Luc Vangindertael - laGrange
"The sight of your cities pains the eyes"
The title of this creation comes from a speech attributed to Chief Seattle in 1864. In fact the speech was written by screenwriter Ted Perry in 1972 for "Home" a film about ecology. The sentence popped up in my memory looking at this building in the Rotterdam port area (a school) from behind the memorial of slavery. I used elements of the building and the monument to create a reflection on the price millions of people paid to build to the wealth of the west .... and still do. Slavery may be officially abolished, but many forms of exploitation of men and land still exist.
The title also refers to an environment created by Belgian artist Camiel Van Breedam who, throughout his career, has been influenced and inspired by the fate of the native people in the americas.
"The sight of your cities pains the eyes"
The title of this creation comes from a speech attributed to Chief Seattle in 1864. In fact the speech was written by screenwriter Ted Perry in 1972 for "Home" a film about ecology. The sentence popped up in my memory looking at this building in the Rotterdam port area (a school) from behind the memorial of slavery. I used elements of the building and the monument to create a reflection on the price millions of people paid to build to the wealth of the west .... and still do. Slavery may be officially abolished, but many forms of exploitation of men and land still exist.
The title also refers to an environment created by Belgian artist Camiel Van Breedam who, throughout his career, has been influenced and inspired by the fate of the native people in the americas.