De Kunstenaars Vlakbij / Les artistes à côté

“De Kunstenaars Vlakbij” (“The artists nearby”) is a series of portraits of unknown artists, produced on the occasion of the exhibition “De Eerste Trede” (“The First Stile”) at Argos Centre for Art & Media (2003). The starting point of this film was the wonderment about the basic idea that so many people are occupied with art in a serious manner. Jan Vromman visits some artists in his close vicinity and lets them present theirselves without showing their art. It is not the result that matters, but the joy of creation.