Passing by

2009 catalog, Het beschrijf, Brigitte Neervoort, Vers Brussel. Poëzie in de stad, p. 34 Sculpture ‘Passing by’, Passa Porta, Brussel, Belgium, ISBN 978-94-6001-026-2

Passing-By

The collaboration between the poetess Agniezka Kuciak and the artist Peter Weidenbaum around Montgomery resulted in a monumental lifeguard s chair on Montgomery Square. They also made a journal full of interviews, paintings and poetry, and mapped out an original walking route through the neighbourhood.

At the foot of this chair by Peter Weidenbaum you can read one of Agniezka Kuciak s poems. Weidenbaum based his work on the hustle and bustle that characterises Montgomery. He designed an extremely high lifeguard's chair in stainless steel. In the concrete surface to which the chair is attached there is a poem by Kuciak. In this way Weidenbaum invites the passer-by to imagine a bird s-eye view of the city, to reflect on surroundings that are always in motion and to allow himself a moment of tranquillity in his daily activities.

In autumn 2005 the Polish poet Agnieszka Kuciak and the Belgian artist Peter Weidenbaum visited the area together. Weidenbaum had Kuciak s poem Montgomery published in a leaflet that was put in every letterbox. He did numerous paintings inspired by the neighbourhood and exhibited them in shop windows. Since June 2008 a larger-than-life lifesaver s chair has adorned Montgomeryplein. This sculpture by Peter Weidenbaum, entitled Passing By, is an invitation to the passer by to reflect for a moment on the surroundings and to read the poem.

Newspaper, painting route, sculpture and poems in stainless steel and concrete pedestal at Montgomery. Dimensions H 250 cm x B 300 cm x L 400 cm