Think Public Space
(Dutch version below)
Think Public Space is a podcast platform exploring the relationship between art, architecture, and public space through sound, voice, and situated experiences.
The first series, Think Tank: Experiencing Art in Public Space (Season 1, in English), grew out of a series of in-situ workshops across Belgium, bringing together students, architects, artists, and researchers to collectively reflect on how artistic processes and public space shape one another.
The podcast has since evolved into new formats. With the series Luisteren naar Gebouwen (Listening to Buildings) (Season 2, in Dutch), the focus shifts towards architectural narratives, exploring buildings through sound, memory, and lived experience.
Credits
Season 1: Think Tank: Experiencing Art in Public Space
Concept, production and editing: Angelique Campens
Coaching & sound: Raf Enckels (Herculeslab);
Soundwork & mixing: Melissa Ryke;
Opening and closing theme Glenn Miller "String of pearls";
Visuals: design by Veronika Akopyan and photography by Michiel Devijver; Production: Angelique Campens;
Coproduction: Nomadic School of Arts; With the support of: KASK School of Arts, Europe NextGenerationEU, Nomadic School of Arts.
Season 2: Luisteren naar Gebouwen (Listening to Buildings)
A podcast series by Angelique Campens and Raf Enckels
Production: Beeldend vzw
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(nl)
Think Public Space is een podcastplatform dat de relatie tussen kunst, architectuur en de openbare ruimte onderzoekt via geluid, stem en ervaringen ter plaatse.
De eerste reeks, Think Tank: Experiencing Art in Public Space (seizoen 1, in het Engels), ontstond uit een reeks workshops op locatie in heel België, waarbij studenten, architecten, kunstenaars en onderzoekers samenkwamen om na te denken over hoe artistieke processen en de openbare ruimte elkaar vormgeven.
De podcast evolueerde sindsdien naar nieuwe formats. Met de reeks Luisteren naar Gebouwen (seizoen 2, in het Nederlands), een podcastreeks van Angelique Campens en Raf Enckels, verschuift de aandacht naar architecturale verhalen, gebouwen verkend via geluid, herinnering en geleefde ervaring.
Think Public Space
Episode 3: The designer and the highway
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Today, we have the pleasure of discussing the power of art and design with graphic designer and researcher Annelies Vaneycken at our third Think Tank session. Here we are focusing on art along the highway. We explore how graphic design can be used to create a more democratic environment in public spaces. We are in Aalbeke to discuss Jacques Moeschal’s monumental sculptures, known as "signals," which mark the motorways; and are a great example of democratic art.
Standing next to the Sjouwer ( translated as the porter) with Annelies, this monumental sculpture, is 35m made of reinforced concrete situated on a hill in the Belgian village of Aalbeke, along the French border. It serves as a tribute to the seasonal workers from West Flanders who crossed into France for work between 1930 and 1960, with the highest peak of the sculpture pointing symbolically towards French territory.
Concept, realisation and editing: Angelique Campens
Coaching & sound: Raf Enckels (Herculeslab)
Soundwork & mixing: Melissa Ryke
Opening and closing theme Glenn Miller "String of pearls"
Visuals: design by Veronika Akopyan and photography by Michiel Devijver
Project participants: Veronika Akopyan, Zoë Brennan, Luna Van Bellingen, Menno Eggink, Milan George, Davide Musco, Jose Zapata Usma, Aagje Vandriessche, Baue Vercammen, Delphine Vo and Hilke Walraven
Production: Angelique Campens
Coproduction: Nomadic School of Arts
With the support of: KASK School of Arts, Europe NextGenerationEU, Nomadic School of Arts