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hans overvliet | '25 - '26 | DISTANT SUFFERING | WORKS

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the rage of the bullet | 1995 corten steel 3 mm, bee wax | 61 x 61 x 3 cm

DISTANT SUFFERING XXXXVI | i.d. of the shared tale of a bullet along with

DISTANT SUFFERING XXXX | i.d. of an artist's video portrait

DISTANT SUFFERING LIV | i.d. of a vanishing object

DISTANT SUFFERING LI | i.d. of a lethal clinique

DISTANT SUFFERING LVIII | identification of a deadly pattern

DISTANT SUFFERING LVI | i.d. of shared betrayal

DISTANT SUFFERING XXXXVI | i.d. of the shared tale of a bullet along with

DISTANT SUFFERING XXXX

i.d. of an artist's video portrait utterly endlessly repurposed naive incantation gesture the video

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

DISTANT SUFFERING LIV | i.d. of a vanishing object

Leiden 1959 | West Bank 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 | grand parents back garden

Left to right: our niece Annemieke Freeke, me and my brother Marten

DISTANT SUFFERING LI | i.d. of a lethal clinique

dedicated to Sha’ban al-Dalou

Triptych

November 2024 – January 2025

Intra-Venous (IV) material

folding mattress BASIC F15 | JYSK

three plexiglas cubes 35 x 35 x 35 cm

For exhibiting wooden console

110 x 105 x 35

painted matte black

DISTANT SUFFERING LVIII | identification of a deadly pattern

The work

Two videos (one of which is mirrored horizontally at 1800) with photos of 186 media professionals who were killed by the Israeli army between October 7, 2023, and September 14, 2025; Video with 186 postcards of places my dear Willy and I visited in Europe while thinking of those places and those people – German version; Three monitors | measuring 50.5 x 32.0 cm | Iiyama Prolite E2273HDS; each controlled by a Mini HD Media Player - afinjo.nl;

Multiplex board 150 x 60 cm black satin gloss Histor RAL 9005; 186 Postcards on 300 gsm paper; Prints by De Witte Print & Design; Handi Stitch Classic pinking shears | 4 teeth - 2 mm high. / 18 mm wide; Two photo albums (280 mm x 265 mm x 50 mm) blind-stamped title on front cover and Two boxes for photo albums | title blind-stamped on the side

Bookbinder De Boeckenherrebergh | Ruth Bonnewel; Budu Book Holder | black | 33 x 24 x 6.2 cm.

Abdallah Alwan

Holy Quran Radio, Midan, Mugtama, Al-Jazeera Ermordet in Jabalia, 18. Dezember 2023.

Den Haag war leider unbeeindruckt.

The Torentje, the office of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, German version, seen from the Mauritshuis from the room with the last self-portrait of Rembrandt van Rhijn from 1669.

DISTANT SUFFERING LVI | i.d. of shared betrayal in loving memory of Abu Bashir | 2019 – May 12, 2025

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; Riso Carnaroli di LucedioIT; video, courtesy by ©Myuz Ahmed, July 27, 2025, Gaza Strip; sound of an Israelian drone;

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;

Photos in situ plan-d | DüsseldorfGER Courtesy of ©2026 Jochem Weststrate

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