The Layabout (baliekluiver)

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The Baliekluiver (Layabout) refers to a time when the activity in the city of Utrecht was concentrated around the canals and wharves. The loading and unloading of ships onto carts and further transportation required a lot of manpower. The Baliekluiver symbolizes a casual worker who, leaning on the railing (balie), waits for a job at the canal. Because the demand for work sometimes exceeded the supply, the typically Utrecht word ‘Baliekluiver' also acquired the connotation of ‘idler' or ‘good-for-nothing'.

Designed and executed in 2020 by:

AD JENNER

based on an idea by Albert de Rijk †De Baliekluiver

 

WIND

with sealed eyes

the image awaits its

completion

bewildered in the new tumult of the wind

that cares not for

origin or destination

Fred Jenner

 

The Layabout (baliekluiver)

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