{"id":17626,"date":"2025-04-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/?post_type=project&#038;p=17626"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:35:30","slug":"literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/project\/literary-benches\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary bench {Atlasbench} | Leeuwarden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"narrow-column-1764758271581-143\" class=\"wp-block-custom-narrow-column narrow-column offset-space-16\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">there\u2019s always<br>something to eat and drink for anybody<br>see\u2014we make it all in this kitchen here, together<br>coffee?<br>of course! yeah for sure, that too<br>and, from time to time, are there people here to talk to?<br>from time to time?<br>there is always, there is always someone<br>and stories? I miss stories dearly<br>someone\u2019s voice<br>of course, yeah for sure, that too<br>it\u2019s swarming with words here<br>you can trip over the letters in all languages<br>they\u2019re not always the most pleasant, those stories, let me tell ya<br>but there are always smiles in stock in any language<br><br>you see, it doesn\u2019t matter to us who you are<br>have a seat, find a good spot<br>would you like some, by the way?<br>there\u2019s still one plate left&nbsp;<br>always<br>there is always still one plate left&nbsp;<br>all you have to do is ask\u2026 will you stay a while?<br><br><em><strong>Marrit Jellema<\/strong><\/em><br><em>(translation: Preston Losack)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the bench<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In a neighbourhood with 58 nationalities, it is important that everyone feels seen, said community centre manager Dick Bootsma. While searching for possible starting points \u2013&nbsp;the garden of the community centre and the residents \u2013 Machiel Braaksma had to think of root wood and connected that with the residents: one of the things that people have in common and that connects them is that their roots lie elsewhere. Machiel: \u201cI think that the residents are very aware that they have their own roots and that this is visible daily through language, customs, clothing and food. At the same time, this great diversity is what binds them: they are in the same situation. The bench touches on the entire awareness of &#8216;roots&#8217;, identity, routes, life paths and journeys. At the same time, the bench is almost a &#8216;monolith&#8217;, a clot in the form of an atlas with a typographic party of words from the poem by Marrit Jellema. When you come across a word in your specific language, you feel that you are part of the whole that has been made visible. You are addressed one-on-one for a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/UB2GFo5H96aJasjS8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Location of the bench<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the makers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Poet<\/strong> | Marrit Jellema is a writer, poet, spoken word artist and the Poet Laureate of the city of Leeuwarden since January 2024. In 2019 she won a Spoken Award in the Lyrics category, in 2021 she released her first spoken word album <em>Superpersoonlijk <\/em>(superpersonal) and was in the final of the NK poetry slam. Her second album<em> Voor Altijd<\/em> (forever) followed in 2023. Marrit is the initiator of the spoken word stage &#8216;Hoge Woorden&#8217; in Leeuwarden and prefers to combine her writing with social and community projects about literature.<br><br><strong>Visual artist <\/strong>| With a lightly Dadaist slant, Machiel Braaksma takes objects out of daily life, with which he creates new images and situations which are funny, moving or confusing and nuance or comment on life. He chooses things from everyday life, reassembles them and creates new pieces. Braaksma says about his work: \u2018I put everything in the wrong order in the &#8216;right&#8217; way. &#8220;What I want from my work is that it\u2019s original, unmistakable and that it has longevity. I\u2019m looking for resilient, sturdy objects that can unashamedly be themselves yet engaging. Images with an exuberant integrity and a shameless, inner beauty.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With thanks to<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Provincie Frysl\u00e2n, Gemeente Leeuwarden, Jan de Waard, Walter Baas, Stedon Leeuwarden, Duropanel Eindhoven, Wijkcentrum Bilgaard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Photo: Hoge Noorden | Jacob van Essen<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":17737,"parent":17536,"menu_order":106,"template":"","project_type":[],"class_list":["post-17626","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Literary bench {Atlasbench} | Leeuwarden - Leeuwarden City of Literature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/project\/literary-benches\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Literary bench {Atlasbench} | Leeuwarden - Leeuwarden City of Literature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/project\/literary-benches\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leeuwarden City of Literature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-05T13:35:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DS160425JE5639.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/project\\\/literary-benches\\\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/project\\\/literary-benches\\\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\\\/\",\"name\":\"Literary bench {Atlasbench} | Leeuwarden - Leeuwarden City of Literature\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/fy\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/project\\\/literary-benches\\\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/project\\\/literary-benches\\\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/DS160425JE5639.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-16T07:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-05T13:35:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/project\\\/literary-benches\\\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/project\\\/literary-benches\\\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/project\\\/literary-benches\\\/literary-bench-atlasbench-leeuwarden\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/DS160425JE5639.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/DS160425JE5639.jpg\",\"width\":8256,\"height\":5504,\"caption\":\"\u00a9 Foto: Hoge Noorden \\\/ Jacob van Essen 16-04-2025 City of Literature feestelijke onthullingen van 5 po\u00ebziebanken (Dokkum, Sint Jabik, Leeuwarden, Heerenveen en Workum) die Machiel Braaksma samen met 5 dichters in opdracht van LWD CoL gemaakt heeft. 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