Theme: exhibition regarding a landmark modernist building of the 1930s

Assembled by: Ton Idsinga

Production: Kunst en Kultuur Noordholland

Zonnestraal is a former sanatorium, built in

1931 by the diamond workers’ union, designed

by the architect Jan Duiker.

The largest part of the exhibition was

constructed in the open air and positioned so

that the newly restored main building of the

sanatorium was constantly in sight. Thus the

building formed the main exhibit. Another part

of the exhibition was in a small structure built

to house part of the staff of the sanatorium. I

mounted thin steel tubes between the ceiling

and floor, and between each two tubes hung

a large sheet of paper on which a photo or

a drawing with text was printed. The sheet of

paper were mounted with rubber straps.

The central living area of the little building

was used for an audiovisual presentation in

which we combined historical film material

and soundtracks, photos and drawings with a

spoken commentary by Ton Idsinga.

Jeroen de Vries / documentatie

Jeroen de Vries / documentatie

Jeroen de Vries / documentatie