[spectre] Fwd: Save Art Underground Metro Stations Petition

[Darko Fritz]

the petition about saving Amsterdam's public art at metro stations is at
http://petities.nl/petitie/behoud-kunst-ondergrondse-metrostations

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Martijn Sandberg" <mail at msandberg.nl>
> Date: December 23, 2011 1:28:45 PM GMT+01:00
>
> Subject: Save Art Underground Metro Stations Petition Fw: Petitie  
> behoud kunst ondergrondse metrostations
>
> To whom it may concern,
>
> I would like to forward on to you the petition below (in Dutch).
>
> The petition is to support the public artworks of the Seventies and
> early Eighties that are endangered due to station renovation on the
> Metro East Line in Amsterdam.
>
> See also the text 'Demolition Ball and Battle of Waterloo' in the
> blog section of my website:
>
> http://www.msandberg.nl/text.php?kunstwerkid=235&lang=yes
>
> Thank you,
> Martijn Sandberg
>
> Info, petition text (English):
>
> Save Art Underground Metro Stations!
>
> Art in the Amsterdam Metro Stations CS, Nieuwmarkt, Waterlooplein,
> Weesperplein, Wibautstraat and Amstel is threatened by the present
> and imminent renovations. Much of this art is already damaged or
> worse still, has even disappeared! Sign this petition if you are
> FOR Save Art Underground Metro Stations. Thank you!
>
> PETITION
>
> We
>
> the workgroup Save Art Underground Metro Stations and supporters,
>
> find
>
> The original art in Amsterdam metro stations Centraal Station,
> Nieuwmarkt, Waterlooplein, Weesperplein, Wibautstraat and Amstel is
> often vandalized or worse still, has disappeared. We observe doors
> in artwokrs and namens of stations upon them. We see art eroded by
> graffiti and walls covered with bathroom tiles. Works of art are
> simply painted over with no apology. Conservation and restoration of
> the art is apparently not a basic assumption underlying renovation.
> This will make the history of each station indiscernible! The
> underground stations are closely connected to the neighborhoods on
> the surface and their history, and are therefore very dear to us.
> Help us in the battle to preserve this metro art!
>
> and state that
>
> The workgroup Save Art Underground Metro Stations has as its
> objective the restoration of the present works of art to their
> original state, in every station. We also urge placing noticeboards
> at each station with a clear historical explanation of the arworks
> and their significance within their surroundings.
>
> Workgroup Save Art Underground Metro Stations,
> Amsterdam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: cliff at kpnplanet.nl
> To: cliff at kpnplanet.nl
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 3:54 PM
> Subject: Petitie behoud kunst ondergrondse metrostations
>
>
> Onderteken allen onze petitie voor het behoud van de kunstwerken in de
> metrostations CS, Nieuwmarkt, Waterlooplein, Weesperplein,  
> Wibautstraat en
> Amsterdam Amstel:
>
> http://petities.nl/petitie/behoud-kunst-ondergrondse-metrostations
>
>
> Zegt het voort!!!
>
> Met vastberaden en enigszins grimmige groet,
>
> cliff..
>   .
>
> cliff van dijk
> namens
> werkgroep behoud kunst in de ondergrondse metrostations
> en bewonersraad Groot Waterloo.
>

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