Ode to the Pig
Now on display in Amsterdam Skatepark at Zeeburgereilend until the end of June.
‘Ode to the Pig’ leaps into freedom. The pig reflects the joy and the life’s energy that every being naturally wants to express. I hope people will recognize themselves through the piggy, in times of factory farming. Together with my buddy Dirk-Jan Schrander I created the sculpture.
October 2018 her journey started in the Netherlands: Amsterdam Westerpark, Nijmegen, Den Haag, Haarlem, Eindhoven, Utrecht Neude, Arnhem (RTV Arnhem Jantien Mook Mega groot varken onthuld) Groningen, Maastricht, Leiden, Amsterdam Museumplein, Delft, Leeuwarden, Zwolle, Lelystad, Hoorn, Geitenboerderij Ridammerhoeve (Amsterdamse bos), Amersfoort, Purmerend.
She also went to Belgium: Antwerp, Brussels and Kortrijk. During the winter and spring she stayed in a meadow in the South of the Netherlands, De Nobele Hoeve. In August and September 2020 she was exposed in Hamburg in cooperation with Business Improvement District (BID) Dammtorstraße.
‘Ode to the Pig’ was the start of the European Campaign, ‘End the Cage Age’. October 8th 2019 she was exposed in front of the European Commission in Brussels to celebrate the 1,5 million votes to demand an end to caged farming in Europe.
We receive heartwarming messages throughout her journey. Grateful for your appreciation ♥
