“With this article, I would like to draw attention to architect and urban planner Charlotte (Lotte) Ida Anna Stam-Beese (1903 – 1988). She lived in Krimpen aan den IJssel for twenty-five years. Despite her significant contribution to the reconstruction of the Netherlands, her work has long remained underexposed. Fortunately, that is changing. Lotte is, in fact, an important figure in 20th-century architecture.”
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"With the street sign, the artist wants to pay tribute to Lotte Stam-Beese. "I also want to open the door to a village square that currently exists only in the realm of our imagination." Stolk can't predict what the sign will accomplish. "I see it as a start. It can be an invitation for residents to take initiative. Perhaps they'll think: if we bring our own garden chair, we can create our own patio here."
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"Stolk says that he has been working in Krimpen aan den IJssel since April, a former ribbon village along the IJssel with approximately 30,000 inhabitants. The municipality has been working on the realization of a vibrant Heart of Krimpen for some time now. However, somehow it has not been able to achieve this. This is partly because the municipality does not own the Crimpenhof shopping center, which is an important part of this heart. The municipality saw the call as a special opportunity to find new perspectives on this issue with Stolk's artistic input."
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Art gives Krimpen aan den IJssel a new perspective on the development of the village heart.
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‘The enemies field of vision’, The market logic that municipalities use does not work in collaboration with artists.
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"Art is visionary and creates new meanings: Art can ask questions like why is something the way it is. Art can lead to other perspectives. But also, how does it feel? What do we experience in the process and what does that mean for the environment?"
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"The power relationship between municipalities and artists needs to be overhauled. This is what the initiators behind the 'Wanted: Talented Municipalities' project say. They break with the usual subsidy relationship and make a concrete offer to three municipalities to work on social challenges on the basis of co-financing."
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"The Supergau Festival in Lungau lies behind us, but on a daily basis I think back with great pleasure. I remember well when the "open call" appeared on the internet. This is a call for artists to express their interest in a particular assignment. In the description was mentioned that they were looking for artists who know how to elevate whole meadows to art. This appealed to me because I organise art projects in outdoor spaces in temporary alliances."
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"In June, Edwin Stolk wrote a postcard to all Lungau mayors to exchange views on the future of their municipality. Mayor Manfred Sampl of Sankt Michael im Lungau responded right away enthusiastically. The newspaper 'meinbezirk' reports about his attempt to make it harder to sell out to foreign investors and stop the flight of young people from this rural region. They agreed to meet at the town hall."
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"I am a Dutch artist living near Rotterdam. The beauty of art is that it has many forms and possibilities. I am especially interested in the social insights that art can offer when we work together. In order to create meaning, I try to get to know the Lungau region and the people who live there."
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"For 10 days at the end of May 2023, the Lungau region will become a Supergau for contemporary art. The "Supergau" festival is based on the initiative of the province of Salzburg and aims to show and establish different artistic formats in the regions. A few days ago, the various project groups and their contacts got to know each other in Lungau and exchanged ideas."
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"Edwin Stolk, through the KiK foundation, got the Dutch army to build a test colony for his work 'Entre Nous', where he, together with artists, makers, thinkers and villagers, looked for alternatives to the Dutch welfare state."
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"A stand with 500 seats has been set up next to the site of the dilapidated Langerbrugge power station. You can take a seat there every day of the Light Festival to experience sunrise or sunset in silence, with the power station as the backdrop."
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"On his website visual artist Edwin Stolk has divided the projects he is working on into three categories: in development, completed, not completed. Especially the last category is striking, why make stranded projects public?"
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"My working period at Expoplu was very interesting and instructive. I experienced what art is and is not allowed to do when it goes outside the white cube."
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Radio 2 Oost-Vlaanderen: report about The Placing — Jürgen Eeckhout.
Tumult-FM: interview about The Placing — Timon Van De Voorde.
Gentcement: De Zetting een ode aan de Brugse Poort — written by Fréderic Louis.
