what can we learn from nature?

A little cosy LINK bye bye DRINK to celebrate LINK’s last night at Fontainas.
8pm-10pm
Night shops all over for fresh drinks.
Bring a friend or two.
It was good, it was nice. The impact on neighborhood, kids, dogs, materials and world superstars such as Wiz Khalifa is confirmed.

LINK publication in the making!
Thank you to all involved.
Wouter + AAA

LINK

VRIJDAG 12 AUGUSTUS 2011, 17U-22U

Van 12 augustus 2011 tot 14 oktober 2011

LINK creëert een tijdelijke, fysische link tussen de Anspachlaan, het Fontainas plein en Fontainas park. Het opent het debat over een stedenbouwkundige aanpak van deze site.

LINK is de Brusselse/Belgische bijdrage aan het Europese project Green Days dat deze zomer in 4 Europese steden plaatsvindt. Green Days concentreert zich op de relatie tussen stedelijke en natuurlijke omgeving.

In België wordt Green Days georganiseerd door vzw AAA. LINK is ontworpen door Wouter De Raeve, vennoot van Dees & Lepage Landschapsarchitectuurbureau, en wordt gesteund door het European Cultural Foundation (ECF).

LINK, place Fontainas plein, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel 

Tram 3 & 4, halte/arrêt Anneessens, uitgang/sortie Fontainas

Info: www.deeslepage.be/nl/projecten/greendays.html | www.artanartist.org

LINK

VENDREDI 12 AOUT 2011, 17H-22H

Du 12 août2011 au 14 octobre 2011

LINK crée un lien temporaire et fysique entre le Boulevard d’Anspach, la Place Fontainas et le Parc Fontainas. L’intervention ouvre le débat sur l’approche urbanistique de ce site.

LINK est la contribution belgo-bruxelloise du projet européen Green Days, qui se déroule cet été dans 4 villes européennes. Green Days est axé sur la relation entre l’environnement urbain et la nature.

En Belgique, Green Days est organisé par l’asbl AAA. LINK est conçu par Wouter De Raeve, associé de Dees & Lepage (bureau d’architecture paysagiste), et soutenu par la European Cultural Foundation (ECF).

LINK, place Fontainas plein, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel 

Tram 3 & 4, halte/arrêt Anneessens, uitgang/sortie Fontainas

Info: www.deeslepage.be/nl/projecten/greendays.html | www.artanartist.org

 LINK

FRIDAY 12th of AUGUST 2011, 17H-22H

From August 12th to October 14th 2011

 LINK creates a temporary, physical link between the Boulevard Anspach, the Place Fontainas and the park. It wishes to launch a debate about the urbanistic approach of this site.

 LINK is the Brussels/Belgian contribution to the European Green Days project, that takes place in 4 European cities this summer. Green Days concentrates on the relation between the urban environment and nature.

 In Belgium, Green Days is organised by the non-profit organisation AAA. LINK is conceived by Wouter De Raeve, partner in Dees & Lepage (Landscape Architecture Agency), and supported by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF).

 LINK, place Fontainas plein, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel 

Tram 3 & 4, halte/arret/stop Anneessens, uitgang/sortie/exit Fontainas

Info: www.deeslepage.be/nl/projecten/greendays.html | www.artanartist.org

Some random impressions of Green Days Cluj | Peter Beda | AAA

The higher educated want more green in the city, organic food on their table. The lower paid just eat what’s the cheapest. There is green all around the city. And Coca-Cola, of course. Capitalism is the real problem. Anything that disturbs the market must go : nature, quality of life.. It is our duty of the intellectuals, the “cultured people” to wake up the masses.

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Local economy and local producers of food are very important for our future. In these modern days, everybody is either selling or buying, but nobody is creating or producing.

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When everybody will be poor, when the oil resources will be exhausted - only then we might stand a chance for survival, forced to go back to growing organic food, living a rural life, thinking in small communities. These values were destroyed by communism, then capitalism.

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Culture, art and beauty. Roots in the soil, the value of the work done by yourself. We need positive examples of community life. We need more social interaction, e.g. eating food is something to be done together. Create your own social micro-network. Getting your customers used to a certain kind of relation. Genuino Clandestino (Bologna) : illegal as branding. We are not allowed to sell this, but why would you buy something corporate?

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Quote : Fuck artists. Everybody is an artist. No difference between stage and public, everybody can participate, a freestyle activist mentality. Act now and make a difference. “Of course this is not te same as where you live, in the Other Europe.” The grass is always greener..

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Politics. It’s about connections, getting things done to get something in return. Reality = Favors. When you’re operating alone or outside the money-making system, it’s different, and difficult. Still, we argue that natural connections can be good. With no money involved. So we can serve each other, help each other.

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What can we then, learn from Green Days? Roumania, Belgium, Italy and UK all have very different positions, interpretations, artistic visions, linked to their history and local background in a global context. Thus, the allegory : Who moved my cheese?

Here are some pictures from the Green Days Workshop in Cluj-Napoca (Roumania), hosted by Fabrica de Pensule, from 18 to 21 July 2011.

Presentation of Fabrica de Pensule, tour of the Factory and the area, talks about the local context.

Visit to the Mihai Viteazu Market, talks by Ramona Duminicioiu and Bogdan Rakolcza on local producers and organic agriculture in Roumania.

View of the fragmentated urban area of Cluj-Napoca.

Visit to the Central Park and talk with Veer Klara Luminita, architect, about the renovations.

Group discussion at the Botanical Garden.

Visit to the Feroviarolor Park (Railroad Park) by Norbert Petrovici - discussion about activism and civic movement.

Green Days “Brussels”, represented by artist Wouter (Dees & Lepage) and Peter (AAA) would like to thank Corina and her team for the time, patience and organisation of the last of the Green Days workshops. A big thanks also to our curator Anna and the other particpants for their enthousiasm!