George Floyd
In the daily world news, sometimes images come along that you can’t look away from and force you to take action . The footage of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 had a huge impact. Not only did I myself feel the horror of what had happened, I felt I had something to do with it. But what is my position to say anything about it being a white man over fifty.

Part of the system
Now that the extent of the system of institutional racism had become painfully visible here, I struggled with that question. This moment in time not only marks a horrific human tragedy, it also reveals the workings of a system, in this case the system of institutional racism. Because I am part of this system, I am also part of the problem. I decided to record this event and literally shut it up in a case.

Hard border
This suitcase forms an abstraction of those contents. The moment you as an outsider discover what the contents of the suitcase could be, you are forced to relate to it. And should you still have doubts, in the high-gloss of this black suitcase you automatically encounter your own reflection, there is no escape.

Article 1
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”