Life_is_Ride,_2023
Life is Ride, 2023
SEXYLAND_WORLD
SEXYLAND WORLD
De_KIP,_2023
De KIP, 2023
Oculus_Cirrus
Oculus Cirrus
Sea_by_Night,_2023
Sea by Night, 2023
Buzzclub_SEXYLAND_2022
Buzzclub SEXYLAND 2022
Moonriders_
Moonriders
Work_harder
Work harder
Frans_Hals_Museum
Frans Hals Museum
Tell_Me
Tell Me
SEXYLAND
SEXYLAND
One_for_All_All_for_One
One for All All for One
Signature_Series
Signature Series
De_Zee
De Zee
DEAD_PAN
DEAD PAN
In_search_of_the_miraculous
In search of the miraculous
STICK_OR_TWIST
STICK OR TWIST
Part_2._Copy_a_feeling
Part 2. Copy a feeling
Part_1._What_about_value
Part 1. What about value
Part_3._Gallery_as_Hotel
Part 3. Gallery as Hotel
Ulay_(s)he
Ulay (s)he
Feest_der_Vernietiging
Feest der Vernietiging
Chambre_dHote
Chambre dHote
Pitch_Black_Photo_Booth
Pitch Black Photo Booth
When_the_Saints_Video
When the Saints Video
one_for_all
one for all
Spoilt_Dissatisfaction
Spoilt Dissatisfaction
Puking_Rainbows
Puking Rainbows
Dancemarathon
Dancemarathon
Push_Versus_Pull
Push Versus Pull
COCO_CHANEL_TIGER
COCO CHANEL TIGER
VIDEO_N2O
VIDEO N2O
Cutting_Daisy
Cutting Daisy
VIDEO_112
VIDEO 112
RANDOM_PHOTOGRAPHY
RANDOM PHOTOGRAPHY
Flourish_in_absence
Flourish in absence
Eddie_The_Eagle_Museum
Eddie The Eagle Museum
ARCHIVE
ARCHIVE
De_Stier
De Stier
Buzz_Club
Buzz Club
Blue_2
Blue 2
AUKJE DEKKER | NEWS | CV | TEXT | NOTE FOR POTENTIAL COLLABORATEURS  LOADING..
‘Kip aan het IJ’ was my pitch for a public sculpture for the Schegpark, a newly build park located behind the EYE Film Museum in Amsterdam North. Surrounded by new build for all layers of society the sculpture had to be designed to activate and connect. Alongside being envisioned as ‘an iconic sculpture with international allure for public space.’
This area in the North is special to me; I started my work with Eddie the Eagle Museum here 15 years ago, witnessing gentrification and being part of it. Amsterdam North has a history of projected utopias, from the Garden Villages to ‘Het Plan van Gool’—all spatial fantasies about a better coexistence.
So when this assignment came I thought; in a time where everything is available and the world is on fire, what still makes us think? Everyone talks about community, but are we still able to build one? When I thought about what would suit and challenge this neighborhood best I’d say we need something active, not passive; dynamic, not static. It should involve shared ownership, be intergenerational, and rely on the participation of the neighborhood. It should foster care and allow people to experience how other beings can give back to us, moving away from an anthropocentric lifestyle and seeing our entire ecosystem, not just humans, as central. So I developed a megalomaniac chickencoop the potential house for 15 chicken. It would start with 15 ceramic chicken and it would be up to the neighborhood to adopt one and change it for a real one. I lost by one point from Teun Castelein but hey like this is still exist in some utopian world.
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