Peatpolis:
'People talk especially about the social aspects, the uses and the history of peat. From this philosophy PeatPolis emerged. Artist Adri de Fluiter and I discussed the establishment of an open-air exhibition of peat art. After two years of planning and preparation, we reached the stage in May this year where the seventeen artists could begin to build the peat town.'
It wasn't pleasant work for the international gathering, with artists from as far away as Peru and Japan. 'They toiled for a fortnight in the open air on their works of art,' says Tonnis. 'For the first week, the weather was wet, grey and cold. In the second week it was boiling hot and oppressive. It was a devil of a job for the artists, but the results are worth it.'