Reusable Equestrian Statue
Last year I made during a residency in New York State the Reusable Commemorative Statue – see the enclosed photo's and description – Image 1-3  This version is placed in a sculpture park in New York. 

For Bienalsur I would like to make an extended and participatory version: a Reusable Equestrian Statue (a rider on an horse). Reusable because it can be folded, stowed away and the texts can be adjusted.  Folded inside the frameworks (and these can be placed in the pedestal). And the texts can be adjusted with turnable beams for the reasons to commemorate, the achievements and the characteristics. Life size and the audience is able turn the beams so to change/reuse the commemorative part of it. 

The statue will be made of iron and because of using nuts and bolts it can be build up and broken down again for shipment. It will first be made at my workspace in Amsterdam and  as a smaller package shipped. At Bienalsur I would like to build it up myself – with some assistance.
The nuts and bolts will be locked with a special coating to block vandalism in case necessary.

Why this work? Normally these statues are actually quite static – but views on history do change – this statue is an attempt to make it dynamic (even that it consists of rectangular frames)  – and give people the possibility to reflect upon the nature of commemorating.