Type: Performance
Research Document
Duration: 9:07 min
Location: Willem de Kooning
Year: 2024
Just Leave it All is an inauguration ritual including the speech Hooi-Ying wrote for ‘de Boeg Statue’ after noticing that someone had carved ‘JUST LEAVE IT ALL’ on the front of the statue.
What do these war monuments in the Netherlands mean in the context of today? With the Genocides happening in Gaza, Congo, and Rwanda to name a few. What do these war monuments mean in the context of what role the Dutch Government has had in these genocides? As government bodies and institutions keep failing us, we need to take the agency into our own hands. With the inauguration of this newly added writing Hooi-Ying wants to set the example of how we, the people can change narratives by taking back public space.
This project is part of an ongoing research into deconstructing Dutch identity and Dutch hypocrisy in the context of its history. The full research can be found in
*This project was part of a group project and only includes my part
Image with writing concept by Lilou Obers