On friday the 24th of september the exhibition (R)EVOLUTION opened. For this show was Tedious Times created in collaboration with Josephine Baan, Hanna Gonsalves, Nardjissa Ikhlef, Mathijs Kramer, Jonah van Lotringen, Jelrik Westra, Rotterdam youth, Rotterdam Make IT Happen! and the Municipality of Rotterdam.
'Stronger through struggle' is the motto of Rotterdam. Under the motto 'Stronger by young people', the municipality asked young people to come up with ideas to develop resilience in the Covid crisis. A group of youngsters in Rotterdam came up with the great idea to get together and paint and draw their memories from Corona times. Reflect together and share thoughts after a period being apart. I designed a space that could hold these memories captured on tiles, and created a structure that could grow along with the project. A modular way of building that can expend with potential of more shared memories. This artwork can travel anywhere, as worldwide we have memories of this period and by the universal language of art we can express and share that period together.
I'm honoured to create such a piece in collaboration with this group of youngsters, as I believe these memories are part of a monumental period of time that has changed and shaped all of us. And this is just the start, the more tiles the bigger the structure will be.
You can visit the show every day from 9h til 18h at Erasmus MC. You can visit best though the head entrance and enter the staircase opposite of the Albert Heijn to go, there you will find the exhibition with 10 artworks.
