Hotel Rustique

HOTEL MOTEL TIME

Sun, 06 May 2012 07:49:00 -0400

Voilà quelques photos de notre exposition à l’Atelier 11.

Les maquettes imprimés en lithographie, et colorées à la main.

La maquette de l’Hôtel Rustique montée.

Le karaoké de l’Hotel Motel Time.

Expo de printemps : PELPIOCH

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:07:00 -0400

Pour fêter le début de cette nouvelle année d’expositions, nous avons ajouté des nouveaux cadres et invité monsieur Pelpioch à les habiter de ses œuvres. N’oubliez pas que le vernissage commence à 19h et finit à 22h tapantes, mercredi le 21 mars.

Hear ye, hear ye ! The new year of shows has arrived ! New frames on the walls for 2012 ! Works by Pelpioch . Remember the vernissage starts at 19h and ends at 22h, Wednesday the 21st of March, with after party directly after at our local bar rustique.

Plus d’images! More images!

Expo d’hiver bis : Arrington DE DIONYSO

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Normalement on n’a pas des expos “bis”, normalement les expos ne sont pas dans la cuisine. Mais, comme on avait un ami/artiste qui passé par l’hôtel pour deux jours en provenance des États-Unis, on se disait: pourquoi pas ?

C’est comme ça que cette petite exposition “et demi” et éphémère est né.

Donc on a Arrington de Dionyso et ces œuvres, sans invitation imprimé par L’Imprimerie de l’Hôtel Rustique, seulement les dessins à l’encre, rude/cru et improvisé.

An old homey of one of the hotel staff, Arrington de Dionyso passed through town.
So, we decided to break with tradition & have an art show of winter “bis” (1/2).

Voilà quelques œuvres:

Here are some works:

C’était aussi la “grosse tuff”. Mais vite passé car les gens sont arrivées plus tard que habitude. Pourquoi ? Parce que on avait notre premier concert Sessions Rustique avec Arrington (voix, marantz echoplex magnétophone), Hans Bloemmen (Saxophone) & un moitié de hôtel (percussion, iaen iaen).

It was a really nice, short & big party. Most folks showed up at 21h the concert was at 21h45, lasted 9 minutes, and we left at 22h15. Expect to see a CD-R show up on the Sessions Rustique page !

À bientôt pour l’expo de printemps 2012 !

See you soon for the next art show !

Expo d’hiver : Tatsuya INUIKAWA

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:06:00 -0500

Pour tout l’hiver on invite l’artiste/artisan de reliure, Tatsuya INUIKAWA. Son collection des papiers collés est surprenant !

Tatsuya INUIKAWA is our guest for the frames for winter. It is difficult to find the words to describe this exposition so here are some photos of the opening.

Regardez la suite ! More images !

Voilà les compositions dans l’hôtel, les formes qui sautent des cadres.

In the hotel, waterfalls of paper, all of which can be compressed back to flat “books”.

The start of a sculptural totem. We quickly realised the power of gravity while hanging the exposition!

On continue dans le couloir, les couleurs qui font les serpents…

In the hallway, the forms become knots & waves: gravity is defied.

Exposition : "We Are What We Ate"

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Hôtel Rustique était invité de faire un exposition au Beauhaus. Et nous, on a invité Miku Enomoto de créer quelques choses avec nous. Ensemble on expose “We Are What We Ate”, une rencontre avec les formes qui nous ont constitué.

3 histoires, 3 recettes, 2 couleursde la musique, de l’encre et de la sueur.

We are proud to announce our exposition with Miku Enomoto at the intimate art space Beauhaus. “We Are What We Ate”, meet the shapes that made us. For the opening a “shape opera” is presented.

Voilà quelques photos de l’installation et du vernissage :

à venir, la vidéo de la performance!

Expo d'automne : Delphine DUPRAT

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:24:00 -0400

21 septembre 2011 - exposition d’automne - delphineduprat.fr

fr- Une aventure rustique avec les couleurs de crépuscule. Traductrice des images d’un folklore personnel, cette exposition partage les sentiments automnales, nature morte, les personnages qui font ‘coucou’ dans les champs du blé, éclairs et les cendres cachées.

en - This season we present the extensive research of Delphine Duprat into the spectrum of fall moods. Her works can be described as a series of hints that reveal a storyline which reaches back to the caves of our Neanderthal ancestors & brings a series of small enlightenments, narriatives we discover after regarding these works.

