Antwerp Pride, in collaboration with the Antwerp Queer Arts Festival, will be bringing the Pansy Project by British artist Paul Harfleet to Antwerp, Belgium.Twenty violet flowers or pansies will be ‘planted’ at the Den Oudaan police tower, the headquarters of Antwerp Police.All over the world, British artist Paul Harfleet plans violet flowers in or near places where a homophobic crime has taken place.Because of the pandemic, the Pansy Project in Antwerp has a different, more symbolic interpretation.
Since international travel is not recommended, it was difficult for Paul to travel to Antwerp. Instead of real flowers, he has graphically designed some violets.