Mons, Belgium. Weekend of inauguration of Mons as European Capital of Culture 2015 (24 January 2015). Pictured here, following the main opening ceremony performance of Envolée chromatique, the Grand Place (main square) turns into a huge euphoric dance party. © Rudolf Abraham Photos copyright © Rudolf Abraham. All rights reserved. Images may not be copied, …
Mons, Belgium. Visitors brave January temperatures (it was snowing in the morning) to enjoy an outdoor Finnish hot tub (and a few cans of Jupiler). Shot last weekend during the inauguration of Mons as European Capital of Culture 2015 (24 January 2015). © Rudolf Abraham Photo copyright © Rudolf Abraham. All rights reserved. Images may …
Mons, Belgium. Preview of the Van Gogh exhibition ‘Van Gogh in the Borinage – Birth of an Artist’ at BAM (Beaux-Arts Mons). Pictured here, Van Gogh’s bedroom – an interactive installation based on his painting ‘Bedroom in Arles’ (of which there are three versions, one of them in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam), with …
Mons, Belgium. ‘Song Lines’, a beautifully moving sound installation in Rue de la Poterie, with the words of the song Tombe la niege (a 1960s hit by French-Italian singer Salvatore Adamo) chanted in a faint a capella, and portraits of the singers projected onto sheets and other pieces of cloth suspended above the street. Shot …