Street of Sculptures - walk 3

Official opening of "Open Source Amsterdam" and "the Street of Sculptures"
by HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherland - Saturday May 9 2009
- a photo-impression -

Yesterday, May 9 2009, HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visited Amsterdam Southeast (Bijlmermeer) for the official opening of Open Source Amsterdam and the Street of Sculptures.
Open Source Amsterdam is the title of the first International Art Manifestation in the public area of Amsterdam Southeast. From May 9 til July 11, 16 artworks from 15 artists from different countries, will form a 3 km long art route between NS train station Bijlmer ArenA and metro station Kraaiennest. After July 11th, 5 works will remain . This cultural event will be repeated every two years, and each year the collection will be expanded with 5 new works. In this way, the Street of Sculptures will develop over a period of 10 years.

For more information about Open Source Amsterdam and the Street of Sculptures, see [link]

Remarkable of this event is further, that HM Queen Beatrix attended this opening of the Art-route, walking very close among the people, only one week after Queens Day on the 30th of April 2009, where there had been a tragic attack aimed at the Royal Family, with several death and injured as a result [link]

This picture: Surrounded by Mr. Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam, officials and people from the organisation, security personnel and police, press photographers and a lot of ordinary people from the neighbourhood, Queen Beatrix walks along the Street of Sculptures, and makes a stop at several artworks to talk with the artists

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