The Low Countries. Jaargang 13

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Foundation

 

This thirteenth yearbook is published by the Flemish-Netherlands Foundation ‘Stichting Ons Erfdeel’, with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (The Hague) and the Flemish Ministry of Culture (Brussels).

The Foundation ‘Stichting Ons Erfdeel’ also publishes the Dutch-language periodical Ons Erfdeel and the Frenchlanguage periodical Septentrion.

Arts, lettres et culture de Flandre et des Pays-Bas, the bilingual yearbook De Franse Nederlanden - Les Pays-Bas Français and a series of books in several languages covering various aspects of the culture of the Low Countries.

 

The Board of Directors of ‘Stichting Ons Erfdeel’

 

President:

Herman Balthazar

 

Managing Director:

Luc Devoldere

 

Directors:

Greetje van den Bergh

Jan Bosselaers

Marcel Cockaerts

Jan Desmyter

Bert de Graeve

Cecile Maeyaert-Cambien

Aad Nuis

Frits van Oostrom

Adriaan van der Staay

Cees van der Velden

Ludo Verhoeven

 

Honorary President:

Philip Houben

 

Address of the Editorial Board and the Administration

 

‘Stichting Ons Erfdeel’, Murissonstraat 260, 8930 Rekkem, Flanders, Belgium

T +32 56 41 12 01, F +32 56 41 47 07

www.onserfdeel.be, www.onserfdeel.nl

 

Head of Administration:

Bernard Viaene

 

Administrative Secretaries:

Adinda Houttekier / Hans Verhaeghe

 

Aims

 

With The Low Countries, a yearbook founded by Jozef Deleu (Chief Editor from 1993 until 2002), the editors and publisher aim to present to the English-speaking world the culture and society of the Dutch-speaking area which embraces both the Netherlands and also Flanders, the northern part of Belgium.

 

The articles in this yearbook survey the living, contemporary culture of the Low Countries as well as their cultural heritage. In its words and pictures The Low Countries provides information about literature and the arts, but also about broad social and historical developments in Flanders and the Netherlands.

 

The culture of Flanders and the Netherlands is not an isolated phenomenon; its development over the centuries has been one of continuous interaction with the outside world. In consequence the yearbook also pays due attention to the centuriesold continuing cultural interplay between the Low Countries and the world beyond their borders.

 

By drawing attention to the diversity, vitality and international dimension of the culture of Flanders and the Netherlands, The Low Countries hopes to contribute to a lively dialogue between differing cultures.

 

ISSN 0779-5815

ISBN 90-75862-75-X

NUR 600/612

Copyright © 2005 ‘Stichting Ons Erfdeel’

Printed by Die Keure, Bruges, Flanders, Belgium

Design by Luc De Meyer (Die Keure)

 

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior permission of the copyright holder.

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The Low Countries

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TLC 13

2005 The Low Countries

ARTS AND SOCIETY IN FLANDERS AND THE NETHERLANDS

Published by the Flemish-Netherlands Foundation Stichting Ons Erfdeel

 

 

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Editorial Board	Advisory Committee
Chief Editor:	E.M. Beekman, Amherst, ma, usa
Luc Devoldere	André Brink, Cape Town, South Africa
	Christopher Brown, Oxford, United Kingdom
Deputy Editors:	Bram Buijze, The Hague, The Netherlands
Dirk van Assche	Ian Buruma, London, United Kingdom
Frits Niessen	Patricia Carson, Ghent, Belgium
Reinier Salverda	Jan Deloof, Zwevegem, Belgium
	Theo D'haen, Leuven, Belgium
Secretary:	Bruce C. Donaldson, Melbourne, Australia
Filip Matthijs	Charles Ford, London, United Kingdom
	Amy Golahny, Williamsport, pa, usa
Members:	Jaap Harskamp, London, United Kingdom
Saskia Bak	Adrian van den Hoven, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Anton Korteweg	Jonathan Israel, Princeton, nj, usa
Bart van der Straeten	Frank Ligtvoet, New York, ny, usa
Hans Vanacker	Gitta Luijten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	Martin Mooij, Capelle a / d IJssel, The Netherlands
	Arnold J. Pomerans, Colchester, United Kingdom
	Paul R. Sellin, Los Angeles, ca, usa
	William Z. Shetter, Bloomington, in, usa
	Johan P. Snapper, Berkeley, ca, usa
	Kees Snoek, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
	Paul Vincent, London, United Kingdom
	Leo Vroman, Fort Worth, tx, usa
	Rudi Wester, Paris, France
	John Willemse, Pretoria, South Africa
	Michael J. Wintle, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	Manfred Wolf, San Francisco, ca, usa
	Joanna Woodall, London, United Kingdom

 

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Contents

	What's Cooking?
11	Luc Devoldere
	Hors d'oeuvre
12	Marjoleine de Vos
	Cooking is not a Hobby And why peeling things is undeniably erotic
19	Poetry from the Pantry: Sheer delight
	(Poems by Marjoleine de Vos and Peter Theunynck, selected by Anton Korteweg)
21	Peter G. Rose
	An Enticing Taste of the Past Art in Food and Food in Art
30	Poetry from the Pantry: At the table
	(Poems by Lucebert and Erik Menkveld, selected by Anton Korteweg)
32	Anneke H. van Otterloo
	The Dutch and their Appetites Changes in Eating Habits in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
42	Poetry from the Pantry: Daily rations and family celebrations
	(Poems by Patty Scholten and Manuel Kneepkens, selected by Anton Korteweg)
44	David Stroband
	The Added Flavour of Art
59	Poetry from the Pantry: Bless this food
	(Poems by Charles Ducal and Ida Gerhardt, selected by Anton Korteweg)
61	Barbara Simons
	Crossing Chickens with Art Koen Vanmechelen's Cosmopolitan Chicken Project
70	Poetry from the Pantry: A vulgar yet cheerful plant
	(Poems by Ben Cami and H.H. ter Balkt, selected by Anton Korteweg)
72	Filip Matthijs
	Alphabet Soup Thoughts on Food and Food for Thoughts, with a Flemish Twist

 

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91	Filip Matthijs
	Do Try This at Home Home Cooking from the Low Countries
95	It's a Matter of Awareness
	(An Extract from Herman Brusselmans' ‘Diary of a Weary Egoist’)
97	Poetry from the Pantry: Frugality and excess
	(Poems by Miriam Van hee and Luuk Gruwez, selected by Anton Korteweg)
100	Ian Buruma
	I didn't know about the Holocaust then Growing Up in Holland
110	Martin Conway
	Problems of Digestion The Memory of the Second World War in Flanders
121	Marc Dierikx
	America: from Example to Exasperation?
130	David Van Reybrouck
	The Structure of Shame Stephan Vanfleteren's Portrait of the Kosovo War
138	Piet Gerbrandy
	Tear Down This House The Poetry of Tonnus Oosterhoff Four Poems by Tonnus Oosterhoff
144	Eric Bracke
	Hazy Memories Notes on the work of Bert de Beul
149	Willem Breedveld
	Shifting Sands under the ‘Polder Model’ The Trial of Strength between Government and Trade Unions
156	Peter Vantyghem
	Any Way Tom Barman Goes
163	Michel Bakker & Olga van der Klooster
	A Plantation Turned Hotel The Built Heritage of Suriname

 

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172	Paul Depondt
	The Mirror Image and the Question ‘Is that me?’ Philip Akkerman and his Self-Absorbed Struggle with Portraiture
177	Frank Hellemans
	Cocooning with a View Glocal Literature by Pol Hoste Three Extracts by Pol Hoste
184	Koen Vergeer
	Utrecht: A Jigsaw of Intimacy
194	Luk van den Dries
	STAN: Repertory Theatre with a Breath of Fresh Air
201	Bart van der Straeten
	A Great Language Why do Foreigners Learn Dutch?
209	Christelle Meplon
	High and Dry Media-Friendly Dutch Droog Design on the International Winners' Podium
218	Lieneke Frerichs
	Nice Boys in a Cold World The Literary Works of Nescio An Extract from ‘Young Titans’ by Nescio
227	Reinier Salverda
	Rudy Kousbroek and the Art of Memory Two extracts by Rudy Kousbroek
234	Tineke Reijnders
	The Artist as Sharpshooter The Visual Precision of Liza May Post
246	Hans Ibelings
	Unmodern Architecture in the Netherlands

 

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Chronicle

Architecture

252

Kristiaan Borret

Tales of the Invisible City

Cultural Policy

254

Theo D'haen

How European is Dutch Culture?

Film, Dance and Theatre

256

Pieter Bots

Death of a Polemicist

On Theo van Gogh (1957-2004)

259

Yves Knockaert

Infection Welcome!

Het muziek Lod

261

Isabella Lanz

Leine and Roebana:

Explorers of Music and Dance

History

265

Filip Matthijs

The End of the Nineteenth Century in 1914

On Gas Attacks, Poetry, Cruelty and Increased Mobility in WW I Belgium

267

Dirk van Assche

‘Nuts’, Hunger and Cold

The Last Winter of War

Language

269

Paul Gillaerts

Air and Emptiness, says the Preacher (from now on)

The New Bible Translation

272

Reinier Salverda

Speaking Dutch - Past, Present and Future

Literature

274

Kees van Domselaar

An Intractable Cathedral of Language

The Poetry of Kees Ouwens

276

Wam de Moor

‘Becoming the part you are playing’

Marek van der Jagt aka Arnon Grunberg

 

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280

Johan Vandenbossche

The Brussels Jazz Orchestra: from Local Substitutes to Big-Timers

283

Lutgard Mutsaers

Mountaineers of Dutch Pop

(The) Nits: Thirty years of a Unique Sound

Philosophy and Science

286

Herman de Dijn

Comfort without Hope

The Topicality and Relevance of Spinoza

289

Klaas van Berkel

Marcel Minnaert and the Lacework of Nature

291

Dirk van Delft

Digital Clusius

Society

294

Luc Devoldere

‘Europe, your Time has Come’

296

Paul Binding

The Importance of Being Dutch

Visual Arts

299

Ludo Bekkers

FotoMuseum: Photography Rehabilitated in Antwerp

302

Frank van der Ploeg

Lily was Here

Temporary Installations with the Indelible Mark of Lily van der Stokker

305

Juleke van Lindert

Riddles regarding Carel Fabritius

307

Marc Ruyters

Monuments to Modernism

Jan de Cock and the Spaces he Creates

311

Filip Matthijs

Short Takes

318

Contributors

319

Translators

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Adriaen Coorte. Still Life with Asparagus. 1697.

Oil on paper mounted on panel, 25 × 20.5 cm.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.