traces of fir (2010)

(Willibroek 2011) Color print on facade and entrance. Hands of four generations (Color print on facade and entrance gate)

For Senior Plaza in Willebroek, Pierre Mertens and Willo Gonnissen made a monumental intervention at the entrance to the retirement home. Hands of four generations from a family were graphically processed with the plan of a starry sky.

Heroes

Print on paper 120 cm x 120 cm

On a street map of Willebroek they placed a star map with the “stars” from their lives made by the residents.

Traces of the fire

Text handpainted on wall

They painted traces of fire, an essay by Montaigne about the verses of Vergilius about aging, on a wall.