One of the giant eagle eggs of the exhibition on the Brink in Assen was yesterday in pieces on the grass. Probably destroyed, art teacher Karin Kingma of CS Vincent van Gogh estimates. She is the driving force behind the art project in which several secondary schools, primary schools and youth groups have worked.
“It could still be that it happened because of the strong wind, but I can hardly imagine it, because then the pedestal should also be over. I will at least make a declaration,” says Kingma.
Because the teacher previously had to deal with destruction. “In the week before, a few smaller things were also destroyed. The municipality called me and has the destruction on screen. Hopefully in this case.”
She has also experienced destruction in previous years, but not as bad as this. “I visit it almost daily to see if something is broken, sometimes also through construction errors and then I recover immediately, so that it doesn’t stand out. And I often get messages from hikers who keep an eye on things and see that something is broken. Everyone is extra alert, that is very nice,” says the art teacher.
The destruction were discovered yesterday. “I went there immediately,” says Karin Kingma. “Normally I am sober with destruction, it is simply a risk that they are in the open air. But yesterday was really bad, I really had to swallow. Especially when there were three of the makers very disappointed with their destroyed egg. It was also so brilliant, every child of the school had made a doll.”
Now it is important for Kingma to make the declaration and to restore the art. “The damage is really very large, but can be restored. But this will cost me a lot of work.” And if the perpetrator is found? Kingma has an idea for that: “I hope that he or she as a community service can help us post the eggs next year. Then the person can see how happy and proud the children are with their own work. Because that’s what we do it for!”