Tag: Brussels

Action Principles

Action Principles
Agir pour la Paix (Act for Peace) teaching practical action principles to Afghan refugees living in the Béguinage church in Brussels, Belgium, March 2014. Beguinage Project Reports – Kristen Cattell & Michel van der Burg. Film : Action Principles (20200216) Michel van der Burg | michelvanderburg.com

Inside Pipe Organ

Inside Pipe Organ
Listen and peek around inside at the pipes and mechanical transmission of the baroque gallery organ (Vermeersch/Van Hoof, 1840) filmed March 2014 in the church of the Saint John the Baptist at the Béguinage, Brussels, Belgium Film : 20200215 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

Hirsch on the Ground ~ Old Market Marolles

Hirsch on the Ground ~ Old Market Marolles
‘Hirsch par Terre’ (Hirsch on the Ground) flea market, last Monday, named after the Brussels couture house Hirsch & Cie founded in 1869 by the Jewish migrant Léo Hirsch. One of the names of the Old Market (Le Vieux Marché) started 1873 in the Marolles quarter of Brussels. Film : 20200212 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

Passerby ~ Stumbling Stones Brussels

Passerby ~ Stumbling Stones Brussels
Little school kids yesterday afternoon, passing the stumbling stones in front of 92 Rue des Tanneurs (Huidevettersstraat – ‘Tanner street’) in the Marolles quarter of Brussels, of Mrs. Mirla Zalc (deported Jan 15, 1943 with transport #18) – widow of Jacob Eisenstab – and their three children Ida (deported Aug 15, 1942 with transport #3), Szlama (deported Aug 18, 1942 with transport #4), and Louis Eisenstab (deported April 19, 1943, number 1198 on transport #20). All murdered in Auschwitz. Film : 20200211 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

Maks Bohm ~ Stumbling Stones Brussels

Maks Bohm ~ Stumbling Stones Brussels
Max Bohm (Maks Bohm – born 1922 in Germany) lived here – were I filmed this stolperstein today – in the Marolles district of Brussels at 112 Rue des Tanneurs (Huidevettersstraat – ‘Tanner street’) when he was arrested , and emprisoned in the nearby Mechelen transit camp (Kazerne Dossin) before being deported April 19, 1943 with Transport XX (the 20th train convoy direction Auschwitz). Max escaped, but he was arrested and deported again July 31, 1943 with the next convoy , Transport XXI , to Auschwitz were Max was murdered. Film : 20200210 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

JR: New York Show – Afghan Refugees Inside Out Belgium

JR: New York Show – Afghan Refugees Inside Out Belgium.
One minute impression of visiting JR: Chronicles in the Brooklyn Museum in New York, focusing on the video wall of Inside Out projects, screening our short film Béguinage Refugees Into The Wild. The film is a documentary of the March 2014 Inside Out project ‘Justice For Afghan Refugees In Belgium’.
Further documentation showing the film online here : Béguinage Refugees Into The Wild ~ JR: Chronicles Edition (20200205).
https://michelvanderburg.com/2020/02/05/beguinage-refugees-into-the-wild-jr_-chronicles-edition/ 

JR: Chronicles | Brooklyn Museum | October 4, 2019 – May 3, 2020

CREDITS

Film Béguinage Refugees Into The Wild – Afghan refugees living in the Brussels Béguinage church with posters by Chiara Ravano for the Inside Out project “Justice for Afghan refugees in Belgium” – Olivier Bonny, Salon Mommen, Brussels, Belgium, March 2014. Félix Snyers on the Béguinage church pipe organ. A Beguinage Project report by Kristen Cattell & Michel van der Burg. Film : Béguinage Refugees Into The Wild ~ JR: Chronicles Edition (20200205) Michel van der Burg | miracles.media

JR: Chronicles | INSIDE OUT | Brooklyn Museum | October 4, 2019 – May 3, 2020
Brooklyn Museum reportage made October 2019 by Kristen Cattell as part of our Beguinage Project Series.
Film : JR: New York Show – Afghan Refugees Inside Out Belgium (20200206) by Kristen Cattell & Michel van der Burg | miracles.media