"Fifteen army tents, set up with military precision within equally severe-looking fortified sand barriers. At the corners: watchtowers. All around: an anti-tank ditch. Base camp Entre Nous is modelled on Al-Aser Al-Jadit, which was built earlier by Dutch soldiers in Al Khidr (Iraq). But instead of soldiers, it houses artists, one from each province."
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RTV Drenthe: Kunstenaars wonen vier weken lang in militaire barakken in Frederiksoord.
RTV Drenthe: Kunstenaars in militair basiskamp Frederiksoord — written by Matthijs Holtrop.
RTV Drenthe: Basiskamp Frederiksoord inspiratiebron voor boek — written by Andries Ophof.
Drenthe Magazine: Entre Nous een hedendaagse proefkolonie — written by Anne de Jong.
Noorderbreedte: Kunstenaars en soldaten verenigd in Frederiksoord — written by Merel Melief.
De Stentor: Kunstproject uitgesteld omdat terrein te nat is.
Steenwijkerland: Een humanitaire missie in eigen land.
RTV Meppel: Kunstproject als proefkolonie in Frederiksoord.
Mister Motley: Diensttelegram 01 - Welkom in Basiskamp Entre Nous — written by Richtje Reinsma.
Da's Mooi: Het terrein is mijn canvas, de materialen zijn mijn verf — written by Alanda de Boer.
Noorderbreedte: Basiskamp — written by Annelies van der Groot.
Dagblad van het Noorden: Fort bij Frederiksoord fungeert als 'moderne proefkolonie' — written by Hans Knijff.
Dagblad van het Noorden: Met kunstenaars aan de samenleving bouwen — written by Joep van Ruiten.
"I don't believe that an autonomous artist exists. You are dependent on everything. There is always cohesion." And so he realised that he himself had to make a change. Working together, because you can do more together."
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Trendbeheer: Unnoticed Art Festival — written by Petra Laaper.
"The artist has become a being that must be guided to meet the right expectations."
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"Because of his choice of the aforementioned works of art, it seems that Stolk is more concerned with the effect that a thought experiment can have; thinking outside the box, questioning accepted knowledge and bringing new knowledge to the fore. In the case of the sound project this takes the form of an initiative supported by various stakeholders."
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RTV Drenthe: Geluiden van vroeger in oude zuivelfabriek Kolderveen — report by Rinus Bouwmeester (radio and tv).
Trendbeheer: Gedachte-experiment @ KiK (Kunst in Kolderveen).
De Meppeler Courant: Edwin Stolk creëert groepstentoonstelling KiK — written by Ton Henzen.
De Gelderlander: Ik wil het keizer karelplein anders laten ervaren — written by Robine Roordink and Marjolein Joosten.
MetropolisM: Artists using Twitter — written by art historian and art critic Tessa Verheul.
KCG: Hans den Hartog Jager interviews Stijn van Dorpe and Edwin Stolk at Expoplu, Nijmegen.
MetropolisM: Edwin Stolk — written by Jelle Bouwhuis.
NRC handelsbad: In de rij staan voor kunst is ook kunst — written by Sandra Smallenburg.
Mister Motley: In de rij voor kunst — written by Irene De Craen.
Unfold Amsterdam: A life changing experience.
Mrs. Deane: only because my bicycle was there — written by Hester Keijser.
(2010) Dagblad Kennemerland: 'Zeer geslaagd onprettig kunstwerk' – written by Jan Butter
Dagblad Kennemerland: Zeer geslaagd onprettig kunstwerk — written by Jan Butter.
Dagblad Kennemerland: Babylon Maerten draait zich om in zijn graf — written by Jan Butter.
Tubelight: ARTFAIR UNFAIR? —written by Nathanja van Dijk.
MetropolisM: Grote vis eet kleine vis — written by Domeniek Ruyters.
Temporary Museum Amsterdam: Newspaper 2009/13
