Loneliness is a difficult subject to discuss. It hurts, makes you anxious, affects your health and it is very personal. Under the title ‘Soms word ik wakker’ (sometimes I wake up) curator Alie Lucas and writer Adwin de Kluyver made a literary online exhibition about loneliness.
The online visitor is given a glimpse into the life and the head of various lonely characters, through a series of bedside tables and (Dutch) short stories. The interim texts challenge the audience to think about their own loneliness and that of others.
Adwin de Kluyver wrote the short stories for the exhibition. In 2019, Spectrum Publishers published his novel Het gedroomde Noorden – een atlas, which was nominated for the Jan Wolkers Prize. At the end of 2015 he made his debut with Terug uit de Witte Hel (publisher: Balans).
The exhibition can be viewed at www.somswordikwakker.nl
The online exhibition was commissioned by ZuidOostZorg and was previously shown as a physical exhibition in the gallery of Sûnenz in Drachten. People who need help as a result of this exhibition can contact Sûnenz Support.
