Posts in Category: Culture of Industry
Miners stayed behind as a vague photo on the wall
On August 17, 2019
- Culture of Industry
“Black as coal they fell to their knees
For no one could hear their pleas
They wheezed and wheezed until no more
For the air they breathed was poor.”
(M. Moise in Ode to the miners)
Genk (B)
The door has remained open, the miners never come back
On August 8, 2019
- Culture of Industry
"And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted -- "Open then the Door! "You know how little while we have to stay, "And, once departed, may return no more."" (Based on a Persian text by Hakim Omar Khayyám) Genk (B)
An open storage
On July 24, 2019
- Culture of Industry
“Funny, how the things you have the hardest time parting with
Are the things you need the least”
(Bob Dylan in Lonesome day blues)
Colfontaine (B)
Dark clouds over our industrial landscape
On January 14, 2019
- Culture of Industry
"Wakonda Wakonda! Deep rolls thy thunder! Wakonda! They speak to me, my friend; The Weeping Ones, Hark! In deep rolling thunder calling. Wakonda! O friend, they speak to me. Far above, hark, Deep voiced in thunder calling." (A. Farwell in Inketunga's thunder song) Duisburg (D)
