Artistic Activism Asylum


① memo 20190312 ~ Artistic Activism Asylum ~ Sculpture with barbed wire used in manifestation for regularisation of undocumented migrants found ‘resting’ last weekend in the Brussels Beguinage Church

Friet & Zout … Fries & Salt

① memo 20160407 ~ Friet & Zout … Fries & Salt ~ Félix Snyers teaching how to get ‘fries sprinkled with salt’ from the pipe organ in the Béguinage Church in Brussels , Belgium – March 2014. Film : Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

Béguinage shadows | 20151115

Béguinage shadows | 20151115 | Final cut today of our Afghan refugee interview* at the ‘Afghan camp’ inside the Béguinage Church in Brussels, Belgium – March 17, 2014 .

*One Afghan gentleman, who asked to remain anonymous, told us about his journey to Brussels. Interview anonymized by reconstruction using a disguised voice-over and visual and auditory imagery (organ Félix Snyers) captured March-April 2014 in the Church of Saint John the Baptist at the Béguinage in Brussels.

More about the Beguinage Project here http://bit.ly/1HZguvY and here https://michelvanderburg.com/?s=Beguinage

Reportage by Kristen Cattell (USA) and Michel van der Burg (Holland) | Beguinage Project . Film : Béguinage shadows | 20151115 | michelvanderburg.com

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