Rue Gaucheret: Art Pool and the Grand A

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    1992 - "Rupture de digue": Art Pool's aquatic exhibition

    On 6 June 1992, Le Soir published an article by Martine Duprez on "Rupture de digue" ("Dam Burst"), an aquatic exhibition at Art Pool, rue Gaucheret in Brussels: a room lined with silver paper, plunged into darkness and covered with about twenty centimetres of water, where the public walks along a jetty while spotlights illuminate the works at water level.

    The article also presents the model of the "Grand A", Mon De Rijck's cultural and economic monument project - two barges raised vertically to form an A, two others laid horizontally in a basin - intended to become one of the city's gateways along the canal, and the postcard petition launched by Art Pool to convince the Brussels Region.

    Sources: Le Soir, 6 juin 1992 - Martine Duprez

    Le Soir, 6 June 1992: "Rupture de digue, an aquatic exhibition at Art Pool - When artists decide to take the plunge". Article by Martine Duprez.