of Antwerp

below: Zahra El Jadid’s lovely water play scene evoking childhood memories.

below: Earthship by Iota – reading, dreaming, imagining

below: A mermaid? On the streets of Antwerp? Listening to the fishes as they swim past. A mural by Lucia Biancalana,

below: The “Walls of BoHo District”, 2nd annual festival, held a contest that was won by 14 year old Anastasia Tsiqaridze. This is her design. He? She? is faceless yet mesmerizing. (Walls of BoHo = Walls of Borgerhout, a neighbourhood in Antwerp)

below: Painted by Joachim Lambrechts, this is an image of Mala Zimetbaum who was a Jewish woman who lived in Antwerp. In July 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. She escaped once but was re-caught and ultimately died at Auschwitz.

below: The last few pictures are of the “Giants of BoHo”, another Joachim artwork. It depicts a large couple on two sides of a corner building. On Reuzenstraat (which translates to Giant Street!) is this woman.

Photos taken October 2023