Terrace on the River Rhine / Terras aan de Rivier de Rijn)

29 Monday Jan 2024

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Today, the world looked safer / without sirens, no shooting till 14 hours / and the car moved smoothly

accross the border / separating two countries for long / only in war having been united by force.

One hour later, the friends did meet / first time in almost 4 months.

It took two hours to talk down / the big C that shaped lives / and for leaving the extra coat / worn for safety.

And then they took a dive where it was / forbidden / followed by coffee on / a terrace looking at the river Rhine.

(terras aan de rivier de Rijn)

Vandaag kwam de wereld veiliger over / zonder sirenes, geen schieten tot 14 uur / en de auto bewoog langzaam / langs de grens / die de twee landen lang had gescheiden / alleen verenigd in de oorlog / door macht.

Eén uur later, ontmoetten de vrienden / elkaar voor het eerst in bijna vier maanden. / Het nam twee uur om de grote C / omlaag te praten, die het leven beheerste / en om de extra jas – gedragen voor de veiligheid – achter te laten.

En toen doken ze in het water waar het verboden was / gevolgd door koffie op / een terras dat uitkeek op de rivier de Rijn.

Drager Meurtant, June 24, 2020 (during lift of first Covid19 lockdown, minor corrections Jan 29, 2024)

The Destiny of the Line / Het Lot van de Lijn

24 Wednesday Jan 2024

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The line was drawn by / two fingers of a cramped / hand of the writer who wanted / words catched in image, this time / but halfway the paper / had to experience the line let / loose of the tip of the pencil,

and / next

moved freely through space / – that served the scene – / to land in the end / in a dash, or dot / on the ceiling.

Content – where the ink was scraped, there came content (DM, 2021, monoprint)

De lijn werd getrokken door / twee vingers aan de krampachtige / hand van de schrijver die woorden, nu eens / in beeld wilde vatten / maar halfweg het papier / moest ervaren dat de lijn los liet / van de punt van het potlood,

en / vervolgens

vrijelijk bewoog in de ruimte / – die plaats bood voor de scene – / om uiteindelijk te landen / in een vlek, of punt / op het plafond.

(Text & image / terkst en beeld, Drager Meurtant, 2021-2024)

Advise to Leave

08 Friday Sep 2023

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, death, defense, demography, development, History, installation, kunst, philosophy, poetry, society, tentoonstelling

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borders, Dada, kunst, Migration, philosophy, poetry

Migration in animals and humans is of all times.

Often the drive is caused by the wish / need to improve living conditions and procreation.

However, the effects may be a disaster for groups indigenous for a specific area. The Black Death, or plague, caused by Yersinia Pestis is related to migration due to war or trade. In the Americas, the arrival of European conquerers did lead to massive slaughter by violence and introduction of diseases for which native people were very vulnerable.

In the 21^st century, migration is composed of people hired by companies as well as refugees from counries stricken by war and / or poverty. Increasingly, migration is caused by consequences of climate change.

There is often resitance against the arrival of migrants, often with focus most at refugees.

Walls are created in Europe that exceed mileage manyfold as compared to the former ‘Iron Curtain’.

Still, demographic changes in Europe and some other areas lead to a shift towards old age and insufficient numbers of young workers to keep business going, and threats of deficient care for elderly people…

At NDSM-Fuse the exhibition – curated by Ellen Klijzing – with 35 artists has focus on the experience of refugees.

The contribution of Drager Meurtant deals with slogans / banners telling refugees to

“Go To Hell = If You Are Not From Here”

Next to the banner with this text, separate words on pieces of wood, as advised by the curator, are present to charge visitors in seeking for word combinations.

Finally, the letters cut from carton to serve as template for the painted banner, are assembled as collage with additional transformation.

NDSM-Fuse ON THE RUN (OP DE VLUCHT), September 1^st 2023 – January 28th, 2024.

Amsterdam, NDSM-plein.

https://www.ndsm-fuse.eu/programma.html#content1-17f

Golven (tijd) / Surges (time)

30 Sunday Jul 2023

Posted by dragermeurtant in Decay, France, History, houses, Le Pays, outdoor, photography, poetry, stones, structure

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When stones dance and move along the rythm of the surges of flowing times // and take a leave from the geometry imposed by builders seeking comfort and utility // and trees push out residing memories or on some occasion take place side by side // then eyes may wander in slow pace, step by step.

Wanneer stenen dansen en bewegen op het ritme van de golven van de tijdstroom en verlof nemen van de geometrie, opgelegd door bouwers die comfort en nuttig gebruik zochten // en bomen er de gezetelde herinneringen wegduwen; bij gelegenheid naast elkaar plaats nemen // dan kunnen ogen hier zwerven in langzaam bewegen, stap voor stap.

(Drager Meurtant, analog photo in The Provence, early 1980s, text 2017)

Binnen of Buiten – Grenzen en Begrenzingen

01 Saturday Apr 2023

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(With)in or (With)out – Borders and Boundaries

“We gaan op weg, ja, maar overal botsen we op grenzen:
Grenzen die anderen stellen: fysiek, met douanecontrole, hoge hekken of soms zelfs met landmijnen.
Of we botsen op limieten in normen en moraal.
En, vroeger of later stuiten we op grenzen die ons lijf of geest tegenkomt”

Tentoonstelling in Kunstruimte De Melkfabriek, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 27 mei tm 18 juni, 2023

Drager Meurtant – Staande voor het hek, lino-snede, 2018

Achttien kunstenaars uit acht landen laten hun visie zien in beeld of woord. In bijgaand boek tevens vijf essays van Richard Candidá Smith, Zhinia Noorian, David Estrada, George Kabel en Drager Meurtant, en achtergrondinformatie over over achtergrond en motief van de kunstenaars en beeldmateriaal.

