PERRY KNOPPERT - born in The Hague, 1975 - provides evidence that no matter how monotonous everyday life may be, it is better than social isolation. He also documents his own home with flowers on a windowsill or a child lying in bed reading. Knoppert was as isolated as the rest of us, observing his children and objects from the safety of his own home, except when he went outside to document the state of affairs in public spaces.
We follow his journey through the streets and alleys of the seemingly unpopulated city. Knoppert watches the arrival of ambulances and comes across mattresses left behind by the homeless. Traces and shadows of people. Traces of people who were just there and now they are not. The remains of the people or their belongings. Empty buses, empty trains, the metro closed. Everything that was part of our daily lives is missing. Knoppert walked the streets of a major city in central Europe that serves as the de facto capital of the European Union. With a child's curiosity witnessed the quarantine with wonder.
IN THE TIME OF CORONA consists of photographs taken in Brussels during the first period of the Covid-19 pandemic.