Front page | part of DISTANT SUFFERING XXXXV i.d. of a shared gold-plated bullet | triptych | studio, study 2025 gold plated ceramic bullet, silk roses, blue velvet, classic bell jar 50 cm Ø | 22 cm gold plated ceramic bullet, silk lilies, blue velvet, classic bell jar 50 cm Ø | 22 cm gold plated ceramic bullet, nest of a blue tit from our garden, unhatched egg, eggshell, blue velvet, classic bell jar 70 cm Ø | 30 cm three consoles 30 x 30 x 110 cm | matt white finish
DISTANT SUFFERING LI | i.d. of the death of the clinique
Isenheim | Shaban al Dalu Triptych November 2024 – January 2025 Intra-Venous (IV) material folding mattress BASIC F15 | JYSK three plexiglas cubes 35 x 35 x 35 cm wooden console 110 x 105 x 35 painted matte white Catalogue
DISTANT SUFFERING LIV | i.d. of a vanishing object
Leiden 1959 – Gaza 2023 - 2025 Work from our family archive: 10 black and white photoprints 9 x 14 cm | 300 grs Plano folding mattress BASIC F15 | JYSK plexiglas cube 30 x 30 x 30 cm wooden console | 30 x 30 x 20 cm painted matte white Soap Nablus soap, imported by Zepig from the Nablus Soap Company Photo Leiden, 1959 | Wil Freeke Pieter de la Courtstraat 67 grandparents back garden Left to right: our niece Annemieke Freeke, me and my brother Marten Catalogue
DISTANT SUFFERING LVI | i.d. of shared betrayal
Work cotton pouches with bullet holes caused by air pistol Webly Tempest 4,5 mm, nr. 221796, Webly&Scott LTD, Shagai Parboil rice, mixed with Riz noir interdit, Maison Sabarot, video, courtesy by ©Myuz Ahmed, July 27, 2025, Gaza Strip, edited to black and white with scratch filter, on 24” TV- Samsung LF22T450FQUX Speedlink BRIO - Stereo Soundbar, brown paper bag from bakehouse ’t Zand, Middelburg, Monzana Storage Rack Bookcase, 5 Shelves, 135,5 x 58 x 27 cm, Catalogue
Blick auf „Het Torentje”, das Arbeitszimmer des niederländischen Ministerpräsidenten, gesehen vom Museum „Het Mauritshuis” aus, aus dem Raum mit dem letzten Selbstporträt von Rembrandt van Rhijn aus dem Jahr 1669.
face à face
DISTANT SUFFERING LVIII | i.d. of the countenance
Levinas revisted The work Video with photos of the too many media representatives who were murdered by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip between 7 October 2023 and 14 September 2025; Video with too many postcards from places I visited in Europe while thinking about Gaza; 2 costume made photo books with these postcards; Glass bookshelf for storing/displaying the photo books; Paper bin with clippings of the photos.
Works about the bullet
Supermarket Art Fair | StockholmSWE | May 25 – May 29, 2022
Slipvallen | Långholmen | StockholmSWE | June 4 – 19, 2022
kunstverein bahnhof25 | KleveBRD | November 11 – December 3, 2023
Verbeke Foundation | KemzekeBE | November 17, 2024 – April 23, 2025
DISTANT SUFFERING XXI | i.d. of a shared bullet
Work / material Mold ‘hot Bullet Shape Mode’ from Etsy, Hong Kong 061207 1 H14-03-020 1 PL191 129 02 187 A small bottles from Etsy, Hong Kong; High borosilicate glass, cork, volume: 85 oz (25ml), 90 mm x 20 mm; opening: about 13 mm Orange label with text DISTANT SUFFERING XXI | I.D. OF A SHARED BULLET www.hansovervliet.com Severin GB 8882 - fridge | Steel console 110 x 60 x 60 cm | powder coated Time-laps video Catalogue
DISTANT SUFFERING XXXXVI
i.d. of the shared tale of a bullet ( difference and repetition ) frame (120 x 180 cm) with 8 perforated sheets (40 x 60 cm), each with 150 holes filled with 1,200 bullets (113 mm x 15 mm Ø) casted with white porcelain plaster in combination with DISTANT SUFFERING XXXX
i.d. of an artist's video portrait utterly endlessly repurposed naive incantation gesture co-production Hans Overvliet & Jochem Weststrate the video
DISTANT SUFFERING LVII | i.d. of Herschel’s bullet cyanotype on damask and handmade paper 350 gsm multiple / edition 25 + 25 + 5 A.P. | 2025 - 2026 in co creation with Bo de Jong All proceeds from this multiple will go to the HOPE Foundation, which works with professional artists to help traumatized children in the Gaza Strip.
Exhibition | special edition the Open Nights Festival | 9th - 19th October 2025 OFF ART-Stage Presences-group | Larissa - Central Greece the perfomance functioned as the opening act for the 10th edition
DISTANT SUFFERING LVVI | i.d. of a treacherous sky
12 kites, upright 55 cm, cross bar 40 cm, attached to the upright on 17 cm; Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant, December 2025; 12 A3 black-and-white prints of clouds / explosions the Netherlands / Gaza; Tesa flexible masking tape, 20 mm, beige; Ledent braided rope white polyamide, 3 mm; Albert Heijn water-based craft glue; Bison wood glue; GAMMA interior paint, white, matt; Bieme double-sided, acid-free, 20 mm adhesive tape; Foamboard, 5 mm; 24 Excleart, S-hooks 25 x 15 x 2 mm, black metal. Cataalogue
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