A work of art in the middle of the Aldendrielpark in Mill was destroyed for the second time in a short time on Wednesday night. The ‘Capta Instrumenta’, which is called on King’s Day,, as the artwork is called, is completely scratched with swastikas and dicks. It is the volunteers of the park to the heart, including Cees Berends (79). “I find it in and in sad. Can’t make more words dirty about it.”
The Nature Park for Aldendriel Castle is in great time. The volunteers can be found with great regularity to maintain all that green. “We wanted to have a storage place at some point to install small tools.”
A shack or loft was not allowed to be placed in the landscape, but a work of art did, Cees knew. “It is made of a certain type of steel that is getting darker and therefore not very standing out in the green.”
“You can’t reach it with your cap.”
The moment was there on 26 April and the practical artwork was placed. “But that same evening or night there were swastikas and a big dick.”
“You can’t reach it with your cap,” says the volunteer. “I don’t have to think too much about it, because then I think I will be too emotional.”
The artwork is not the first thing that has been destroyed, Cees knows. “Trash cans are regularly blown up and a little further on was a rainbow bench. That also went up in the air.”
The bench was made by children with a disability. “They have almost left a trauma. And now this again. Incomprehensible that there are people who do things like this.”
“We hope it will slowly go away by treating it.”
Despite the setback, Cees does not get stuck. Together with his volunteers, he looks for the right solution. “We hope it will slowly go away by treating it.”
“And there are two ways for that,” he adds. “We can treat it completely with hydrochloric acid, but we think that is a bit link for nature.”
The solution that Cees has set his hope for is water. “We spray it regularly, making it rust faster. We hope that the scratches will leave like that.”
All volunteers are regularly working on it, but to make matters worse, the artwork will be scratched again on Wednesday night. “There is everything on it. And they have also signed about the swastikas now.”
“Everyone can be in the park, but preferably without destruction.”
A day later, Sjaak Kelders cycles by. He had heard of vandalism and wanted to take a look at it with his own eyes. “I don’t like it and certainly not in this time around Liberation Day. Nobody is getting along with this. It is a lot of extra work again.”
Something that volunteer Cees joins. “We do it for the community. Everyone can be in the park, but preferably without destroying anything.”
