Survivors of the Schiphol Fire and supporting artists made a monument.
On Sunday 26th of October the grassy field at the Detention Centre has been redesigned as a ritual meeting place to remember death inside.
And to struggle for a life outside.
Look with us. Not at us.
Join the Protest at Schiphol and Tune In with M2M Radio, the Migrant-to-Migrant Web Radio Station of the survivors of the fire.
The Schiphol Fire that happened in the night of the 26th of October 2005 has been commemorated again three years later, at the same place and at the same time. At the memorial for the eleven dead migrants that stands at the fence of the detention centre at Schiphol Airport. Survivors and relatives of the dead worked together to create the commemoration and to be there. The United Survivors initiated this in collaboration with M2M Radio and The Blue House.
On Saturday October 25 2008 the Third Comemmoration of the Schiphol Fire started in the Blue House when sixty survivors and relatives of the deceased came together in. With the support of ten artists we prepared the commemoration. We had workshops. And made things happen.
The next day, Sunday 26th, we moved towards the Schiphol Airport detention centre to honour the dead. We show the world that
We are here,
To make a life again
Together as one.
View pictures of the commemoration here:
http://m2m.streamtime.org/index.php/schipholfirecommemoration08.
Listen to podcasts from Commemoration 2008 here:
25th of October 2008 - Workshops day in the Blue House IJburg
26th of October 2008 - Memorial in front of the Schiphol-Oost detention centre
Following video clips are some of the first, unedited, recordings of the stream of October 26. The first video is Jennifer’s video from Pooja’s video workshop on the 25th. Other workshop videos and a full length documentary will follow soon.
