History
The Recreative International Center (RIC) has been created by the artist Erik Pevernagie in 1973. He was supported by many colleagues and students who live worldwide by now.
They were influenced by the spirit of the late sixties: University of Paris X: Nanterre, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Berkeley University of California, Herbert Marcuse, Free University of Berlin, Rudi Dutschke. They supported the Free Speech Movement and had contacts with both French student circles in May 1968 and German reformers (German student movement). Advocating that, at least, one third of people's existence should be available for creative leisure, Pevernagie insisted on the recreational side in life: time budget saved after work and sleep.
"Imagination being back in power", old values were scrutinized carefully. In view of meeting the recreational demands two floating social and cultural entertainment centers were brought into existence: Ric's Art Boat and Ric's River Boat.
These boats have since been a meeting place for international artists: filmdirectors (ex. Atom Egoyan, Claude Lelouche, Benoit Lamy, Jan Verheyen), visual artists (ex. Luc Tuymans, Nicolas Vial, illustrator of French Newspaper Le Monde), singers (ex.Axelle Red, the Kooks, Tom Barman, Karen Cheryl), authors (Hugo Claus).
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