The Flowers of Romance

No, not this kind.

This kind.

See you there?

Look + Listen + Talk = Warp

They’ve done it again, but this time it’s even bigger.

Three days, two nights, 16 artists meetings, very little sleep, and a lot of talk.

And that’s just me. It’s still going on.

Some scenes from the weekend.

Artist’s Village on the Grote Markt.

Stef van Bellingen giving the introductory tour.

Accommodation.

Radio interview.

Artist – Professional meetings.

Informal meetings.

Intervention.

Fuel.

Spitting in the soup

You walk through the exhibition.

You see a series of beautiful photographs.

You read the corresponding, somewhat didactic texts.

You engage with the work.

To your surprise, you enjoy the work.

The beauty of the images.

Then…

Then you see this:

Pity. I was enjoying the work until then.

As the old adage goes: a picture is worth a 1,000 words.

Didacticism is worth 1: yawn.