving life to this space filled with memory, effort, and legacy.
Through an interactive mapping experience, history will no longer be something merely observed, but something truly lived – allowing the audience to interact with the memories, moments, and essence of the people who built the identity of this remarkable place.

Creation: José Carlos Sanchez, Pierre Kolle
Animation: José Carlos Sanchez
Interaction: Pierre Kolle
Original music: Virgile Guiost Flore

SUPPORT & PARTNERS

An event offered as part of the Video Mapping Festival organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles.
With the support of the Hauts-de-France Region, DRAC Hauts-de-France, the Communauté d’Agglomération de La Porte du Hainaut and Arenberg Mine Site.

The video mapping on the Workshop is made during a creation residency organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles as part of the Video Mapping European Center.
With the support of the European Union (Europe is committed to the Hauts-de-France through the European Regional Development Fund), DREETS Hauts-de-France and the Hauts-de-France Region

The performance is made during a Franco-Belgian creation residency organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles as part of the Video Mapping European Center and the VideoMap project.
With the support of the European Union, Interreg France – Wallonia – Vlaanderen programme.

The video mapping on the Machine room of Shaft no. 1 is made as part of the Video Mapping Careers project, a support programme for video mapping careers organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles as part of the Video Mapping European Center.
With the support of the European Union (FSE+), the Hauts-de-France Region, Amiens Métropole, the Crédit Agricole Brie Picardie Foundation and ENTREPRISES ET CITÉS – Endowment Fund.

The video mapping on the Transformer is made during a creation residency.
With the support of SSA Mapping.

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