Wall of Resilience

Wall of Resilience Resilient wall projections with texts by René Appel, Marinus van den Berg, Marjan Berk, JMA Biesheuvel, Antoine Bodar, Bertus Borgers, Stef Bos, Jan Brokken, Bart Chabot, Splinter Chabot, Jan Cremer, Hans Croiset, Rob van Essen, Herman Finkers, Ronald Giphart, Ilja Gort, Arnon Grunberg, Maarten 't Hart, Theodor Holman, Mensje van Keulen, Auke Kok, Kees van Kooten, Anton Korteweg, Jeroen van Merwijk, Dido Michielsen, Saskia Noort, Marion Pauw, Wanda Reisel, Lucinda Riley, Jaap Robben, Jaap Scholten, Jan Siebelink, AL Snijders, Henk Spaan, Rosita Steenbeek, PF Thomése, Thomas Verbogt, Margriet Vroomans, Pieter Waterdrinker and Annejet van der Zijl. On Saturday night, March 21, 2020, a five-meter-high image of a militant angel appeared out of nowhere on the facade of Boekhandel Broekhuis in Enschede. It was followed by a powerful word of comfort. The first cases of infection by the unknown virus were a fact and people in the Netherlands also held their breath. More than ever, words of hope, fighting spirit and resilience proved to offer support in uncertain times. Authors, poets and publicists thus let their encouraging words speak. In total, 90 thinkers, doers and interpreters ultimately delivered 100 projected contributions. These are all included in this book. More than a third of all these contributions flowed from a Twente pen. The rest came from other parts of the country and from foreign cities, which suddenly seemed infinitely far away.