Stopping prohibition and a water tower
On October 10, 2019
- Culture of Industry
“There will be quiet open spaces,
and shady towers sweet with bells,
and quiet folks with quiet faces,
walking among these miracles.”
(H. Wolfe in The dream-city)
Chênée (B)
Monuments of consumerism
On October 5, 2019
- What has been left
“In den angenehmen Büschen,
Wo sich Licht und Schatten mischen,
Suchet sich in stiller Lust
Aug’ und Herze zu erfrischen;
Dann erheb’t sich aus der Brust
Mein zufriedenes Gemüte,
Und lobsingt des Schöpfers Güte …”
(B.H. Brockes in Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott)
Bottrop (D)
Don’t fly away from me!
On October 1, 2019
- Street Scenes
"Often in the white clouds that appear on the horizon It seems that as an angel you fly towards me, And hold out your arms never to leave me again. Ah, tell me, ah, say if there is anything that conjures up an image of me for you!" (Unidentified author in All'amante lontano, transl. by L. Claycomb) Amsterdam (NL)
When will they serve the beer?
On September 29, 2019
- Culture of Industry
"Here,
With my beer
I sit,
While golden moments flit:
Alas!
They pass
Unheeded by:
And, as they fly,
I,
Being dry,
Sit, idly sipping here
My beer."
(G. Arnold in Beer)
Colfontaine (B)
A chair waiting for the summer to come
On September 24, 2019
- Culture of Industry
"When summer comes I’ll steal away And find the land of shining day; I’ll rest beside the singing streams And make myself a house of dreams." (H. Taylor in When summer comes) Bottrop (D)