December 2024 Photographs of the Big Monument
December 20, 2024 The Bigger Monument is Born
December 2024 Progress of the Making of the Bigger Monument
November 2024 Progress of the Making of the Bigger Monument
October 2024 Progress of the Making of the Bigger Monument
September 2024 Progress of the Making of the Bigger Monument
August 2024 Progress of the Making of the Bigger Monument
July 2024 Pop-up Art Exhibition 'This Quietness is Fake'
On July 20, the pop-up exhibition ‘This Quietness is Fake’ took place in DOOR OPEN SPACE, Amsterdam North. The theme was Breaking the Silence on Sexual Violence through Art. Six visual artists were showing their work, and participating in the panel talk. Melia Weltzien showed the documentary ‘This Quietness is Fake’, in which dancer Claudia Quaglia and FBVG talk about making art of their sexual abuse experiences. A short version of 1 minute is shown below.
Photo’s are made by János Kancsó.
July 2024 Progress of the Making of the Bigger Monument
Progress made on July 3, 10, 12, 17.
June 2024 Progress in the Making of the Small Monuments
On June 14, 6 small monuments of the mold had been in the kiln for the first time.
June 2024 Progress of the Making of the Bigger Monument
Progress on June 4, 5, 11, 14, 15, 21, 25, 28.
June 2024 Monuments in Landscape
The bigger Monuments were made in an imaginary landscape by Hugo Rompa.
May 2024 Progress of the making of the Bigger Monument
Progress on May 13, 15, 17, 20, 24, 29 and 31.
May 2024 A Mold for the Small Monuments
Between 15 and 27 of May a mold was being made for the small monuments by Bastienne Kramer.
May 2024 Launching of Onderland & website SAAC Amsterdam
On May 12, the book Onderland of Alma Mathijsen was being launched in Sexyland World. Alma is a member of SAAC Amsterdam, the Sexually Abused Artist Collective, founded in 2021 by Jan Hoek. These artists were abused under the age of 18, and make work about this topic. Alma interviewed many members of SAAC and used these stories to write a novel about a special world, Onderland. Alma presents her book to Jan Hoek are on the second picture. FBVG joined SAAC in the fall of 2021 and did a performance during the book launch. She’s also a chapter in the book.
The SAAC website was also launched on this day: www.SAACamsterdam.com.
May 2024 Start of the Making of a Bigger Monument
On the 1st of May the start of making a bigger monument was made in the studio of Bastienne Kramer. First a dripping plate was made. On May 6 and 8 building up the legs. In the background the smaller monument being used as a model.
April 2024 Photographs of all The Monuments
All the Monuments, big and small, made so far were being photographed by Hugo Rompa.
April 2024 Pitch Pilot Nieuw Bereik AFK
On April 10 FBVG did a pitch for the pilot Nieuw Bereik of Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, meant for artists in Amsterdam North who never had a financial contribution of the AFK before. FBVG’s pitch was to make a bigger monument, about 80 cm high. A step between the smaller monuments before, and the end goal, a monument of about 7 meters high. The pitch took place in Sexyland World. The pitch was rewarded as a research project.
