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Club Animus – Art as Action

10 Saturday Oct 2026

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“You did not expect this: a sudden pain like being punched in the stomach, or a heat that burns your skin. You, as all of us, want to be liked, loved, appreciated, accepted. And then this moment arrives: a nasty hidden look, for too long, whispers you cannot escape, but pretending you shouldn’t hear. Or you feel a rough bump in your back at passing. Someone detest you, despises you, want you to get far away, may hit you, wants to harm you. This feeling of imminent hostility: you experience animosity….”

The entry, guarded, Drager Meurtant, 2025

With twelve artist we prepare project on the theme ‘animosity or not’. Exhibition will start April 28 and run for four weeks in De Melkfabriek in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL.

More news follows

The Chase, Drager Meurtant, 2024

In Need

04 Tuesday Aug 2026

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, development, Figurative art, History, kunst, mental health, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie, street-photography

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fotografie, motocycle, nostalgia, photography, poetry, poezie

Bank account and mood and bills on the table / made me decide to write a poem / with highest price per word, plus /

the biggest exposure and no risk / for hate mails.

The subject should be society, in / relation to nature, and avoiding / death and violence.

Like what life was on April 29, 1966 / in my place of birth.

at home, 1966

Denial // Ontkenning

15 Sunday Feb 2026

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, Dada, Decay, defense, Greece, kunst, mental health, philosophy, photography, poetry, street photography

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Athens, city, Dada, fotografie, gedicht, photography, poetry, poezie, Street, urban

I. NO

No, I won’t do this.

Your request surprises me / make my toes cramp in / my protective shoes.

No / when I’m asked / the other has the power / and I disappear in nothingness / earn no respect.

The choice is to leave the / power with the other or / a rejection which means / battle.

I. NEEN

Neen / ik doe het niet.

Uw vraag overvalt me / en ik voel mijn tenen / krampen in mijn / beveiligde schoenen.

Neen/ als ik wordt gevraagd / dan ligt de macht bij de ander / en ik verdwijn in nietigheid / verdien ik geen respect.

De keus is dan om / de macht bij de ander te laten / dan wel de afwijzing / en dat betekent / strijd.

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II. Ghost

No:

No, words / stay away / stay away a while.

AWAY!

I don’t need you / now.

Not just now.

Simply, silence / is what I wish/ and-no-more.

II. Geest

Neen:

neen, woorden / blijf maar weg / blijf maar even weg.

WEG!

Ik heb je nu niet / nodig.

Nu even niet.

Gewoon, stilte/ dat wil ik / en-verder-niets

(Photos by DM in Koukaki, Athens, Greece, October 26th, 2025

Text by DM, February 15th, 2026)

What I tell you is not true

19 Tuesday Aug 2025

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collage, Dada, kunst, philosophy, poetry, poezie, surreal

With madness ruling our world thanks to mixture of finance, big-tech, politics and social media, there must be written more poetry, and there must be created more art.

Incomprehensible (Animal) Rythm

Dogs dance and fight and bite / cats or humans and the occasional sheep /

(not their bosses).

And teeth shine / a glance that guards distance.

incomprehensible (animal) rythm // onbegrijpelijk (animaal) ritme

Honden dansen en vechten en bijten / katten of mensen en bij gelegenheid / een schaap /

(niet hun baasjes).

En tanden schijnen / een glans die afstand bewaart.

text and collage-mixed media, DM 2024 – 2025 (www.meurtant.exto.org)

Under Threat // Onder Dreiging

25 Wednesday Jun 2025

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assemblage, bedreiging, Dada, kunst, philosophy, poetry, samenleving, society, threat

A society defined by fences

And talking of violence

Shrinks to miniature.

Under Threat – I

Een samenleving bepaald door hekken

En door praten over geweld

Krimpt tot een miniatuur.

Under Threat – II

When stupidity is exposed

It may become explosive.

Under Threat – I (detail)

Als stompzinnigheid wordt blootgelegd

Kan het explosief worden.

