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Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Étoile De Dakar
A voice rising from the heat of Dakar. Carried across continents like a call to awaken.
The guardian of the griot tradition - the living legacy of West African storytelling through music and voice.
Éclairer Le Monde is a luminous call for love, hope, and human resilience
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Koen Vanmechelen
A visionary artist of convergence, Vanmechelen works at the fertile crossroads of art, science, and community. His evolving oeuvre invites us to reflect on what it means to be human in relation to nature, society, and the Other.
Founder of LABIOMISTA, evolving work of art in Genk, Belgium
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Hope Masike (Trio)
Queen of the mbira, a traditional thumb piano. Hope Masike, queen of Zimbabwean soul, blends ritual with revolution. What she sings goes straight to the gut.
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Kirsty Wark
BBC icon. Storyteller of our times. She will guide the audience through this unprecedented encounter of art, ritual, and music: sharp, warm, and deeply present.
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Chido Govera
From growing mushrooms to planting dreams. Raised in Zimbabwe, she became a global voice for food justice, female leadership, and collective resilience. She shares words of hope and seeds the future.
Wild Gene Festival could only begin at LABIOMISTA, “the mix of life,”
Set within a 24-hectare park in Genk, Belgium, this extraordinary evolving work of art —created by Koen Vanmechelen in collaboration with the city — is a living expression of life’s diversity.
More than a location, LABIOMISTA is a meeting ground for all forms of life at the crossroads of nature, culture, and community. A place that invites curiosity, challenges assumptions, and sparks new ways of thinking.
It is the perfect ground for a new energy to take root — where Wild Gene begins its journey as a celebration, a collaboration, and a call to connection.