Art as adventure
An unconventional film that forgoes linear narrative in favor of poetic expression, Alterman's film doesn't just document Zwanikken's work. It offers a rare look at the unique expatriate life the artist shares with his family at a converted 400-year-old monastery in a desertlike landscape 2 1/2 miles southeast of Lisbon in rural Portugal.
Zwanikken's father, Kees, was a photographer (he died in 1999), and his mother, Geraldine, was a renowned member of the Dutch National Ballet. They moved Christiaan and his brother, Louis, a poet, from Amsterdam to the São Francisco monastery in 1980. Their goal, Christiaan says, was to establish a small community always open to artists from around the world.
"My parents were adventurers," says Zwanikken, 43. "For a year, my mom took us all on tour across Europe with her dance troupe." That gave the family a chance to find "somewhere to start something new" in their lives. "It was a great adventure, especially since we didn't have to go to school."
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RT @: You've seen those colourful mushrooms all over town, right? The artist gets his first exhibition 
RT @: You've seen those colourful mushrooms all over town, right? The artist gets his first exhibition 
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RT @: You've seen those colourful mushrooms all over town, right? The artist gets his first exhibition 
RT @: You've seen those colourful mushrooms all over town, right? The artist gets his first exhibition 
