nu monument

About the (im)possibility of a contemporary monument

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Period: 1 January 2007 – 27 August 2017

The program 'now monument' is based on the question of the (im)possibility of a contemporary monument. As an institution involved in art and public space, Stroom continuously examines the relationship between developments in contemporary art, society, and the status of public space with a critical eye.

Can contemporary art play a role in creating and maintaining collective consciousness; in remembering, commemorating, or even glorifying people or events? Can it bring communities together?
Can it truly give meaning to the concept of "publicness"? These and other questions are central to Stroom's 'now monument' program.

PROGRAM

9 May, 2007
Inauguration of the OPCW Monument for the Victims of Chemical Weapons (by Voebe de Gruyter)

Summer 2007
NAbeeld Willem II, a temporary monument for the kingdom

23 January, 2008
Lecture by Hans van Houwelingen

March–April 2008
Overview of monuments in The Hague by André Kruysen

12 February – 17 March, 2008
Educational project with NAbeeld Willem. Monument for the New Dutchman

25 March, 2008
Roundtable discussion: Thorbecke

14 September – 9 November, 2008
Exhibition Since we last spoke about monuments

19 October –7 December, 2008
Thorbecke Workshop

22 February – 5 April, 2009
Cyprien Gaillard Beton Belvedere

22 February – 29 March, 2009
Cyprien Gaillard Dunepark

29 April, 2010
Lecture by Dario Gamboni and presentation of Florian Göttke Toppled

3 December, 2010
LOKO10: Symposium on art and monuments in the changing city

23 September – 11 December, 2011
Exhibition Hans van Houwelingen Until it stops resembling itself

FOLLOW-UP TRAJECTORY

15 December , 2015 – 15 January, 2016
To never forget... What color are our monuments in The Hague?

10 June – 27 August, 2017
A Matter of Time. Thom Puckey and the Thorbecke Monument