A cross for a kiss

This morning, I accompanied an American journalist to the Linnaeusstraat, where Theo van Gogh was murdered. It turned out that several tv crews were filming an artist who was busy creating three objects. The crosses represent the symbol of Amsterdam: three red crosses which are vertically positioned above one another. The color purple, according to the artist, signified the 'poisonousness' and the anger surrounding the murder. Several cyclists looked rather angry indeed because they now had to make a three foot detour using the sidewalk.

Pouring out the liquid styrofoam.

Watching paint foam dry.

After that, they were taken away by the artist, who will use them to debate the Van Gogh murder at VMBO (vocational) schools.

(Go here if you don't get the caption. It seemed appropriate, in a way.)

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