Le couloir est orné avec une histoire en 7 chapitres. Une cascade qui tombe sur un crâne, un bateau échoué, un forêt mou, un canal… les mystères.

In the hall, we are greeted by a series of questions, a play of contrasts, an invitation to rituals long forgotten.

Ci-dessous, un diapo des images de la chambre et du couloir:

A closer look at the images.

Si un de ces œuvres vous intéresse, ne hésitez pas à nous contacter.

If you would like to adopt a painting for you own hôtel, please contact us.

exposition(a)hotelrustique.info

Pizza Puppet 2011

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:46:00 -0400

Voilà le Deuxième Pizza Puppet festival.

Expo d'été : Félicia ATKINSON

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

On est encore ravi d’avoir un autre exposition “l’expo d’été”. Cette fois c’est la reine du wabi sabi, Félicia ATKINSON qui a donné les couleurs vifs a nos cadres.

For this summer we have Félicia ATKINSON as a guest in the frames on the wall of the hotel. She has graced our walls with bright compositions that add to a nice summer feeling here.

L’ensemble des compositions dans la chambre. Les dessins sont a vendre n’hésitez pas de contacter Mlle ATKINSON !

From our hôtel to your home, these lovely compositions can be yours please contact the artist at the link above.

Quelques trucs a grignoter avant ou après de regarder l’expo !

A selection of snack fr pre- or post- exposition viewing.

Les compositions dans le couloir, petits mais puissants.

The compositions in the hallway, showing a nice relation to the color of the room and bringing this feeling to the rest of the hôtel.

On le fête avec les grignotes et du vin !

Et après un voyage au centre de la glace !

Merci Félicia !

À tantôt !

la nuit rustique : exposition

Sun, 15 May 2011 12:39:00 -0400

On était invité par nos amis les Tontons Racleurs de participer dans leur résidence au Recyclart pendant le mois d’avril. Après le premier réunion, on était tous d’accord avec une idée : de créer un Hôtel Rustique.

We were invited buy the silkscreen collective les Tontons Racleurs to participate in their residency at Recyclart for the month of April. After our first meeting, we all were struck by the idea to create a “Hôtel Rustique” in the exposition space…

The first fruit of our work was a cabin built out of pallets. The size of the cabin was roughly based on the size of the actual Hôtel Rustique room.

Inside the cabin, we decided to fight wood with wood by placing a grainy pattern on the walls.

You might recognise this from the site!

The idea quickly changed from remaking the hôtel to creating a space within a space, an intimate tent rustique where one can rest. For this we used a pinecone pattern.

And the idea developed: the cabin as bark, the walls as wood,

the floor as the leaves,

the tent as the pinecone

& the pillows and cover as the seed.

After the preparations, the night was set into motion:

Given our invitation to visit the interior, the first visitors were from an earlier generation !

Then the Tontons Rustiques took over the tent for a concert:

The unanimous hit of the set was “le Bois”.

Here is the tent at night.

Here is the Pickle & Onion Rings shadow opera, performed for the opening. The music is on the CD that comes with the ‘book’.

Many thank you’s to the receptive public, the Tontons for the experience & Nico for the additional photos !

Salon "Histoires de livres" Book Fair

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:57:28 -0400

On était assez content de participer au salon “histoires de livres” à l’ERG à Bruxelles. On a rencontré les autres chouettes éditeurs, et des futurs invités à l’Hôtel. Voilà quelques photos de notre stand.

We were happy to participate in the “Histoires des livres” Book Fair at the ERG in Brussels. We met some neat folks making books and future guests for the hotel !

Here are a few photos of our stand:

Expo de Printemps : Benoît GRIMALT

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:09:00 -0400

On est ravi d’accueillir les photographes de Benoît Grimalt pour l’Exposition de Printemps.

Les photos sont un reflet de humour et vision de M Grimalt. Découpé dans une façon rustique avec la cisaille pour photos.

We are pleased to host the photographs of Benoît Grimalt for the “Exposition de Printemps”, the first in our series of seasonal expositions.

Voilà une visite guidé à l’expo…

Le mis en place dans la chambre d’hôte. What you see in the hotel…

et dans le couloir. & in the hallway.

les vues des cadres

et on revisite la chambre

Le vernissage était lieu le 19 mars 2011.

prix : petit 15€ - moyenne 20€ - grand 30€

contact nous pour visiter ou acheter.
contact us for visits or purchase.

