Last month I joined a Working Visit to Amman, Ramallah, Jerusalem and Haifa, organized by the Flanders Arts Institute. When we had to present ourselves during our last meeting - at Kabareet, the bar in Haifa run by Palestinians whom I admire for the radical independence in what they do - I imagined the following:
My name is Pieter Van Bogaert. I am an independent art critic and curator from Brussels. That makes me very dependent of the organizations, artists and publications I work with and for. I just finished a book on art and ecology for Imagine 2020, a long running collaborative project by a group of ten cultural organizations across Europe: Grand Tour 2020. It will be presented in November 2018. At the same time I am looking for partners for my book and exhibition project on a place called Fort Beau, of which I hope to present the first chapter (of five) next spring.
For 2M3 I invite some people I recently worked with:
Sanne Karssenberg is a fashion designer from Amsterdam. Together with eleven other designers we worked on Eternal Erasure, the book published by Sternberg Press and Sandberg Institute in 2017.
Maaike & Fairuz (garage64) are graphic designers and filmmakers from Koningslo. Together we worked on De Handelaars, the beauty issue of The Joint and Grand Tour 2020.
30/11/2018
Beer: Bruxellensis
Brasserie De La Senne