wonder creativity festival 2024

Are you a designer/artist/collective looking to present work or a project? A creative citizen who wants to engage children around art experiences? A digital artist looking for a venue or partner to show or develop an installation? A student who wants to roll out a workshop for schools?

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL FOR WONDER!

Do you have an idea or proposal without concrete elaboration? WONDER initiates collaborations and will work with you to find a suitable location and partners.

WONDER wants to inspire a very broad target group around creativity and innovation in the broad sense of the word. We not only want to enthuse, but above all to encourage reflection and open-mindedness, as well as offering a glimpse of the future. We want to be a platform for high-quality innovative and inspiring ideas, projects and products within the following thematic tracks: product innovation (e.g. materials, design, etc.), sustainability/circularity, digitalisation, social challenges (such as care, inclusion, mental health), urbanisation, etc. These will also be strongly highlighted for visitors this year. WONDER is diverse, we think it is very important to give a platform to initiatives from individuals as well as initiatives from e.g. companies and schools. Different creative sectors are covered. Anyone can submit a proposal, if the content, presentation and quality match the festival.

WONDER Creativity Festival pays tribute to the creativity and innovative ideas of young talent. WONDER challenges the limits of our imagination, and confidently looks ahead to the future. Therefore, the city festival gives a forum to inventive minds who come up with remarkable solutions to the societal challenges we face today and in the future.

The beating heart of WONDER is on the BUDA island, with lots of exhibitions and installations by and with creatives from all over Belgium and internationally.

The Kortrijk city centre provides the backdrop for the rest of the festival. At the many locations, public and private partners annually present exhibitions, lectures, workshops or events that celebrate imagination and creativity through a range of disciplines in the broadest sense.

Together with designers, artists, entrepreneurs and students, the festival aims to be an impactful platform for innovative, sustainable, digital and social ideas, projects and products. WONDER encourages reflection and open-mindedness, and enthuses visitors to shape the future boldly and colourfully together.