Rustique Tours : Visit to Bokrijk

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:36:46 -0500

After the martinets took off for the year, we took a visit to one of the most “rustique” places we have ever been: the domain of Bokrijk.

Here we were inspired by many ideas, and enlightened by the lines, materials &life of the structures we visited.

We wore our sabots for the occasion !

Someone ‘tagged’ the old chapel. Honestly ! It was there before we arrived ! But we took it as a good sign !

Still a lot of work to do in the hotel room !

Summertime Art Residency : Chez Martinet

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:46:00 -0400

We are happy to announce the second year of our unique artist’s residency program : Chez Martinet. We provide a free room during the summer months to our roosting friends the Martinets (Apus Apus). Chez Martinet is free but available only on a first-come first-served basis.

Dimensions of the room are roughly 70 x 30 cm.

Here is a video of this year’s resident avian artist in action.

Guests : Takashi Carré II

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:13:00 -0400

After his successful first visit to Hotel Rustique and adventures in other lands, our friend Takashi Carré came back for a brief visit.

No doubt, this visit started out even more action packed than last time ! Arriving near midnight, he awoke to find himself playing in a concert the next day here is a link to video of Le Ton Mité and Karl Blau with Mr. Carré !

The next morning Karl stopped by the hotel and we all participated in the first Sessions Rustiques. Feels good to get that rolling ! You can listen at the link.

The afternoon provided itself with the opportunity to visit the underground world of Brussels, exploring streets that have been covered up for a few centuries.

And a visit to the national museum of history where we learned about the short but exciting history of this great land.

Museum Night Fever !

Not to be outdone by the night before, there were musical seances by Hoquets and V.O.

After a great evening out, we woke up early for an unusual exploration of the industrial history of Brussels, through the eyes of the canal !

The accommodations were quite pleasant !

The name of our vessel was the Gueuse, and judging from the look of the water, it seemed if we were floating on this magical liquid from Pajottenland !

There were many rich architectural features that hinted to the commercial nature of the canal.

Takashi started asking our guide questions about the gueuse he was drinking.

Here is a film of the locks of ninove ! Under pressure !

And of course we had a fearless Dagobert to keep us company.

Our new water level attained, we continued our exploration.

We saw a few examples of contemporary Belgian art.

And of course tasted a gueuse or kriek under each bridge.

The structures made the hotel think about installing a branch office in a thin space along the canal.

Or taking over the structure to the right.

Post war vernacular housing blocks (why did they do this ?)

And more contemporary art pieces…

We somehow managed to visit a often forgotten Belgian mountain range.

Then quickly found another promising site for hoteling.

This is not what it appears to be, they swear it is not nuclear.

Takashi, unmoved, displays a typical Brabantian headdress

Just in time for our return to port.

The sunny pictures belied the fact that it was 2 degrees outside !

Berlin, Budapest, Bombay ?

It was decided that we should eat. So we visited a peculiar restaurant.

We were greeted by a Majorcian ghost !

After the scare, we were quickly treated to salad thus calming our nerves.

and the other vegetables rapidly turned into the makings of experimental dishes.

We were transposed through phantom power to Japan, but an alternate reality Japan !

even the lights shifted colors…

after our visit to Mt Sushi, we were transported back to Brussels apple tart,

and perhaps the find of the year : cherry genever !

from 1976 ! Truly a divine ambrosia ! Thank you land of Flanders ! How you art so gracious with your fineries !

Takashi celebrated this treasure by taking the first step to stop his smoking habit.

We rounded off the evening by taming the ghosts and playing a song.

The next day Takashi treated the hotel to participate in his culinary knowledge gained during his recent visit to Morocco.

Tadjine anyone ?

And the next day we were invited to visit the kingdom of cassoulet.

via Nouvelle Belgique and Portugese cherries.

salads abounded !

cassoulet resounded !

La ginja guided us through out tasty path,

right to a peaceful conclusion of the evening.

and a grand victory for Carré.

We were asked to make an excursion to the largest city in Belgium, Antwerp.

After the glory of the train station,

The zoo seemed a bit disorganised.

But we were to relish in the sun and splendors of the city…

Architecture… fashion…

haute society,

and classical monuments

The box of charity was placed strategically

so the saint would stop trying to steal the fish of the other.

Dear Reubens !

Inspired by the folklore of the throwing of the giant’s hand, Takashi invented a new way of opening a bottle.

