River’s crib for the flood, 2019, water cut stainless steel keel based on press portrait of Greta Thunberg, repurposed carbon windsurf mast, repurposed green-olive import barrel, woven wicker crib, sheepskin, kite from favourite t-shirt now to old to ware, kite string, carbon rods, seabird feathers, rope and seashells net
River’s crib for love, 2025, water cut aluminium silhouettes, rubber buoys, rope, pulleys, digital video by Christian Clydesdale Thomson, stone carving by John Clydesdale Thomosn, painting by Grethe Thomson
River’s crib for love, 2025, water cut aluminium silhouettes, rubber buoys, rope, pulleys, digital video by Christian Clydesdale Thomson, stone carving by John Clydesdale Thomosn, painting by Grethe Thomson
River’s crib for love, 2025, water cut aluminium silhouettes, rubber buoys, rope, pulleys, digital video by Christian Clydesdale Thomson, stone carving by John Clydesdale Thomosn, painting by Grethe Thomson
River’s crib for love, 2025, water cut aluminium silhouettes, rubber buoys, rope, pulleys, digital video by Christian Clydesdale Thomson, stone carving by John Clydesdale Thomosn, painting by Grethe Thomson
from storm to love, 2025, looped animation, 6 minutes 43 seconds
River’s crib for the flood, 2019, water cut stainless steel keel based on press portrait of Greta Thunberg, repurposed carbon windsurf mast, repurposed green-olive import barrel, woven wicker crib, sheepskin, kite from favourite t-shirt now to old to ware, kite string, carbon rods, seabird feathers, rope and seashells net
Edward Clydesdale Thomson is creating a shelter from future climatic catastrophes in the Bewaerschole by continuing his River's Cribs series in which he builds shelters to protect his daughter River. Initially, the shelters were primarily focused on protection, safety and practical needs such as shade from the sun and shelter from the wind. Now that his daughter is getting older, other needs come to the fore like emotional security and play. Taking inspiration from the research conducted at NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research into a future scenario where we are living on vast floating islands, in the Bewaerschole he is creating a shelter that can function both in the water and on land. Imagining a possible future for Schouwen-Duiveland (or perhaps inspired by the past, as the flood disaster is still “fresh” in the memory of many people) there is also attention for family and security. The artist does this by incorporating personal objects into the shelter and passing on the stories of his own family to his daughter when she is in the shelter.
One of the previously created shelters River’s crib for the flood can be seen in the garden of the Bewaerschole.
The exhibition is open from 30 August to 26 October, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 13:00 to 16:00. The opening will take place on Saturday 30 August at 14:30 in the Bewaerschole.