Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen - Friede auf Erden

2025
Costume Design

On the occasion of 80 years of freedom, the Amsterdam Museum invited visual artist duo Sander Breure and Witte van Hulzen to create an exhibition of new work, in which they delved into the history of the Second World War and the role the monumental House Willet-Holthuysen played in it.

With Solo Exhbition 'Friede auf Erden': Art and War at Huis Willet-Holthuysen, Breure and Van Hulzen bring a hidden past to life through a video and sound installation thats  spans through the corridors and rooms of the museum. A layered story full of memories and perspectives unfolds.

Central to the video and sound system is ‘Weihnachtslegende 1943’, a puppet theatre piece written by German-Jewish refugee Grete Weil (1906-1999), part of the Amsterdam Museum's collection. Weil is considered one of the greatest German post-war writers and an important witness to Jewish life during the emigration and deportation of Jews from the Netherlands.

A penetrating experience that shows how history is never fixed, but is told and shaped over and over again.

I had the honour of designing the costumes of all actors, creating a juxtaposition of historical elements and modern archetypes, creating connections and friction between then and now. 

The multi-media video exhibition Friede auf Erden is a commemorative work and a current anti-war statement in one.’
                                                                - Het Parool

Exhibition Photography Farouk Ebaiss
Film Stills Sander Breure en Witte van Hulzen