Wednesday, 09 November 2011

By Karen Choo-Haeberle

EINDHOVEN – Eindhoven in Dialoog 2011 was organized for the third year running in the multi-cultural Dutch city, as part of the nation-wide “Week of the Dialogue” in The Netherlands.

Kicking off the week-long event on 31 October was a celebration of the city’s diversity through a display of colorful lamp-post banners around town showcasing smiling Eindhoven-ers of different nationalities and cities of origin. Photographer Saskia Holtjer embarked on this ambitious project earlier in the year to capture the broad ethnic and cultural diversity which makes up Eindhoven and gives the city its known vibrance. This project is initiated by OVAA, an organization which identifies, initiates and advises on the development of diversity and gender in society. A selection of Saskia’s photographs for this project is being displayed in the Van Abbe Museum from 1 to 13 November 2011.