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2024
Kristina Benjocki and Stijn Verhoeff's new short film offers a poetic exploration of the Plan van Gool housing complex in Amsterdam Noord. Commissioned by Welcome Stranger the film Het Hoogt en het Laagt (The High and the Low) alongside a related program was on view between the first of June and mid-September 2024.
The Welcome Stranger 2024 edition included Sarah van Sonsbeeck, Jacob Dwyer, Stijn Verhoeff and Kristina Benjocki who all developed works about their immediate, lived environment. In Amsterdam Noord, Verhoeff and Benjocki streamed their new short film online, via the in-situ QR code, right on the corner of their home. The film is a catalyst for conversation between strangers and aims to bring them together in an unfolding process of filmmaking itself. Next to this, several gatherings took place, including guided tours through the neighbourhood led by architect Frans Schotman and a lecture by architecture historian, researcher and writer Roel Griffioen. Most of these gatherings took place inside Het Breedveld - the meeting space and the archive - of the Plan van Gool Association of Renters. Het Breedveld is the last remaining location of four, originally meant to be used by those living in the housing complex. Our activities, film screenings, conversations and discussions, contributed to the postponement of Het Breedveld eviction.
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