Time and Tide

Ter Posterie, Roeselare, 2021

Artists: Stijn Cole, Stief DeSmet, Joost Gevaert, Robbert&Frank Frank&Robbert, Tinus Vermeeersch

The corona crisis and global measures have had a huge impact on our society and have brought us face to face with our own mortality and powerlessness.

The City of Roeselare wanted to place a work of art in the public space as a reminder of this period. At the end of 2020, the city issued an open call to artists to make proposals on how we might transform grief and loss into art. With Fluctus by Tinus Vermeersch, the city did not choose a grand monument, but a simple sculpture that evokes mourning and reflection, a place where hope lives. With this work that may evoke memories, we are reminded that as humans we are subject to forces of nature.

After a first round of assessment by an external jury, five laureates were selected whose work reflected the effect on humans in corona times. The exhibition Time and Tide brings together works by these five laureates whose practices deal with silence and nature’s tranquil power.

Photos: Dirk Pauwels