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In 2004, Lille became European Capital of Culture. From the opening celebration on 6 Decembre 2003, which welcomed more than 750 000 visitors, until the closing of the Tri Postal, the Lille 2004 venue, on 28 November 2004, Lille 2004 proposed no less than 2,500 events: performances, exhibitions, festivities, metamorphoses...
Throughout the year, the overall project enjoyed the wide participation of local people and was reflected in events of the highest artistic quality. Moreover, these projects took place in 193 cities, towns and villages of the entire Nord-Pas de Calais region and Belgium - a first for a European Capital of Culture.
9 millions visitors, 17 800 Ambassadors of Lille 2004 volunteered to help in the preparation of events, a 30 % increase in tourist visits, 12 maisons Folie, new cultural infrastructures...
After Lille, we will have to wait until 2013 : Marseille is nominated as European Capital of Culture.
from 2003/12/06 to 2004/11/28
Lille and Eurometropole
Effervescence, magnificence, celebrations and debates, exhibitions and shows, iconoclastic and traditional artists, cinema, dance, literature, theatre: India and visions of the future, at the crossroads of art and modernity, have been invited to Lille this autumn 2006 during Bombaysers de Lille.
From Bombay to Chandigarh via London, from innovative textiles to spirituality, lille3000 examines a wide range of themes: the economy and new technologies, the art of city living and building the city of tomorrow, spirituality, and more generally issues of society and civilisation.
from 2006/10/14 to 2007/01/14
Lille and Eurometropole
Futurotextiles in Istanbul
After its successful spell in 2006 during lille3000 at Le Tri Postal in Lille, the Futurotextiles exhibition has visited Istanbul for Design Week from 4 to 10 September 2007.
from 2007/09/04 to 2007/09/10
Old Galata Bridge, Istanbul (Turkey)
Passage of Time, Collection François Pinault Foundation
39 international artists
100 photo / video / light works
From the Seventies to the present day!
From 16 October 2007 to 1 January 2008 at the Tri Postal in Lille, lille3000 presented an exhibition called “Passage du Temps” (Passage of Time) thanks to works from the François Pinault Foundation Collection for the first time in France.
from 2007/10/16 to 2008/01/06
Tri Postal, Lille
Zhu Yi ! Chinese contemporary photography
Following its showing in Vitoria and Barcelona in Spain, lille3000 and the City of Lille is hosting "ZHÙ YÌ, CHINESE CONTEMPORY PHOTOGRAPHY" in The Tri Postal at Lille, in collaboration with Artium Contemporary Art Centre of Vitoria and Palau de La Virreina exposicions of Barcelona.
from 2008/07/11 to 2008/09/07
Tri Postal, Lille
Following the successful Futurotextiles 06 exhibition in Lille, the old NMBS railway hangar in Kortrijk (Magdalenastraat) is now to be the venue for FUTUROTEXTIEL 08 - organised by Designregio Kortrijk and lille3000, from 9 October through 7 December 2008.
from 2008/10/09 to 2008/12/07
Courtrai - Kortrijk (B)
Following the impact of « Bombaysers de Lille », the new edition of lille3000 endeavoured to discover the new Europe as redefined since the fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 years before 2009: Istanbul, Berlin, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Budapest, Bucharest, Warsaw, Ljubljana, Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Moscow...
Exhibitions, metamorphoses, installations, secret gardens, design, plant-life architecture, cinema, drive ins, performances, theatre, dance, concerts, clubbing, literature, comic book art, debates, cuisine...
from 2009/03/14 to 2009/07/12
Lille and Eurometropole
EXHIBITION
15 INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION IN DIGITALS ARTS
The exhibition presents 15 interactive installations : visual and sound creations, transforming technical innovations which are now frequently used in contemporary and digital arts, cinema, theatre or design.
from 2009/09/18 to 2009/11/08
GARE SAINT SAUVEUR, LILLE (F)
Futurotextiles in Casablanca
The travelling exhibition Futurotextiles: Surprising textiles, Design and Art produced by lille3000 in collaboration with Culturesfrance is invited this autumn by ESITH (School of Textile and Clothing Industries), the French Embassy in Morocco and the Alliance Française.
from 2009/11/12 to 2009/12/12
ESITH (Casablanca)
Traffic Jam- Pascale Marthine Tayou
The contemporary artist of Cameroonian origin Pascale Marthine Tayou has been invited by lille3000 to present a monumental exhibition.
Tayou belongs to the generation of African artists who are redefining postcolonial culture and combining the experiences of their origins with those of Europe where they now live.
from 2010/03/25 to 2010/06/13
GARE SAINT SAUVEUR, LILLE (F)
Pavillon Lille Europe
At the Exposition Universelle de Shanghai 2010, Lille Metropole opened an office in the heart of the city, from May 1 to July 15, 2010: Pavilion Lille Europe in collaboration with the Hong Miao Gallery, located in a ancient Taoist temple on Nanjing Road.
from 2010/05/01 to 2010/07/15
SHANGHAI
