Magdeleen van Eersel

Van Mellestraat, Goes, 2023

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In a neighborhood in the town of Goes that was planned to be demolished and rebuilt, artist André Smits took up residency in one of the houses.

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Over time, the people in the houses around him moved out; and André invited artists to make work for the houses that stood empty, turning a potentially problematic area into a place that people loved visiting.

He also painted the facades with words, sometimes from the original residents, in other cases (like mine) the artists were allowed to choose the words.

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When I was invited, I chose to show the sea indoors - both reminiscent of a painful part of the province's past, and a threatening future. Or maybe it's my own inner sea.

Materials: cotton, nylon thread, screw hooks and 2 tripod lamps

Room dimensions: 2.5 x 3.5 x 7 meters (hxwxd)