26 February – 10 March

Exhibition in Brussels presenting the bookawards and nominations of the Fernand Baudin Prize 2009

At the BIP, Rue Royale, 2-4

1000 Brussels

Opening on 25th of February 2010 at 6 pm

-Agenda was nominated for the prize, and appears in the photo above

- The international jury convened at the ERG to choose the most beautiful books that were designed, published or printed in Brussels and Wallonia in 2009.

The jury consisted of the following six members:

Roger WILLEMS, graphic artist, publisher, chairman of the Jury (NL)

Willem OOREBEEK, artist, teacher (NL)

Jean-Marie COURANT, graphic artist, curator, teacher (F)

David POULLARD, typographer, teacher (F)

Jan WOUTER HELSPEEL, graphic artist, teacher (B)

Drita KOTAJI, book historian, teacher (B)

The 83 received books, presented by category (general literature (fiction), general literature (non-fiction), artists’ books, art books and catalogues, architecture and urban planning books, books for young people and comic books) were placed at the disposal of the jury.

20 books were nominated and the Prize was awarded to 10 books, that were given the title “Winner of the Fernand Baudin Prize 2009”. The three parties of the award winning book; the graphic designer, the publisher and the printer, will receive an honorary diploma.

The Fernand Baudin Prize is supported by Brussels Export, Wallonia-Brussels International (WBI) and the Walloon Agency for Export and Foreign Investments (AWEX)

For More on the Fernand Baudin Prize, click HERE.

Slavs and Tatars presents the Hymns of No Resistance, a performance featuring cult and classic pop songs revised to address issues of territorial dispute, language, and geopolitics within greater Eurasia.

Where: KAAI Theater, 20 square Sainctelette, 1000 Brussels

When: Saturday 3rd of October 2009, 22:00 (Free Entrance)

Including an adaptation of Michael Sembello’s Flashdance track She’s a Maniac comes She’s Armenian, replacing the struggles of an aspiring dancer with those of a diaspora Armenian. Young Kurds – a retelling of Rod Stewart’s Young Turks – tells the love story of Massoud and Shirin, a Kurdish couple trying to carve out their identity. Stuck in Ossetia with You (originally Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel) looks at the recent Russian-Georgian conflict while Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (from the Gershwin original) debates not the pronunciation of bananas and potatoes but rather the contested names of cities resulting from historical conflicts.

Each piece will be performed with traditional Kurdish accompaniment, played on the saz, a string instrument, the ney and zurna flutes, and with percussion from the darbuka and the def.

See you there!

Opening of Objects of Vertu, Artist Instruments and Thingamajigs, an artist book by HAP, designed by Korczak and Vereecken.

Come on by tonight, starting at 20h30 at Etablissement d’en face Projects at 161 Rue Dansaert!

For more on Etablissement d’en face click HERE

For more on Korczak and Vereecken click HERE

See you there!