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Nomadic 'breeding space' for artists in the Bijlmer
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The next few years fifty artists from the Bijlmer will be moving from one
appartment block to another, because these buildings will be torn down in
the course of a big restructuring project.
One and a half week after they moved into the appartment block 'Grunder'
they opened their doors for the public.
Lino Hellings interviewed four of them.
Bijlmer 1 Laifung.
Mr. Laifung has been living in the Bijlmer for thirty years. He was born in
Hong Kong. He started to paint in a Chinese style and made pendrawings later on. Today his paintings are abstract. In his latest works, based on the view
from his window in the Bijlmer, we see abstract forms, as an artistic dream
in the air. Laifung works as a labourer in a factory, but in his heart he is
a painter.
http://www.engage.nu/tm/resources/n5m4/movies/bijlmerlaifung1.mov
Bijlmer 2 Vulsma.
Vincent Vulsma is a student at the Rietveldacademie. He has been living in
the Bijlmer for some time now. Recently he occupied his new atelier, where
he tries to create his own spot between the other artists. His drawings make
a spacious impression. He hopes to discover a lot about the world and to
conquer a space in it for himself.
http://www.engage.nu/tm/resources/n5m4/movies/bijlmervulsma2.mov
Bijlmer 3 Slager.
Tina Slager makes paintings as well as batiks. She would love to see the
world change in a positive direction. There are a lot of things which make
her sad. She thinks that it is unnecessary to tear the appartment blocks
down. They could have been split into smaller units, so that many of the
problems we are facing today could have been solved.
http://www.engage.nu/tm/resources/n5m4/movies/bijlmerslager3.mov
Bijlmer 4 Doelwijt.
Robbert Doelwijt has been living in the Bijlmer for a long time. In his
threedimensional paintings he reacts to the feelings of the community. He
distills the negative from them and transforms that into something positive.
The drum for example is in two ways connected to Surinam culture: as a
communication tool between slaves it is a painful reminiscence of the past,
but as a musical instrument it is used at parties. Doelwijt made a painting
of Pim Fortuyn, but he also made a series of works depicting painful moments
from Surinam history. These works evoke deep feelings of sorrow in some
Surinam people; they cannot look at them, because they are not ready for
them yet.
http://www.engage.nu/tm/resources/n5m4/movies/bijlmerdoelwijt4.mov |
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