Productions
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14 December 1996
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WDR Boulevard Europa
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The destruction of 60.000 art works |
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Between 1949 and 1987 artists received subsidies for delivering their art to the Dutch state. At the start of the, so called Visual Artists Arrangement (BKR), around 200 artists made use of the regulation. At the end of the wild sixties artists occupied the 'Nightwatch'-hall in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum to demand access to the BKR for many more artists. In 1983 artists burned their art to protest agianst the cuts in the BKR-budget. In 1992 around 3000 artists where supplying art to the Dutch state who had around 200.000 artworks in stock. The state decided to get rid of the arrangement and in advertisements artists are asked to and pick up their work. December 1996 is the last month for the pick up and the BKR-depots are still bulging of art and many artists did not come. The last destination of the subsidised art will be the oven!
Activities: propose subject, research, set up & planning reportage, accompany filming.