Saturday 11 June 2011

politics, art and closures



Last night at the annex of La Maison de la Poésie at Montolieu, Christian Hadengue showed his delicate works on paper and Valérie Schlée read her poems... and Phillippe Coquelet announced that his work promoting art and running the largest and most interesting arts space in the region, will now end.

Here is Christian watching Valérie reading a text thanking Phillippe and condemning the attitude of the politicians of the region who have done nothing - at all - to help Phillippe in his work.

Anywhere else there would be fighting to get this visionary but in Montolieu complete indifference is driving him away. Madness, economically and socially and the rest. Loose the art-voice of a community and the community is unreflective and moribund.

On a cheerier note, here is Tilling at twilight from the night before.


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