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Lieve mensen,
Wie schetste onze verbazing toen wij vorige week deze brief in de brievenbus van het iLLUSEUM vonden….


Het is inmiddels de 10e oktober, onze filmpjes & ander materiaal staan nog steeds op internet, want dit is regelrechte censuur waar we niet aan gaan toegeven natuurlijk.
Wij zijn trots op ons werk, hebben nooit de intentie gehad wie dan ook te schofferen, shockeren of hoe dan ook te kwetsen. In ons kontrakt met Ymere stond niets over een co-eigenaarschap van het bisdom Haarlem, er stond alleen het inachtnemen van ‘waardig gebruik van de ruimte’ . In ons begrip van dit woord hebben we ons hier altijd aan gehouden. Als Ymere het op een rechtzaak laat aankomen, zijn wij niet te beroerd onze zaak te verdedigen!
We hopen dat iedereen die iets zinnigs (of onzinnigs) kwijt wil over deze kwestie niet schroomt dit aan ons te mailen.
Al diegenen die ons al iets hebben toegestuurd, bedankt! Het is heel fijn je gesteund te voelen als je met dit soort van nooit verwachtte duistere krachten te maken krijgt.
Deze week nog zullen we een blog lanceren met deze hele geschiedenis in de voormalige Chassekerk door ons tot de EEUWIGHEID gedoopt. Contributies welkom!
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Dear people,
We were flabbergasted to find this letter by Ymere on the doorsteps of the iLLUSEUM.
(Free translation of the letter attached above):
Dear Sirs,
Without doubt you must know Ymere got reproached by the Roman Catholic Diocese of the Holy Trinity because of the use of the Chassekerk in Amsterdam by your foundation and especially by the sort of art placed on the altar during an exhibition.
Films on the internet Chassekerk.
Thursday 29th of september , there was a meeting between Ymere and the Diocese about this situation. In their conversation the Diocese pointed out a diversity of short films placed on the internet(YouTube) by your foundation or the iLLUSEUM, in which the Chassekerk hosts exhibitions of art expressions considered as unworthy by the Diocese and Chassekerk
I am addressing here to the skeletons in the context of All Souls day, Aztec rituals etc. You know, most likely, which films I am talking about.
Command
You must understand it is of utmost importance for Ymere to keep a good relationship with the Diocese and to keep the responsabilities about the use of the building put on Ymere and put on la Quinta Essentia by Ymere. We feel obliged to ask you, and if necessary command you, to remove all films from the internet which took place in the Chassekerk.
Judicial steps.
When you don’t obey this command , at the latest on the 7th of october 2011,we can’t guarantee legal steps won’t be taken. Eventual costs will be on your account.
We hope that the situation won’t escalate this far and that you understand our position in the given situation.
Kind regards, Klaske van der Werf
Juridical adviser
But…this is pure censorship!?!
Yes, it is!
In the meantime, it is the 10th of october, all our archive is still on YouTube….ofcourse we erased nothing from the internet. We are proud of the work we do & of the work of the artists we are working with. We never had any intention to shock or hurt anybody. In our contract with Ymere nothing was written about the Diocese being co-owner of the church. The only thing was a phrase that mentioned the obligation of ‘worthy use of the building’ as far as we understood this term, we never ignored this. If they bring us to court, let them try to win that case!
Please feel free to send us your reactions to this absurd situation, we need them !
We want to thank all the people who already reacted, it feels good to be supported in times of being confronted with dark forces like these.
This week we will launch a blog concerning all of this in the Chassekerk, which we baptized: de EEUWIGHEID (=Eternity).
We are looking forwards to your contribution!

foto: Jan van Breda
Geen slecht nieuws zonder goed nieuws….
Zoals wij op geheel onverwachtse brute wijze de Chassekerk zyn uitgebonjourd, zijn we op warme wijze verwelkomd in de Oude Kerk gedurende de Museumn8 op 5 november.
Ons inmiddels omstreden beeld ‘Hieros Gamos’ ( het heilig huwelijk tussen Zon&Maan) zal als overblijfsel van de onlangs geleden Rooms Katholieke beeldenstorm aldaar te bewonderen zijn! Binnenkort meer hierover….
No bad news without good news…
As completely unexpectedly we were banned from the Chassekerk, we were warmly welcomed by the curators of the Museumn8 in the Oude Kerk on the 5th of november.
Our sculpture ‘Hieros Gamos’ (the sacred marriage between the Sun & the Moon) that caused so much commotion recently, survived the iconoclasm of the Roman Catholic church & can be admired there!
Soon more….