24 Infants
2011
771 Paper airplanes, two red chairs, and a video projection
Realised with support from Nijmegen City Counsil
About 24 Infants
Installation for art window De Nieuwe Kamer, Nijmegen City Hall.
The hallway of this art window is situated next to war monument ‘The swing’. At February 22, 1944 at 1.28 PM, Nijmegen was bombarded by American airplanes. On the spot of where the monument stands, was school St. Louis, where 24 infants and 8 nuns died.
Animation
Photos
Photography: Stef Willems
Newspaper article in De Gelderlander (in Dutch)
Published at March 9, 2012
Text: Francine Wildenborg
Screenings
- Exhibition in De Nieuwe Kamer, Nijmegen City Hall, 2011/2012
- Screening at Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, 2012
- Acquired by the city of Nijmegen in 2013: permanent display in the City Hall