BOX 2024 - The Power Of Speech
Maayke Schuitema

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Maayke Schuitema BOX2024 The power of speech 6 Artworks in 1 BOX 54 : 39 cm | Collector’s Edition 100

Navalny: A portrait of lawyer and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny (1976-2024)
Medusa: The captivating parallel between Medusa's famous gaze and the ever-evolving capabilities of A.I.
Swiftie: Ode to Taylor Swift, with 26.6 billion streams the most influential musician of 2024
Ctrl-Alt-Delete: Women rights rolled back dramatically with anti-feminist rhetoric and policies by populists
Black Swan: Ode to 'devil's child' ballerina Michaela DePrince
Caligula: Far right populist leaders fuelling the world with extreme speeches and brings people into conflict

A speech can be powerful. It can inspire and empower people. Words can invite you to be kind and generous. Things said to you, especially when you are young, shape you for life. The way of communicating with each other, telling stories and reading poetry enrich your world. But the other side of this ‘communication coin’ is unpleasant and shocking. Powerful and famous people are increasingly changing our world, they control, devide and indoctrinate and there is no escape; ‘Influencers’ degrade the veracity of information. We live in a world where words, spoken and written, are spat out over us like verbal vomit via social media like X and TikTok. Lies spoken by populist leaders break through, their words in the name of freedom stir up fear and hatred and put freedom of speech under pressure. Words matter! And saying certain things can have unforeseen consequences. The expression “Be careful what you wish for” is not for nothing a famous adage…

The Box2024 contains 6 different works of art that you can keep in the Box itself, but you can also hang them separately on the wall. All works are inspired by important themes of the past year. Together, the works read like a concise annual overview.

The box2024 measures approximately 54 x 40 cm and the works are printed on specially selected handmade paper. Separately numbered and signed. Edition 100 and 8 AP’s

Collectors who order “BOX2024” are the first to be eligible to order “BOX2025” next year and will receive an equally numbered copy.