Sometimes in a museum. Often in a museum for all of us help-less art lovers…Home can be found surprisingly. When it is not expected nor looked for nor even sensed. And then a miracle happens. Magic happens. Home…happens. I went to The Museum of Ixelles to see a collective exhibition. I have forgotten its title. … Continue reading
Category Archives: People
The girl in the room is gone. Three shorts by Chantal Akerman.
A couple of weeks ago I saw three shorts by Chantal Akerman: Saute ma ville (1968), La Chambre (1972) and Le 15–8 (1973). This was my first meeting with her work. The black and white Saute ma ville, Akerman’s first film, showed a young woman who was moving back and forth in her kitchen in … Continue reading
A day of literature: my private passa porta
I have been ignoring my blog for months, devoting the little writing time I have got to my new novel. But I cannot resist writing about my passa porta experience. I bought the parcours badge and was faced with making some difficult choices. As the weather has not been at all in favour of literature … Continue reading
Janina Arsenjeva: It is a privilege to be part of the disability movement
Janina Arsenjeva, originally from Estonia, was reborn a Brusseler around 8 years ago. She has since learnt French (and is learning Dutch), turned vegetarian, travelled Europe back and forth and become a proud home owner in Schaerbeek. Although a severely able-bodied person herself, she has found application for her advocacy and research skills in the … Continue reading
Luis Augusto Quimper: My private Brussels is a permanent internal conflict
“I come from Piura, a town that used to be small in the north coast of Peru. A very warm and sunny place in the middle of the desert, where seasons go almost unnoticed and the days have the same length all year around. I went to a Jesuits school and then studied applied economic … Continue reading
Klaus Bondam: I always wanted to be a changemaker
“I am born on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, 19th of November 1963 by a Danish mother and a Dutch father. I have since the 1st of January 2011 been the director of The Danish Cultural Institute in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg – The Benelux. I live in a small apartment in Brussels, where the … Continue reading
Hatim Kaghat: Brussels Feels Like An Old Partner
My first guest is the photographer Hatim Kaghat. I met him at the opening of his exhibition Rituals some three weeks ago. Here is what he has shared about himself: “I was born in 1972 in Fes, Morocco. At the age of 23 I moved to Belgium to finish my studies. Photography has aroused an abiding … Continue reading
Eye Candy or The Secrets of Brussels
Brussels is a city which keeps its secrets well from those who are not really open and determined to discover the world behind its gray-institutional-glassy surface. But for those who are eager to explore it, it generously offers all sorts of entertainment and surprises. I have developed the habit of checking http://www.agenda.be every weekend when … Continue reading
Human Rights and Art in One World Festival
A Czech friend arrived last night and less than an hour later I found myself at the One World international human rights documentary film festival. It is an annual event, organised by the foundation my friend works for – People in Need, a Czech NGO. The film, we saw, was Give Us the Money of … Continue reading
Jana’s Seasonal Supper
Last night I joined Jana’s Seasonal Supper at the Urban Ecology Centre . It is a monthly initiative in which visitors cook and eat together vegetarian food in exchange for a donation to support the ecological initiatives of the Centre. It was my first time and I was very pleasantly surprised by the Centre’s atmosphere. It is a cozy and artistic … Continue reading