The inspiration for the Metropolis festival is the legendary science fiction film Metropolis from 1927, which sketches a futuristic vision of the world in... 2026.
On September 10th, the first step towards the kick-off took place at hetpaleis for 450 students from the Kunsthumaniora Antwerp, one of the participating schools that will work on the theme Metropolis for a year. They received an introduction to the project and a lecture by film expert Wouter Hessels, who took them through fragments from classic science fiction films centered on the theme The Man and the MachineAn inspiring start to a grand trajectory!