Stefaan van Biesen 
Private Foundation Van Biesen - Mestdagh > Private Stichting Van Biesen - Mestdagh
Made Of Walking 2026. An initiative of the Milena principle (Annemie Mestdagh, Stefaan van Biesen, and Geert Vermeire). A new international edition of Made of Walking in Prosperpolder in Beveren in 2026, in collaboration with the municipalities of Beveren, Kruibeke, and Zwijndrecht and the WALC network. With thanks to Hilde Reyniers (Cultural Policy Coordinator) and colleague Ines De Smet (Tourism) and colleagues.
This will be linked to further exhibitions and projects.
The unique landscape of Beveren — with its extensive marshland, agricultural areas, Groot Saeftinghe Border Park, the abandoned village of Doel, and the proximity of port and industrial infrastructure — provides a powerful context for exploring the tensions between nature, urbanization, and community.
(m) [Belgium] 0.1 visual artist > writer > botanical artist & tree lover > space specific practice > curating & coaching > environmentalist > actions, teaching and social criticism > silence as an artistic condition > artistic flaneur > letters to a tree > 0.2 founding member of ARt/NaturSci Movement of ArtScience Exhibits community Berlin [Humboldt University > 0.3 his art often has a strong conceptual basis and reflects on issues such as identity, migration, ecology and social justice > 0.4 co-founder of the Milena principle [international art platform] > the Politics of the heart > Walking Artists Network > WALC: Walking Artists Local Communities > Promenadology > Made of Walking community > WIT-urban team > 0.5 drawings, designs, installations, photography, video, soundscapes, texts, lectures and performances > Urban rituals > an associative solidity between thinking, acting, environment, well-being > 'how do our thoughts manifest themselves via acts in our environment and to what extent do they contribute to our well-being?' > 0.6 devoting an important part of his artistic activity to exchanges and collaborations with other artists and experts from various disciplines > 0.7 international projects: 'Fly Ways' > 'Wander Weed' > Made of Walking > ‘Spaziergangwissenschaft’ > seen as a forum for discussion about sociological and ecological visions > 0.8 the nomadic aspect of the renaissance artists, who travelled all over Europe > the Albrecht Dürer Connection > journeys become art projects > laboratories of thoughts > 0.9 drawings and other artefacts arise from encounters > as a tool for learning and understanding > to perceive the natural world more accurately > notes, artefacts and drawings embellish the journey > 1.0 refers to the concept of ‘the body as measure unit’ > using the senses and the body as instruments of knowledge, experience and creativity > art as a tool of connection > 1.1 worked as an artist in Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, UK, Poland, Italy, Serbia, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Brazil, USA and China > 1.2 member of the board of the Private Foundation Van Biesen-Mestdagh > Estate & Archive >
