Dat speelt hier niet

In the exhibition Dat speelt hier niet (That doesn’t come into play here), Bert Scholten assigns new meanings to the historical rituals and customs associated with the koekplank (Dutch biscuit boards). Our local cultural identity, with its stories, customs and rituals, has always been subject to change. However, homogenisation over the years has lessened this malleability. Consequently, an antagonism surrounds the adaptation of widely accepted customs and rituals, while many others disappear almost without trace. In his work, Bert Scholten dusts the cobwebs off of such forgotten customs and brings them into the present. More info