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BXL Universel
portrait subjectif - subjectief portret - subjective portrait
ISBN: 9782875720238
(HB - E/ F/ NL)
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This publication sketches a subjective, unique, and intuitive portrait of Brussels taking as its point of departure the Weltmaschine by Franz Gsellmann, an Austrian peasant who built his world machine after discovering the Atomium at the Brussels World's Fair of 1958.
The book offers a multi-faceted approach that makes it possible to comprehend the diversity and uniqueness of Europe's capital. Through a collection of writings, artistic reproductions, and archival documents, this volume proposes personal visions of the city whose emblem has been 'Manneken-Pis' since the 17th century. A cosmopolitan and multi-lingual city of contrasts, closely interlinked with surrealism and continually challenging the boundaries of solemnity.
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