In March 2021, Wim Wauman was a writer-in-residence at Het huis van de dichter (EN: House of the Poet) in Watou. He explored the village and surroundings, took photographs and notes and found inspiration for his contribution to the Kunstenfestival Watou 2021 (curated by Chantal Pattyn, Benedicte Goesaert and Peter Verhelst).

In collaboration with Isabel Bouttens, Blauwhaus produced a new edition of the Blauwblad self-published and richly illustrated booklets entitled Waartoublad and distributed them in the letterboxes of inhabitants and among visitors of the Arts and Poetry Festival in the summer of 2021. It feature texts and ‘poems’, illustrations, a series of graphic stamps, a walking tour and more

In collaboration with the Johan van Geluwe Foundation they organized a pop-up event in the garden of the Festivalhuis: ‘For Jowan te Waartou’. Blauwhaus presented some of the ‘Luchtschepen voor de Plaatselijke Bewolking’ and a degustation menu of three ‘blue’ chocolates with beer (‘bruisend vakantiewit’) as an ingredient in collaboration with chocolatier Nicolas Vannaise (Yuzu, Ghent). The sweets were presented on a printed edition entitled ‘Spinnewiel’.