Deemed unsafe, and taboo in local custom, we had to visit the river to ask for forgiveness and cleanse our spirits.

We passed through the gates of the castle only after buying indulgences from the nearby temple.

rather tasty indulgences with the divine stoopjesaus.

Our newly purified state inspired artistic interactions with publicity.

The gods were happy and invited us to their homes.

Including Hotel Rustique’s dream interior museum of amazing rustic wares !

Needless to say, the Imprimerie de l’Hôtel Rustique, was quite jealous.

We were informed that our spiritual quest was not quite over and had to pass through a giant tunnel to reach enlightenment.

Which was quite well documented.

We, in fact, had to visit the place where the river spirit dwells

and pay tribute in its sanctuary.

a Dagobert danced to communicate that we did well in our pilgrimage.

and we were allowed to return to the city, enlightened,

and blessed with local waters.

The city gave us a hoppy experience, we were quite ready to head back to the hotel and share the knowledge we had gained.

A horse spirit welcomed us back to Brussels.

The next evening we were treated to genever

And carbonnades flamandes one of the specialties of the hotel.

With its homemade fries, it was approved by Mr Carré.

For dessert, we visited the Imprimerie, inspired by our visit to Antwerp and made cards.

The next evening Takashi found himself transformed into a baker.

To feed people who visited an art show and it’s associated table de hôtes.

The hotel spread its wings by hanging arts and slicing salmon.

An amazing walnut tart treated the eaters, with a welcomed revisit of cherry genever from 1976.

It was so amazing that Takashi danced rapidly, and disappeared.

our sources say he has gone to the land of leprechauns, but

only another visit will make this clear.

Welcome dear traveller to the open arms of Hotel Rustique !

Guests : Thomas Bonvalet & Simon Quéheillard

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:22:00 -0500

The hotel was pleased to have the passage of two French musical pioneers and good friends:

Thomas Bonvalet
&
Simon Quéheillard

We met them in the process of warming up for their concert at SCHIP.

Here is a song of Simon in concert.

And here is a composition of L’Ocelle Mare

The next day we left for Liège.

Liège feels a lot like Seattle a strange modern city, the mist gave it a mystic feeling.

The Sunday market was quite interresting, with a wide selection of furs, and other critters.

We stopped to taste a specialty of Liège.

“Boulets sauce lapin”

Thomas opted for frites and salade.
The hôtel took the full plate with two boulets. *** three stars!
The interior was rather charged with memorabilia & a thick accent liègoise !

we found some dating options,

took a stroll past the symbol of the city

flying dolphin ? flying fish ? Mystery animal !

We took a hike up the longest staircase in Belgium.

Where we found a poineer in the fog !

Upon our descent, we caught some shocking fashion trends.

And a rare example of a “Café Chantant” or piano bar. We have some beverages and listened to voiced and harmonicas ! A real appetizer !

The concert hall had a nice tile floor.

The colors and acoustics were pleasing.

As was our kefta and middle eastern dinner.

On our return to Brussels we met the famous rapper Corny Big.

and some country homes in the city.

the next day we shared a tart.

Followed up by a morning visit to the military museum.

This time there were other fashion secrets to be found.

Strange birdlike warriors.

and a reunion of old friends.

part of the visit was extremely cold.

another part, rather colorful,

the golem came to greet us. So we quickly left for Charleroi.

This was the place where Thomas played an extrordinary concert, happily remembered but not filmed.

We went for a small exploration of the town, here is the town hall,

This is “pitta square” the most colorful neon kebab corner of the country !

No need to comment !

After this we returned to the venue.

and passed the glorious halls of Charleroi.

Thomas after concert instalation is what we leave you with for this episode. Many fine concerts were enjoyed and good ideas shared. Thank you for your visit and come back soon !

Guests : Takashi Carré

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:44:00 -0500

Takashi Kumagai, known for his participation in such projets as Cafard Carré, made a holiday time visit to Hotel Rustique.

We had a visit to the town centre which included a strangely “Japanese” building.

afterwards we tasted some local beverages

notably geuze.

La Clef d’Or was a spot of three dimensional birthday times.

Next on the agenda was a concert of Cafard Carré “l’âme du élan”.

and the after concert photo shoot. Thank you to Anne-Claire for the invitation.

after a normal round of urban violence,

we found a lesser known fountain

and a strange beer hall

after the return to the hotel,

Takashi shared a song.

