Project for a New Belgian Flag (Artistic project, Belgium)

Last modified: 2009-10-02 by ivan sache
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Luc Swinnen's Project for a New Belgian Flag - Image by Eugene Ipavec, 27 April 2009

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Luc Swinnen's project

Artist Luc Swinnen's Project for a New Belgian Flag, according to an online report, 6 April 2008, wanted to give Belgian politics a positive boost. With the help of Herman Vanderhulst a variant design was made.

The pixels blurring the lines between the stripes symbolize how cultures and languages are interwoven in Belgium. As the current flag reminds the viewer of"the old Francophony" - at least according to Swinnen - the new one wants to appeal to both French and Dutch speakers and promote a healthy national spirit... admittedly utopian.
The title (wink! Magritte) by the way is Ceci n'est pas un drapeau (This is not a flag).

Jan Mertens, 27 April 2009