Under Threat – II (detail)

Assemblage “Under Threat / Onder Dreiging”

(metal, wood, A1 gypsum, paint, stone, sand, 70x35x30 cm)

Text & photos (c) Drager Meurtant June 25, 2025

Closed eyes

12 Thursday Jun 2025

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, Dada, mental health, poetry, poezie

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Dada, gedicht, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie

a collaborative poem with Catherin j Pascal Dunk

Closed eyes

Richess // Rijkdom

22 Thursday May 2025

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, Dada, kunst, outdoor, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie, society, street photography

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blog, city, Dada, fotografie, gedicht, kunst, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie

“Every day, every moment, seek for the richness of life.”

Locked (DM, Amsterdam)

“Elke dag, elk moment, zoek de rijkdom van het leven”

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“Attentive, once the pain had vanished,

near the water level the transition was seen

of mass to infinity.”

Transition // Overgang (DM, Amsterdam)

“Met aandacht, nadat de pijn was verdwenen,

werd dichtbij het water de overgang gezien

van massa naar oneindigheid.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.>>>>>>

“The broom had scrubbed / its hair to an end.”

Broom // Bezem (DM, Amsterdam)

“De bezem had de haren / geschrobd tot het einde.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

“The hand which reached toward richess

and the repair man of the broken glass

arrived one after the other.”

Richess // Rijkdom (DM, Amsterdam)

“De hand die reikte naar rijkdom

en de reparateur van het gebroken glas

kwamen na elkaar aan.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

“What do we learn from our errors?”

Error // Fout (DM, Amsterdam)

“Wat leren we van onze fouten?”

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“Some creatures do not think about causes

or consequences,

but simply adapt to circumstances.”

Adaptation // Aanpassing (DM, Amsterdam)

“Sommige schepsels denken niet na over oorzaken

of gevolgen, maar passen zich eenvoudig aan

aan de omstandigheden.”

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Walking the city // Lopend door de stad, Amsterdam (NL) May 22, 2025.

(All images and texts (c) Drager Meurtant)

Impossible views

04 Sunday May 2025

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art, Dada, kunst, philosophy, poetry, poezie

I. the attack

“A knife will not do, and bombs are so

general. But, if we hack their email,

we’ll achieve our goals without much

bloodshed..”

Angry twosome (connected), DM, collage of monoprints, 2025)

II. the complaints

“our problem was really the inability

to buy goods at foreign websites.”

Mood (angriness), alu-foil with paint, DM, 2025

all art and texts (c) Drager Meurtant, 2025

Systems of power

01 Tuesday Apr 2025

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, creation, Dada, defense, graphics, History, mental health, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie, society

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Abuse of power, Dada, Force, gedicht, graphics, philosophy, photography, poetry, Pressure

Those in power know how to gain control:

First, intimidation is an effective means to suppress the voice of opponents.

If necessary, step up and use terror: this works by paralyzing opposition.

Acceptance

If you accept to be beaten
if you dig to be eaten,
then be my guest.

photo of ancient head of wall-sculpture (Stedelijk Museum Breda, NL)

The Pursuit

If you are hunted, and if you are a prey
you better prepare for this fact.
Ignorance and denial are the weak spots in your armour.

The Pursuit, DM, ink transfer under pressure, February 18, 2025

(c) Drager Meurtant, all images and texts

Our troubled times // Onze getroebleerde tijd

05 Wednesday Mar 2025

Posted by dragermeurtant in abstract, art, creation, Dada, graphics, History, kunst, mental health, philosophy, poetry, structure

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collage, contemporary, Dada, gedicht, kunst, philosophy, poetry, poezie, political

(1) More Turmoil

“Trouble loving tirans and their company
follow gut feelings and grudge
happy to steer all into the abyss”

(1) Meer beroering

“Tirannen en hun volgers
die hun onderbuikgevoel en wrok
allen in de afgrond doen storten”

(collage monotype fragments and book, DM, 2025)

(2) Out of curiosity (puzzled)

“Words have started to battle
with meaning;
positions move by whim
and denial has become the
new religion.
Now push the reset button.”

(2) Uit nieuwsgierigheid (verward)

“Woorden zijn gaan strijden
met betekenis,
posities worden grillig ingenomen
en ontkenning is het
nieuwe geloof geworden.
Druk nu de ‘reset button”

(monotype ink-transfer under pressure, 22×26 cm, DM, 2025)

(c) Drager Meurtant, http://www.meurtant.exto.org

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