Activity « Special Day Dotremont » – Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Special Day Dotremont Tattoo history - tattoo poetry

Poetic performance, guided tour, workshop, tattoo session...

22.05.2022

Christian Dotremont, A bleu mentir qui vient de près, 1978 © Christian Dotremont c/o SABAM Belgium

Poetic tattoo sessions, slam-poetry, guided tours, poetic and music performances, workshops, live graphic sessions, comic strip drawing studio… A creative and instructive afternoon, sensitive to the skin, about lines, words and history, in the middle of the exhibitions The Murder of Marat and Christian Dotremont, painter-writer.

In the context of the exhibitions The Murder of Marat and Christian Dotremont, Painter-Writer, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, in collaboration with the Midis de la poésie, organize a series of thematic activities around the expressiveness of words and the graphic freedom of poetry writing.

With (tattooed) writers Lisette Lombé and Mel Moya, artists Jean-Luc Moerman and PAROLE, tattoo artist Laura Peters, poet and street musician Geert Viaene, students of 75 (ESA) and Arno Vanheule (KUL).

The program in detail - Dotremont

To discover our activities organised as part of the Marat exhibition, clic here.

(1.&4) Christian Dotremont sur la digue d’Ostende, photos extraites de Digue , 1959 © Oscar Schellekens ; (2) PAROLE © Myriam Rispens ;(3) © Geert Viaene

WALL PAINTING Work In PROGRESS > continuous
Écrire les mots comme ils bougent
Tellement plus que moi (…)
The students of 75 (ESA), led by artist PAROLE, realize in the exhibition and before our eyes a fresco inspired by the graphic experiments of Christian Dotremont. This activity is free with the entrance ticket to the exhibition.

TATTOO-SESSIONS > continuous
(…) Pour que même tout écrits déjà
ils bougent encore dans vos yeux
(Dotremont)
These students realize non-permanent tattoos based on fragments from the logograms or quotes of the Belgian painter-writer. From paper grain to skin cell, the ink takes shape and comes to life. A hopeful journey full of poetry in which “writing has it’s say”. This activity is free with the entrance ticket to the exhibition.

MUSEUM IN DIALOGUE (NL) > 15:00
Musical and poetic performance in the exhibition by poet-street musician Geert Viaene in the context of Museum in Dialogue. This activity is free with the entrance ticket to the exhibition.

WORKSHOPS > continuous
Surrender to the technique of the logogram on magic paper that makes the traces of your poetic excesses appear and disappear! This activity is free with the entrance ticket to the exhibition.

GUIDED TOUR FR/NL > 15:00
Guided tour in the exhibition. Reservation is mandatory. Book your ticket here.

FOLLOW THE TRACKS OF LOGOGUS guided tour & workshop (KIDS) FR/NL > 15:00
Reservation is mandatory. Book your ticket here.

In collaboration with les Midis de la poésie, LE 75 (ESA) and with the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles