Het Lijsternest / Stijn Streuvelshuis (writing residency)


Year2022


In February 2022, Wim Wauman explored the legacy of the Flemish writer Stijn Streuvels and stayed for two weeks at Het Lijsternest/Stijn Streuvelshuis in Ingooigem as a writer-in-residence (thanks to Passa-Porta).

The project led to a series of self-published booklets (Blauwblad No. 06, Blauwblad No. 07 and Vrijsluiter No. 01), a series of texts, works (Aardsmodernisten), photographs, illustrations by Isabel Bouttens, concepts and two pop-up presentations in the garden of Het Lijsternest in Ingooigem (Western Flanders).

A veneer portrait of Stijn Streuvels (with pipe) was shown at the exhibition ‘Dichter bij de Leie‘ at Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek (Mudel: 22.10.2023-22.01.2023); for the Vaarwater event (Jan 2023) a pop-up exhibition with the (Blauwhaus) Luchtschepen voor de Plaatselijke Bewolking filled the museum and Wim guided two groups along the works. These guided tours through Blauwhaus pop-up exhibitions are called ‘kromleidingen*’.