With contributions by: Theo Botschuiver, Koos Gijzenij, Mieke Stemerdink, Stijn van Santen, Tobe Morris, Mariecke van der Linden, Prosper de Roos and Peter Kessler.
Berend Strik en One Architecture present the investigation into Middelburg`s urban condition examined urban expansionism in the Netherlands – and particularly in Middelburg.
Berend Strik en One Architecture present the investigation into Middelburg`s urban condition was a reflection on urban development in Dutch towns, particularly Middelburg. At the back of De Vleeshal a sharp and high paced video film was screened, showing a cook working on a sugar sculpture of De Vleeshal and Middelburg`s town hall.
The front of the hall was dominated by a red inflatable. Its blazing shape evoked phallic associations reminiscent of growth, potency, and power – but also threat and destruction. From somewhere inside the inflatable came a melancholy song, with the recurrent line Schrumf, Stadtelein, Schrumpf (Shrink, little city, shrink) composed by Mariecke van der Linden and sung by Mieke Stemerdink.
