Madness

In 2019, a group of ten students went looking for a theme in our collection themselves. They ended up with 'Madness'. They then chose old and contemporary works that they felt related to that topic. In the room, you could watch videos in which the students talk about their own journey and in which they share their personal stories about the selected pieces.

The Ten

In 2021, we put together a group of ten art lovers from different generations and backgrounds. The idea was that, through group discussions, they would select ten works from a selection of thirty (15 old art and 15 contemporary art). Covid, however, made it difficult to get together, so we switched to a new approach: a digital game, in which each participant had to try to keep their favourite work in the selection.

In the final exhibition you can see the ten works that came out on top. The rest of the room is set up as a kind of depot, where you can find the twenty other works. The set-up includes a video about the creation process and a publication in which the participants explain why they chose a particular work.