Events
artist talk
COEXISTENCE – Artist Talk II - Landscape as source of inspiration
With: Piet Dieleman, Frank&Robbert, Pieter van de Walle
Saturday August 23, 2025, 3 – 4:30 PM
Location: pop-up RoofTopBar in Terneuzen city hall
RoofTopBar open until 6 PM
Registration required, via artbase@terneuzen.nl
Moderator Marie Jeanne de Rooij will talk with artists and scientists about resilient and vulnerable nature, the (cultural) landscape as inspiration, about a new and sustainable balance between human-art-nature and the concept of symbiocene.
Landscape as source of inspiration
For several years, artist Piet Dieleman has been working on his Herbarium project with nature in his own garden as inspiration. How did this project come about and what does nature mean as a theme in his artistic practice? The Ghent artist duo Frank&Robbert – Robbert&Frank, aka Robbert Goyvaerts & Frank Merkx, sees art as a sanctuary for magic and wonder and creates infectious and versatile work – objects, video work, performances, theater – which the duo will illustrate visually this Saturday. Biologist Pieter van de Walle knows everything about the importance of mini-organisms, such as worms, for the well-being of the ecosystem and also shares his knowledge, concerns and love for nature as a climate poet.
The conversations also focus on the special cultural relationship and connections between the Netherlands (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen) and Flanders with the Ghent-Terneuzen canal as a symbolic trait d'union.
