Halfstok

27.000 euro naar de haaien. Bijna letterlijk in het geval van Bredene. De kustgemeente doet mee aan het driejaarlijkse kunsten­festival Beaufort en betaalde naar eigen zeggen een enorme som voor ‘wat aangespoelde takken’ in de vorm van een hond, een ideetje van de Koreaan Chi Taik Ho.
Het stadsbestuur kan niet lachen met het ontwerp. Bij het eerste springtij dreigt het hout op het strand te verdwijnen in de ­gulzige golven en bovendien snapt niemand de obscure, zogezegd elitaire bete­kenis. Om het ongenoegen duidelijk kenbaar te maken, hing de vlag aan het gemeentehuis vrijdag halfstok.
Een beetje overdreven als statement? Op zijn minst: pathetisch. En de timing was volkomen misplaatst. Want ook Nederland liet vrijdag massaal de tricolore zakken. Het land herdacht de vele doden van vlucht MH17, die exact een jaar geleden ­boven Oekraïne werd neergehaald. Heel wat Nederlanders kwamen daarbij om het leven, tot soms hele families: ouders en hun kinderen, in één ruk weggevaagd.
Ook Australië deelde in de klappen. Tijdens een herdenking zei premier Tony ­Abbott tot de nabestaanden: ‘Jullie hebben de kracht van reuzen en de elegantie van engelen.’ Troostende woorden.
Woorden ook die het stadsbestuur van ­Bredene misschien eens kan lezen en her­lezen, in plaats van kleintjes en zielig te ­reageren op een kunstinstallatie. Kunst ­die net aantoont dat het leven op een strandwandeling lijkt en maar duurt tot de zee je brutaal meesleurt. En dan niets meer.
 
(Dit stukje verscheen eerder in De Standaard)

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