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Reclaiming the Landscape as a Common Good in Urbanized Belgium: The Protest Happening Raveel op de Leie Situated in the Socio-Political Context of the Belgian 1960s and 1970s
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During the mid-1960s, a part of the Belgian population
grew weary of the government’s flawed and untransparent
policies for environmental safeguarding and urban
planning. They argued that the landscape was reduced
to a source of economic profit and advocated for a landscape-
sensitive approach to prevent further estrangement
from the environment. Roger Raveel’s art wants audiences
to experience their contemporary environment
in a new way by envisioning modern objects integrated
into his rural Heimat. Yet, when a river is threatened for
economical gain, his art is used in a protest happening.
Despite the media attention and the arguments for a
landscape-sensitive alternative, the protest was ineffective
and Raveel ultimately resorted to lobbying, illustrating
Belgium’s faulty policies.
grew weary of the government’s flawed and untransparent
policies for environmental safeguarding and urban
planning. They argued that the landscape was reduced
to a source of economic profit and advocated for a landscape-
sensitive approach to prevent further estrangement
from the environment. Roger Raveel’s art wants audiences
to experience their contemporary environment
in a new way by envisioning modern objects integrated
into his rural Heimat. Yet, when a river is threatened for
economical gain, his art is used in a protest happening.
Despite the media attention and the arguments for a
landscape-sensitive alternative, the protest was ineffective
and Raveel ultimately resorted to lobbying, illustrating
Belgium’s faulty policies.
Tijdschrift: H-ART
ISSN: 1782-6578
Volume: 11
Pagina's: 95-116
Jaar van publicatie:2022
Toegankelijkheid:Open