OCTAVE - LE HEYSEL, REFLET DU MONDE AU 20ème SIÈCLE (ET 21ème ...)

SOME CULTURE...

Wall composition on glazed enamelled steel plating (1998)

This series of monumental pictures in a 98 metre long mural describes Heysel as “an open book about the 20th century, a contemplation of time and space from a human point of view”. The Expo ’58 is the leitmotiv of this composition which traces the history of the site, particularly through evoking the names of famous people who visited the Expo (Glen Gould, Sophia Loren, Jean Cocteau,…). Words and ideas which are linked to Brussels as a capital city are also tackled, such as important data, places and events in the Heysel neighbourhood. Words in various different languages and pieces of sky photographed in Brussels complete this work of art.