A highlight of the visit was a visit to the woods.

including a sighting of Kumaotoko,

discoveries of ancient bridge building techniques,

and amazing moss communities.

The Official Cafard Carré Mascot was documented,

as was a demonstration of ice age sporting techniques.

We found a possible sister hotel for the Rustique.

The next day we decided to take a trip to Forest, rather than to the forest.

However, we quickly passed through and found ourselves having “frites” in Ixelles.

The conquest of local cuisine was celebrated by an evening of another cuisine made by Guest Chef Carré.

A day which started out as a simple visit to the museum,

Ended up in a exotic sandwich

and a visit to Flanders.

We ended up finding a castle.

We went directly to work.

We came to know Flemish hunting rituals,

Russian street life,

Datcha customs,

that wax is not always a forgiving media,

and contemporary art.

The Cyrillic alphabet,

the dilapidated gate house,

the odd water spout,

and the covered bridge,

were to have their ramifications later on in the evening.

Peacefully resolved by new skills,

and an exhibition of traditional costumes.

A new Compilodog followed us to the hotel.

we found a new car.

It was decided that the best way to start the year was a trip to Bruges.

The sun came to visit for the first time of the year.

We celebrated with cuberdon, a Belgian specialty.

Takashi tried out the Windmill dance depicted in the freize.

The night lights gave a new felling to the town.

Candy looked sweeter,

buildings looked cuter,

and frites looked bigger.

This was the discovery of the day.

Evidence of beer curiousity, is there a “best beer” ?

We celebrated our research with a Tartiflette. Before…

…and after ! A delicious discovery.

The snow came to visit in the night.

So we went back to visit the museum de l’armée !

There were some cool hats…

interesting inventions

old airplanes

a battle scene

early hip hop DJs

And an unplanned emergency airlift.

We relaxed after the excitement by investigating foam mountains.

and look at patriotic dog houses.

Takashi shared a reenactment of “dogs at war”

This sausage vest was of particular interest.

As were these animal instruments. Due to the snow we were not able to visit the view from the arch.

So we had some “frites carbonnades.”

and a walk in the park.

later on we made gyoza

and a galette du roi.

The next evening Cafard Carré played a concert. This is the 30 minute concert video.

The next two days went very quickly with dessert tasting…

Geuze tasting…

breakfast…

And the trip to the train station.

All in all a great experience. And a great guest. Welcome back !

Rustique Cups

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:26:58 -0500

Perhaps the potter is dyslexic or English, but none the less we are excited to bring you our limited edition of three (3) Hotel Rustique (Rustique Hotel) earthenware cups.

They are great for coffee, tea and other warm beverages. Currently not for sale, they are only for use by Hotel Rustique guests and staff.

Guests : Jerry Colburn

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:39:00 -0500

Old Friend from the homeland, Jerry stopped by on his whirlwind backpacking European adventure.

Our visit started out with an accidental Thanksgiving dinner in the kitchen of Hotel Rustique. Unfortunately the chicken is not cooked in this picture

The bubbliness of Belgian Beer is shocking !

The next day we went to a party and disco.

The next day, after visiting the town, making a round of the town on bus…

Jerry shared a bit of his preferred art media, that of ink

Jerry left an ink painting to commemorate the stay at Hotel Rustique.

We made a portrait to commemorate the stay at Hotel Rustique.

Guests : Tori & Reiko Kudo

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

We are happy to announce our first guests at Hotel Rustique : Tori & Reiko Kudo.

We went on a long visit to the town before arriving to the venue for their concert in Brussels.

with a small break and visit to the brewer’s museum, but only one beer ! Tori used his curiousity and pottery background to gain access to the Brewer’s hall and mug collection. This was a good surprise.

We were a bit early for the Christmas market.

We made our way to the venue, where, after many years of listening to Reiko’s music, we finally had the opportunity to see her song in real.

Here is the sound check in Brussels.

Reiko’s music is one of fragility, but reflects strength.

The Next day we went to Gent.

We had thought that this was the venue !

It wasn’t, so we went for a walk.

We enjoyed some good beers in a nice place.

“Cat/ねこ” as performed at LADDA in Gent.

Tori found some moss outside the window.

The next day we had lunch. Reiko made an installation.

Even though the visit was short, it will rest in our memory because of the songs that continue to sound at the hotel !

We look forward to the next time we can visit with Tori & Reiko !

le travail commence.

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:43:00 -0400

Bonjour, le travail commence à l’Hôtel Rustique.