De Schans van Delden

In 'The Sconce of Delden' I studied the history of Delden,one of the first places in the Netherlands with city rights, and came in contact with the amateur historian Dick Lohuis. Dick had found an old fortification in a hidden area with the shape of a pentagon. From very early history to modern times, these constructions where used for defense during warfare. I got fascinated by the symbolism of the pentagon form and the enormous collective labor that in the old days was required to construct it. This became my motivation for this project. Together with 120 volunteers from a local high school (Twickel College) we engraved the shape of a pentagon on a parcel that was available to us from a local farmer. The shape of the land art was based on the original fortification found in Delden and was scaled down to 1:10 of it. 

The Walk, HD movie

In this movie, together with amateur historian and inhabitant of Delden Dick Lohuis, we make a 20 minute walk around the Sconce (15.000m2). While exploring the space we address the essence of history and monumental value.

This project is realized with the help of MICK productions, Dick Lohuis and Twickel College.