Commissioned by: BFO – Niek van Der Sprong productions. Location – County House Zwolle. Period: 2008
An Eye For An Eye /Oog Om Oog was a project by Marit Otto, Mark van Enk, Gina Draaisma, Betty Zieltjens, Huib Steen and Marco Stoelwinder. This multimedia art project filled the windows of the Zwolle provincial government building during the 2008 Liberation Festival.
100 citizens of Zwolle different in culture, race, colour, age, origin, profession and faith kindly lent their faces to us and the 13 laptops and beamers at work in the provincial government building projected the faces. The eyes from these faces travelled from face to face. By virtually sharing others’ eyes and point of view, instead of being a biblical cry of retribution, this cry became one of brotherhood and solidarity
Zwolle, 1 maart 2008
“OOG OM OOG”, oogverblindend kunstproject tijdens B
OOG OM OOG”, dazzling art project during the Liberation Festival
Five artists from Zwolle, Marit Otto, Mark van Enk, Betty van Velzen, Gina Draaisma and Marco Stoelwinder will realise a multi-media art project during the Liberation Festival Overijssel.
These artists have translated the national 5 May theme ‘Freedom and Solidarity’ into a large and universal image. The project bears the, not too peaceful, name ‘OOG OM OOG’.
By literally sharing someone else’s eyes and point of view, this cry becomes one of fraternity and solidarity.
From 8.30 p.m. onwards, visitors will stand face to face with the alienating three-m. high portraits in the windows of the connecting bridge of the Provinciehuis.
During the day, anyone who wants to can have themselves immortalized for this project by the art crew’s mobile photo-crew.
