Pieter Laurens Mol "Hollandse Week: Verlangend"

04–11.06.1976
de Appel, Brouwersgracht 196, Amsterdam

Verlangend I
© Thijs Schouten, Amsterdam

Verlangend II
© Thijs Schouten, Amsterdam

Verlangend III
© Thijs Schouten, Amsterdam

'The fundamental datum (practical discipline) from which I worked, was my personal presence during opening hours in De Appel during the entire Dutch Week. I concentrated during the first few days on addressing and posting about 500 preprinted, folded cards. The outside of the cards bore the title of the work (Verlangen, or "Longing") and basic information on the sender (name of the artist, address of De Appel and date of Dutch Week). I addressed it only to people personally, and not to museums, galleries, institutions, etc. I used my own address list plus addresses supplied by friends and addresses from the files of De Appel. The recipient had to tear the postage stamp, which also served as a seal, in order to discover the contents printed on the inside: the message "I would like to kiss your eyes". It was essential for me to circulate this "longing". By sending it to people in this way, I was firstly acting to satisfy the longing. Expressing it (i.e. posting it to people) was the most important part of it to me; the declared act was only secondary. It was absolutely unnecessary for me to be involved bodily. The painting already existed, so to speak; actually kissing someone's eyes would do no more than brighten the colours.'

(Pieter Mol, typewritten project desciption, August 30, 1976, archive De Appel / file Mol)

Library Material – Video
Sef Peeters – De Poging, 00:14:15

Library Material – Video
Sef Peeters – The 61 Hours in de Appel – tape I Hollandse Week, 00:13:54

Library Material – Video
Sef Peeters – The 61 Hours in de Appel – tape II, 00:17:53

Library Material – Video
Marjo Schumans – Hollandse Week – Het leven, 00:30:21

Pieter Laurens Mol – Hollandse Week: Verlangend

archive, 1976

Pieter Laurens Mol – Hollandse Week: Verlangend

archive, 1976

Pieter Laurens Mol – Hollandse Week: Verlangend

collection (unintended), 1976

Pieter Laurens Mol – Hollandse Week: Verlangend

collection (unintended), 1976

Sef Peeters – De rode spiegel – Dat wat ik achterlaat

collection (unintended), 1976

Marjo Schumans – Hollandse Week – Een fietstocht door Holland en Nog wat rondjes in Amsterdam (A bike tour through Holland and some more rounds in Amsterdam)

collection (unintended), 1976

Marjo Schumans – Hollandse Week – Een fietstocht door Holland en Nog wat rondjes in Amsterdam (A bike tour through Holland and some more rounds in Amsterdam)

collection (unintended), 1976