ghent TRACK - part II

"TRACK is a unique art experience in the public and semi public space of the city of Ghent. It offers surprising, enriching and unexpected encounters with the city, its history and its inhabitants and incites to reflect upon urban realities and the contemporary human condition in a broader sense. 41 international artists were invited to conceive new art works that are strongly rooted in the urban fabric of Ghent but link the local context with issues of global significance." more information on TRACK here

tazu rous 
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for backdrops, the artist uses iconic objects. here he built a full functional {and fully booked} hotel room around st-pieter's railway station clock. one clambers steel steps {read: one conquers vertigo} to land in a comfortable room with a stunning view. 

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more images here

mircea cantor 
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amidst the ruins of st-baafs abbey rises a wooden house of which the ropes lament the songs and stories of places we live in, the volatility of time passing and the present we so easily forfeit. 

tadashi kawamata 
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stretching the boundary between architecture and installation art, the artist has built slums, using pallets and waste materials, in the turning basin of dampoort's busy traffic interchange. 

benjamin verdonck
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* Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hinase hic anda thu, wat unbidan we nu

in collaboration with school children, the earliest known flemish phrase {°1100} is visualized using today's well known marketing symbols chosen by the children. the first letters of these products spell out the original phrase.

mark manders
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the house in which the artist presents his work is stunningly beautiful and derelict.  



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the artists' sense of humour appealing.

benjamin verdonck
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the tree house is an exact replica of the houses already living in the area since the 1950's. taking the saying
barking up a tree to quite a new level. 
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more images here

peter buggenhout 
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in former golden gloves boxing club, an
inside out installation reflects the artists' vison on decay, imperfection, erosion and transcience. 
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smelly polyester!

ghent tondelier quarter
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the former industrial site is being refurbished as we speak. amongst others, above artist used the changing site to translate a vision. 
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our own vision rather more down to earth... ice creme brulée





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hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hinase hic anda thu, wat unbidan we nu?
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(flemish)
alle vogels zijn al aan het nestelen, behalve jij en ik; waar wachten we nog op?
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(english)
all the birds are making their nest, except for you and i; whatever are we waiting for? 


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you will be able to walk the TRACK walk for real, until september 16th. 
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by means of an appetizer, or if you can't make; this way please
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enjoy. ♥
{don't forget to click the images for details}

17 comments :

  1. Wow!! magnificent..inspiring...I absolutely love the scuplture of the girl..amazing! Thankyou for this visual feast kindred!!
    HUgs
    Victoria

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  2. My dearest Nadeschda,
    thank you for waiting...
    but first I wanna cross over to your wonderful line by Mrs Atwood and comment there,
    I'll be back.

    Love
    Ariane.

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  3. nadine!

    this looks wonderful!!
    that tree-house
    the slums
    that girl
    wow....
    would have loved to walked
    that track with you

    x

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  4. My favorite is the treehouse and the ice cream brulee :)

    (But I would NEVER have made it to the top of that hotel room. Those scaffolding stairs look frightening!!!)

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  5. p.s. i take it back. after looking through the entire album, my favorites are the outdoor library (still) and the abbey. oh, too walk amongst those stones and that soft green grass!

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  6. * to walk. (what is wrong with my grammar these days?)

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    1. crazy as a bat. i know the feeling though. lets form a club.
      n♥

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  7. Wow! wow! wow! Amazing way to discover the world (and your world ;))

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  8. this is so interesting and creative ... thanks for sharing :)

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  9. TRACK is really great! I love the tree house!

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  10. Congratulations ... great blog, great pictures. Could we (Toerism Flanders)use two of you photo's of the Hotel (station) to promote (non commercial) TRACK? If so, please let me know what copyright we should use.
    Thanks,
    Hans

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    1. sure. i can send these via we.transfer if you like. did you go see on my flickr account for more? chose which ones and i'll get back to you, okay? cheers, nadine.
      {all rights reserved to nef paduart}
      do you happen to speak flemish at all, we could continue in dutch. e-mail me via wollfenbell[at]gmail[.]com. thank you.

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    2. Dag Nadine,
      Bedankt ... ik probeerde je te mailen wollfenbell@gmail.com maar kreeg een foutmelding.
      De twee foto's die we graag zouden gebruiken zijn de buitenopnames van het Hotel. Aangezien we ze alleen on line zouden gebruiken is de resolutie zoals ze op je blog zijn verschenen prima - dus ik kan ze gewoon downloaden via je website. Maar altijd leuk om je terug te vinden op Flickr ... onder welke naam?
      Groeten,
      Hans

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    3. Oeps > misschien best verder communiceren via hans.kerrinckx@toerismevlaanderen.be
      Tot later,
      Hans

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  11. this post is an adventure for me.....

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  12. I want to live in the treehouse....that torso artwork is intriguing I like its location too works well.
    Looks like a great event I shall peruse the web links on the weekend.

    Have a great day Miss Woolf I am slightly envious of that icecream no what you want to be looking at after a gym visit heh heh heh.

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