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(excerpt) Men of Steel, Men of Stone work in progress In the video Men of Steel, Men of Stone. I wash three sculptures of questionable Dutch ‘heroes’ Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Michiel de Ruijter and Piet Heijn with a ridiculous amount of soap, it was meant as an ironic statement, to show that they can never be cleaned. I made many different edits of this video over the years, but never showed it as a finished work. I decided to accept the video as an eternal (both real and metaphorical) work in progress. I wrote a essay about my personal struggle with this work for the Dutch magazine Mister Motley. https://www.mistermotley.nl/art-everyday-life/staal-steen-en-sop. English translation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xQ9f_TgAE0LdpegiJtZ1Z-47o_q3xfRAVBBE1BjlMhY/edit?usp=sharing
Camera: Ben Geraerts Post production: Gabriel Vallecillo Thanks to: Róża Zamołojko Maureen Ho Paulien Oltheten Lotte Geeven Marcus Bruystens Gemeente Hoorn Gemeente Rotterdam Gemeente Vlissingen Het Nederlands Filmfonds
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