Deelnemende kunstenaars

Initiatief van kunstenaars Drager Meurtant (NL), Jeanine Keuchenius (NL) en Petra Senn (D)

Verder nemen deel:

Katherine Chang-Liu (USA), Brian Dickerson (USA), Nina Fraser (Portugal), Joris van Gennip (NL), Carlo Grassini & Bill Thomas (USA), Sylvia Hubers (NL), Michal Iwanoski (Poland / UK), George Kabel (NL), Max King Cap (USA), Anna-Maria Komorowska (D), Oliver Merce (RO), Dorothee Mesander (GR), Ruth Philo (UK), Martien Vogelesang (NL).

The Milkfactory / De Melkfabriek, Guldenvliesstraat4H, 5211 AM, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Brian Dickerson: ‘Vroman’ is een drie-dimensionaal ‘constructed painting’ dat aansluit bij het thema ‘Grenzen en Begrenzingen’ door het loslaten van vaste, fysieke posities

Preview (op uitnodiging) op 26 mei vanaf 15 uur

Formele opening 27 mei 14 – 17 uur

Openingstijden: Za 27/5, Zo 28/5, Ma 29/5, Za 3/6, Zo 4/6, Za 10/6, Zo 11/6, Za 17/6, Zo 18/6

Dagelijks van 13 – 17 uur.

Bill Thomas & Carlo Grassini – Welcome, collage, 2021

Opposing, but no real harm done

08 Tuesday Nov 2022

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animals, Dada, gedicht, horses, kunst, monoprint, opposition, philosophy, poetry, poezie, Tegenstelling

“The view of the other is confronting,

even dangerous, perhaps

threatening our lives”.

For horses

opposition may mean a bruise

or a bite

but no deep animosity

and mounting hard-feelings.

Misanthropy has no equine

equivalant.

Tegengesteld, zonder echt te kwetsen

“De kijk van de ander is confronterend,

zelfs gevaarlijk, misschien

voor ons levensbedreigend.”

Bij paarden,

betekent tegenstelling een beurse plek

of een beet

maar geen diepe vijandigheid

en groeiende animositeit.

Misanthropie kent geen

paarden equivalent.

(poetry and monoprint, DM, 2022, http://www.meurtant.exto.org))

Thinking about earlier times / Denkend aan vroegere tijden

19 Sunday Jun 2022

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Clouds and sun, and earth:
where I rest, there is
crumbly clay that harbours
the memory of a face, of
a jar in Hellas,
of a teacher at school.

Wolken en zon en aarde:
waar ik rust, daar koestert
kruimelige klei de herinnering
van een gezicht, van
een kruik in Hellas,
van een leraar op school.

Graphics edition one (DM, 25-05-2021), poem 03-04-2022

The Answer

25 Saturday Sep 2021

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This morning / or was it the other day?

a dead duck knocked on the door,

and did so several times. //

However,

the door did not give in,

but kicked back instead,

it did so with fierce strength. //

Unused to such movement,

this produced great tension,

a sudden ache, and as a result

the door vomited twice

(pain can do this) and decided

to resign from function.

The owner working in the backyard

was informed the same instant. //

All the while, still,

the dead duck had waited in vain

for a clear answer

at a question left

unspoken, but that was

part of the delivery. //

The owner, a clever person,

saw chances

by hiring the dead duck

for an entrance.

Dark and more // Donker en meer

24 Saturday Jul 2021

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Upon the entry of the enormous hall

the dark color on the floor

appeared to be caused by fire.

Arson, the extinction brigade thought

and kept the doors open.

The doors, that with some skylights

gave access to a bleak light

and the photographer.

Windows were not barred

as usual.

Some had had a party

Some had smashed the windows.

Those that aim for an answer

should formulate a question first

(NL tekst onderaan)

emergency exit – break cylinder to open // nooduitgang – buisje breken om te openen

Meer dan donker

Na het binnengaan in de enorme hal

bleek de donkere kleur op de vloer

te zijn ontstaan door brand.

Gesticht, dacht de blusbrigade,

en hierna bleven de deuren open,

Die met enkele dakramen

een bleek licht toegang gaven,

evenals de fotograaf.

Sommigen hadden een feestje

Sommigen hadden de ramen ingeslagen

Diegenen die uit is op een antwoord

dient eerst een vraag te stellen.

Today was different

08 Monday Mar 2021

Posted by dragermeurtant in Le Pays, mental health, mushrooms, nature, natuur, outdoor, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie, Uncategorized

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(A note with images from March 7, 2021)

Today was different: it started grey and fairly cold. One year of 21^st century pandemic, has certain effects. Dominant is the feeling of uncertainty. There are roadblocks at the border. Still, after six months with meetings by ‘skype’ only, the three of us met at small parking-place, to walk in the forest.