I’ll explain everything to the geese

A publication on I’ll explain everything to the geese, a happening based on elements of a Belgian folk tradition. The event questions the beauty and the burden of belonging to a group, a community, a family.

You enter the space, head straight to the open bar. This part of the social event is familiar to you. Then you find a ceramic object chained to your glass. Free festivities in exchange for taking care of a delicate item all evening: do you accept these terms?

As the crowd grows bigger, the recurrence of the objects becomes nearly ritualistic. The people who are carrying the same burden are involuntarily connected. Are you proud you are a part of it? Relieved you are not?

The objects, similar as they may seem, are all handmade and unique. These small differences might spark conversations. How do you interpret the individuality in this shared experience? The awkwardness of the familiar?

The publication includes a separate fictional short story by Eline Verstegen.