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Previews
of the BCI
International
Convention
2018 in
Mulhouse,
France
By François Jeker, France SPhotos courtesy François Jeker
et in Alsace, close to the Swiss and German borders, the BCI Convention and Wine Tour (see page 50) in 2018 promises to be the event of the year. BCI has invited 12 international demonstrators that are known for their special
skills and their focus on bonsai and viewing stone education.
More than 200 bonsai and 100 suiseki will be presented at the convention in Mulhouse next October 12–14.
Thirty of these bonsai will be exhibited from October 4–14 in a very special display featuring computer-controlled dynamic lighting e ects.
A much-anticipated Quadrennial Event
e Parc Expo Mulhouse organizes a huge bonsai exhibition every four years that has become the most important bonsai event in Europe. European bonsai lovers call this event «the olympic games of bonsai».
One of the presentations—which does not follow the Japanese rules at all— has made an international reputation for its creativity. e lighting replicates the sun’s path on the bonsai trees from dawn to dusk. Visitors are sometimes moved to tears.
In 2014, the backdrop for the trees, were Land’Art photographs created by François Jeker.
In 2018, as part of the BCI Congress, 30 bonsai will be exhibited in this dynamic way.
