This protest sign is based on the story of a young couple, a Muslim boy and a Christian girl who tried to escape from Sarajevo during the Bosnian war. They were shot dead in the hills and lay there, hand-in-hand, for several weeks, in the eyes of the media. No one could retrieve their bodies because of snipers. In Sarajevo, 3 religions have lived peacefully together for over 500 years until the Bosnian war broke out in 1992.

Compilation of protest signs print 340x175 cm

The first in 2001

Counter design- oak, steel and hardened glass

Everybody walks by but nobody notices it, I only enhanced the colours a bit in photoshop

The Minimum bug was the smallest comic book in the world, it was given an official Guiness World Record in 2000. Initiated, designed and produced, by me, published by Comicstore Sjors.Illustrated by Martin Lodewijk. Only 2.000 copies were printed,they all sold.

I moved house regularly and with each move I was confronted with a box of love letters that I could no longer do anything with. Past relationships and love, I could still feel them when going through the letters. I needed to put it behind me and so I came up with the idea of turning it into this work, a red heart of love letters in a gilded frame. The work represents the love I once felt.

Shot with one of the first smartphones with a 0.3 Mb camera

Does it know what it is looking at?

A ceiling of various 15/16/17th century reused beams, build in 1620

The West-Indische Compagnie fireplace sculpture was stolen in the 1950's. The only thing that remained of its existence was a small picture, photographed from the side. I stretched it out, enlarged it and spent a week drawing the baroque design of shells and underwater life. The drawing has been used to bring the carving back to life 2003 (photo's will follow)

Photography by Mignon Nusteling, model Themba Schmitz

100x280 cm

Mural print 650x320 cm