Move, Don't be a chicken, Move!
A monument for new
stories
A
local variation on all those formal and solemn equestrian statues you
find everywhere in the world. Local because it is based on my
impressions, feelings and thoughts about Moengo. And local because
all parts are more or less made by local craftsmen and artisans.
The
work is an accumulation of different works and styles: a classical
pedestal, though with 24 sides in the shape of chicken legs. The text
on the pedestal is cut out from traditional wood carving. The iron
frame of a plucked chicken is quite abstract and painted in the
colors of the local demarcation poles. The figurative figures on top
of the chicken are traditional dancing maroons.
(public work in collaboration with local craftsmen and artisans in Moengo, Suriname) 
