Art in the city

Nadia Naveau, Into the wild

Joris Van de Moortel, Travailler sur l'herbe

Markus Karstiess, Public Sling 

Sven’t Jolle, (Casse-toi alors) pauvre canard!

These pieces are part of the event and competition,  Art in the City.  One of the participating artists's work is selected to be on permanent public display.  The event took place in the Egmont Park during Brussels Art week, which ended May 1.

I was lucky to be there at the right time to also take pictures of the Finnish au pairs (photo posted April 29)  and the high school kids on assignment. (posted May 3) 

And the winner is                 Sven 't Jolle

Photography

As was the case with my previous post, it is still story time... again, I have no idea what this window is about... no indication, nothing on the doorbell... 
Maybe someone lives there, someone who loves photography,  maybe it is a shop,  a plant store? 
One thing though, the reflection gives an indication as to where this photo was taken, not in Belgium, but in Paris, near République. I just liked this window presentation, it is that simple.

Story time

 

Setting up shop in the park and I have no idea where this construction was going to lead....therefore,  a perfect opportunity to give your imagination a free run. 

Street blue

Not sure what was so interesting to this photographer, I photographed what he was aiming at, a blue restaurant, le Touareg, Moroccan cuisine.

While Genie, author of the great blog "Paris and Beyond", was capturing blue doors in Paris, this man was looking for blue restaurants in Brussels.

On school assignment in the park

A group of high school kids took over the park on an assignment; they had teacher's instructions on how to identify certain old trees.

Some thought it was fun,  some were even very enthusiastic, others relatively bored. 

It looks as if the last group decided to take it easy. This group did not see the need to put in effort or energy. Did they bet on getting by or rather on sharing by their younger peers? 

Also, they might not have liked the idea of being photographed while on the job.... and just for this once, I did not ask!

Two sides of the same street

Prime property in the center of the uptown (also upscale!) shopping area in Brussels, Avenue de la Toison d'or.

The lady in red

The lady in red caught my eye because, with the exception of her pants, everything she was wearing, shoes, bag, hat, earrings, computer bag was red. 
She looked totally lost and I could not help but try to figure out what her story might be.
The story behind this might be that she arrived in Belgium by train at the Midi station, managed to take the subway to what she thought was going to be downtown- she is standing near the metro entrance at Place Louise-  and felt lost. 
She had no idea either on how to go about getting a cab but she finally managed because a kind  taxi driver pointed out the way to the taxi stand.... that is as far as the story goes... 
But, as stories go, my interpretation might be totally farfetched and she might be a "habituée", going to a weekly Socialist Party meeting at the Brussels headquarters.