Still of 'Marnehuizen'

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Concept: Marjolijn Dijkman
Camera: Harmen van Eersel
Editing: Harmen van Eersel / Marjolijn Dijkman
Music: Johan Johansson
Thanks to: Sergeant major D. Wassenaar, Willem Lodewijk van Nassau barracks, Maarten Vanden Eynde.

Exhibitions / Screenings:
+ Artists on military spots, B-art / Festival Boulevard Den Bosch (2005)
+ C.B.K. Rotterdam (2005)
+ Sub-Urban Rotterdam (2006)
+ Hiscox Awards, Arti Amiciae Amsterdam (2006)
+ Film front Festival, Gorichem (2007)
+ Cine-View, De Fabriek, Eindhoven (2007)
+ Stadsgalerij Heerlen, NL (2007)
+ Architecture Film Festival, Rotterdam, NL (2007)
+ ConClub, Hilton Hotel, Rotterdam, NL (2007)

Marnehuizen (NL)

Marnehuizen is the largest military practice setting in Europe. American and European military prepare their missions here. This ‘practice’ village counts a 130 houses and a real infrastructure like an ordinary dutch village and is located in a nature reserve in the north of the Netherlands. There are new fake designed ruins and the style of the architecture reminds of the many newly build domestic areas in the Netherlands. The names of the streets in Marnehuizen refer to the bombed streets in the centre of Rotterdam (WOII). In this video work you slowly enter the village into the night and cross in one cameramovement of about 8 min. through the deserted village.