We dare you to find someone who is more enamoured of typography than Mister Fiksit – and who is as capable of infusing his work with the necessary humour and social criticism. His huge work called ‘Art Is For Everybody’, which can be seen when driving into the city of Ostend, is drenched in symbolism. Even more important: the work sums up the essence of The Crystal Ship.
Change
The Crystal Ship set a course for change in 2025. Taking a fresh look at our festival, we want to innovate. New names and artworks bring a new story, in which ‘change’ is the common thread. With respect for the festival's DNA and at the same time with an open mind towards the future. That is why this artwork was painted over to ‘Change Is For Everybody’.
Change is not only an internal movement, but also a theme we want to make resonate in art. For The Crystal Ship, change is a source of inspiration from which artists can draw to transform walls and public spaces into powerful stories of transformation, growth or hope. In times of social, urban and environmental challenges, change invites us to represent that which is constantly in motion - people, but also the world itself, full of dreams, fault lines and new possibilities. Change can manifest itself not only on a grand scale, as in climate change, social inequality, technology or cultural shifts, but also in the small, personal changes that affect our daily lives.
Each artist gets the chance to tell part of this larger story from his or her own point of view. In this way, the walls become not only eye-catchers, but also places of dialogue and reflection - places that make passers-by stop, literally and figuratively.
