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Double Take

2018

Site Specific Installation
Mixed media, 606 x 244 x 350 cm
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

Time, memory and identity are central themes in ‘Double Take’, a site-specific installation positioned at the center of the Schinkel neighbourhood in Amsterdam.

At first sight, the glass pavilion of the Real Estate agency displays hyperbolic descriptions and inflated market valuations of houses offered for sale or rent.
Except, the properties in question are in fact historic buildings of the ‘Dubbele Buurt’; a small neighbourhood that had been demolished around 1933.
Drawing on personal and historical narratives, the work freezes a moment in time to reflect upon the increasing globalization of the world.

 

Commissioned by ‘Soledad Senlle’ for ‘Kads 2018’ (Art in the Schinkel)
Curated by Marisol Ferradás. Assistant curators: Sascia Vos & Doina Kraal
Supported by the municipality of Amsterdam, ‘Mondriaan Fund’ & Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
With special thanks to Amsterdam City Archives and historians Joke Sickmann & Fred van Kooij