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BOZAR: anatomy of an institutional model for European immersive art

European XR is going through a gray area: ambitious works are proliferating, festivals are multiplying, public funding is intermittent, but few institutions are able to offer a stable, sustainable, and understandable model for the public. In this fragmented landscape, BOZAR, which has found its home in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (1928), appears to be an exception. Not because of a race for technological innovation, but because of a patient, cross-disciplinary, economically controlled and, above all, deeply thoughtful strategy. Between regular VR screenings, performative installations, thematic programming, and institutional…