Schrijvers & Afscheid

Begin 2011 the Indische buurt Bibliotheek asked if I did like to show some photo's at their place. It would be the last expo in the building before they would move to a new building. That is good news, since a few libraries are about to be closed. The guarantee of literature & information for everybody in Amsterdam is about to become history.

Since my expo in the Pintobibliotheek 2010, I had the ambition to create a serie of writers portraits. And so the idea was born to ask them to express the word 'Afscheid' (what means goodbye, but also departing, morning, but can also indicate a happy change of situation). Instead of working with words with pen and paper they had to visualise 'Afscheid' and were asked to fill in the context or meaning.

In less than two month the idea had to be realized into a framed exhibition. Authors with works in the library had to be portrayed. It was the tactical assistance of the poet Diana Ozon who guided me at several writer events to the right persons with the right words so I could focus on making the right photo in a second. The Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst financed the exposition material.

After the expo in the old building the library asked if I would show these photos also at the new place.

Exhibition at the new Indischebuurt library location.
Photo made by Inge Dingena Mol.

Mathilde μP 2011