DISTANT SUFFERING | kites
sharing the sky
commemorating the palestinian exodus
2022 beirut - lebanon | stockholm - sweden
Front page: the kites in Beirut | photo courtesy of 2022 Ingrid Rolema
DISTANT SUFFERING | kites
sharing the sky
Work 20 kites Ø 106 cm, made out of artisan (Washi), made in Japan: Inshu Kozo, 56 grams, color white. The gross size of the sent sheet is 98 by 98 cm Participating artists from Pakistan | Mehreen Hashmi from Gaza / Palestine | Mohammed alHawajri, Dina Mattar and Raed Issa from Germany / Danmark | Jörn Burmester from Belgium | jen gossé, Frie J. Jacobs and Jan Verhaeghe from the Netherlands | Leni van den Berge, Ko de Jonge, Dani Ploeger, leon riekwell, Loek Grootjans, Ingrid Rollema, Hans Overvliet, Stef Fridael, Robin Weijers, Harriët Rademakers and Rinus Roepman Kite Expert Michiel van Amerongen Exhibitions Vlissingen beach | 2018 ruimteCAESUUR | Middelburg | 2018 Willy van Houtum, Giel Louws and Dani Ploeger De Vasim | Nijmegen | 2018 Thanks: Jac.Splinter, the city poet of Nijmegen Amal Karam, Hans Gloudemans Institute for Palestine Studies | Palestine Hall | Beirut, Lebanon | 2022 all the kites are now in the permanent collection of I.P.S. with galleries in Beirut, Ramallah, London and Washington D.C. Exhibition in Beirut: April 1 – June 17, 2022 Thanks: Sebastian Bernburg and Rana Anani for I.P.S., Suzanne Groothuis Postiljon d’amour: Ingrid Rollema – brought the kites to Beirut. Slipvillan | Långholmen | Stockholm, Sweden 10 kites made out of Jpg’s were shown June 4 – June 27, 2022 Thanks: Rikard Fåhraeus, Masoud Shahsavari, Laetitia Deschamps, Jannike Brantås Photos opening | Masoud Shahsavari
Click here for the catalogue of the project & exhibition Click here for the catalogue with the international political uproar
Children from refugee camps Invited by Foundation HOPE Opening April1. 2022
The kites in the summer exhibition Slipvallen THE UNINITIATED
on Långholmen in Stockholm
June 1, 2022
June 1, 2022 May 30, 2022 tTeam Slipvallen
June 4, 2022 Photo Ruben Hordijk
June 4, 2022 | opening Photo Masoud Shahsavari
Colophon Slipvallen A very big thanks to the wonderful people 0f Slipvallen: Jannike, Laestitia, Rikard and Massoud. Background of the shown projects: Documentation 1 about the kite project; Documentation 2 bout the fall out of the kite project; Documentation about the ice bullet; Documentation about the poster project. Port folio Hans Overvliet Postal address: Lange Noordstraat 67, NL-4331 CC Middelburg Studio address: Dreesstraat 2, Vlissingen curiositas@zeelandnet.nl | www.hansovervliet.com +31 (0) 6 282 77 052 Facebook