“𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳,” 𝘏𝘰𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘫𝘦? “
𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘻𝘢𝘨 𝘫𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘻𝘦 𝘷𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥.
𝘡𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘬𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘴 …
𝘥𝘪𝘦 ​​𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘈𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘻𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯.
𝘑𝘢, 𝘩𝘰𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘴? ’
(@burgemeesterfemkehalsema, New Years speech, Amsterdam 2021)

Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam started her New Year’s speech last Monday, January 4 with #HoeGaatHetEchtMetJe. With great thanks to all involved communities and artists for their tips, advice, activism and expertise! How are you really doing? arose from in-depth conversations with residents, workers and stakeholders in 7 districts of Amsterdam, across political and city boundaries.

The campaign is freely accessible in public space and serves as a stage for the local community, a poetic note in the social, political and cultural debate during Covid-19. Tips, expertise, activist slogans and experiences of social organizations such as Hart voor de K Buurt South East, high school students in Amsterdam South and Centrum, elderly in nursing homes in the North, sex workers active at PIC Amsterdam Center, Gouden Mannen from (New) West, wmnx artists city-wide and passers-by at Krugerplein in East.

The combative, surprising and sometimes painful quotes have been transformed into a poster campaign with 75 different quotes and poems. In recent months, 700 A0/A1 posters have been released city-wide in collaboration with Centercom.

On display in the public space of Amsterdam until Wednesday!

Online as a featured room at the Amsterdam Museum; Corona in de stad x #hoegaathetechtmetje, with many thanks to @ afk020 @fondsvoornoord @cultuurfonds @gemeenteamsterdamwest