The last two weeks 🌍 January 2026
What a special time this past year has been. With all our collective efforts from donors, sponsors, family, old and new friends, we’ve created a state of flow in which knowledge and love has found its feet, and stories and experiences of young and old are being shared.
We endured much in the last month of the year, both personally and collectively, regarding health and the finiteness of life. The fact that we were able to continue to connect with each other amidst the chaos has a lot to do with building trust with both old acquaintances and new contacts. This project has helped us grow even more in continuing to learn and communicate about things we don’t yet know and themes that seem too big to fathom. Courage and love are important partners in uncertain times, and we want to thank you for your support and trust in this project.
To conclude WZDT on a festive note, we will have dance and song performances on Saturday, January 17th, from 3-4 PM, featuring impromptus moments of the intergenerational conversation between mother and grown child, Kathrin and Mandisa Gramelsberg. They will take us through the exhibition space, where they will respond to and make use of our installations, whilst using their voice and movement.
We hope to see you at the exhibition in these final two weeks.
Sincerely,
Alida, Winfried, Anne, Jeffrey
What an opening! 🥂 22 November 2025
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who made it to the opening of ‘Wij Zijn De Tijden’ and gave such a warm welcome to our artworks. A big thank you to the trio Amsterdamse Snaren who started the event musically!
The exhibition is officially open till the 18th of January 2026 from Thu – Sun, 12:00-18:00 in NDSM-fuse, Amsterdam. Come by to experience” We Are The Times” with us.
This art project was partly funded by NVVE http://www.nvve.nl
It was made possible by all the heartwarming support by our incredible individual donors via Voordekunst, of whome an extra shout out to Alex, Christoph and Alex, as well as Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Het Cultuurfonds, Leve Het Geven.
Thank you to our sponsors: PC Uitvaart, Saar Magazine, B-Kwadraat, Il Sogno, Studio Floor de Haan, Vioolbouw Christian Jünemann, Firma Overwater.
And last but not least thank you to Jolanda Lanslots of NDSM-fuse.
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Alida, Winfried, Anne, Jeffrey
Invitation to WZDT 22 Nov 🎟️ November 2025
The moment is upon us:
We’re delighted to invite you to our exhibition “We Are the Times” from 22nd November at NDSM-fuse!
The official opening will be held on Saturday, November 22nd, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
We’ll be introducing our artworks, NDSM-fuse will be providing bubbles and operate their bar and there will be live music.
More about the program next week!
The exhibition will be open weekly from Thursday to Sunday from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, except for Christmas and January 1st.
NDSM-fuse, NDSM-plein 29, 1033 WC, Amsterdam
We are really looking forward to meeting you all in person!
Super charged with WZDT ⚡️ October 2025
The energy in the studio has been ramped up! An update of the production phase we’re currently in:
Anne and Jeffrey took over the AVWS studio for a week to build the base structures of their artworks with Alida and Winfried. Under Winfried’s expert guidance, the plans have now been developed into tangible physical forms. The atmosphere is fantastic. It’s a process of sharing, helping, and creating together, in which we receive fantastic construction force from friends and even some of you, our supporters. Your support is literally being transformed into the foundations of the exhibition.
We are happy to announce that Alida’s installation “Spiegel van de Ziel” has received support from the NVVE Fund. “The NVVE is committed to freedom of choice regarding the end of life. The association is there for everyone with questions, doubts, or fears about the end of life.” This vision of autonomy and personal responsibility in the most fundamental cycle of life aligns well with the core of Alida’s elemental artwork.
Finally: Next month, construction begins in the NDSM-fuse! Theater designer Steffie van Lamoen will join our construction team with her years of experience in set- and installation building. We’ll also be joined by set- and event builder and filmmaker Safier Elzinga.
Sincerely,
Alida, Winfried, Anne, and Jeffrey
On scale ✏️ September 2025
We are in full swing with the production of We Are The Times!
A first update on what we are currently working on: Anne was recently in Amsterdam for the building planning of the exhibition. She created a model to get an idea of the scale of the NDSM-fuse space with the different artworks in it, while Winfried marked out a full-scale floor plan at the studio with Alida’s installation dimensions (a 10m diameter circle). Alida and Anne have packed the first parts of Mirror of the Soul artwork to make room in the studio for the production of Jeffrey and Anne’s designs. Meanwhile, we are all working on the logistics and transportation of the artworks. But most importantly: we are collectively working hard on our individual pieces! The first meters of fabric for the enclosure of Alida’s installation have been ordered!
It’s wonderful to see the exhibition starting to take spatial shape, and we look forward to sharing more with you in the coming months. The official marketing materials, in collaboration with NDSM-Fuse, are coming soon!
Sincerely,
Alida, Winfried, Anne, and Jeffrey
Summer WZDT ☀️ July 2025
In the midst of this creative period, we have received more wonderful news: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK) has decided to support our project!
If you are around Amsterdam, take a look at our work in progress in the shop window at Koningsstraat 6, 1011 EV, Amsterdam.
Crowdfunding picnic London 🧺 July 2025
An update from London! This past Sunday, July 20th, we brought the spirit of ‘We Are The Times’ to Greenwich Park in London with a cozy drawing and painting picnic. It was an intimate gathering with a small group of friends and acquaintances, full of creativity and good conversations about the project. It was wonderful to feel the connection that our project is all about, right here on a local level.
You can also find that same spirit of dialogue in our Instagram Reel. In this video, we share a fragment of a conversation we had about Anne’s previous collaboration with Alida and Winfried and braving uncomfortable communication with your circle and yourself. You can watch it here: www.instagram.com/p/DMQv8UQsruq
And speaking of connection: we want to thank the donors for all their heart-warming messages they’ve left on the crowdfunding page. They mean so much to us and give us a lot of energy. Thank you!
Love from Amsterdam 🌷 July 2025
An update from Amsterdam! All four of us are currently in the city, and the energy is fantastic. We visited the impressive space at NDSM-fuse and are working together in the studio to further shape the plans for “Wij Zijn De Tijden”. It’s a special time where our two generations and four visions are literally coming together.
The support and belief in this project creates a momentum that opens doors. It convinces major funds—like het Cultuurfonds and Leve het Geven —to join our mission.
With regards from Amsterdam,
Alida, Winfried, Anne, and Jeffrey
Halfway point crowdfunding 💌 July 2025
Fantastic news: we have reached the 50% mark of our goal! Thanks to the support of all the crowdfunding supporters, half of our target amount has been raised. This is an incredible milestone for which we are ever so grateful.
A project like “Wij Zijn De Tijden” starts with a plan (as you can see in our sketch). But thanks to their support, this idea is growing, just like a tree finding its roots and reaching for the light. Every donation helps us fill this empty space and turn plans into a tangible experience.
This growth extends beyond just the finances. It’s about the community we are building together. This projects core: the responsibility we share for the world we leave behind.
With regards,
Alida, Winfried, Anne, and Jeffrey
We’ve got matchfunding! 🎉 July 2025
We are over the moon with the support of het Cultuurfonds and Long Live Giving!
Alida’s installation element Lucht hangs in the clouds that are partly made of papier-mâché and paint and partly of glass-fiber reinforced polyester with light and sound.M
More updates soon!
Behind the scenes 🎨 July 2025
We’ve got our 25% crowdfunding milestone!
Behind the scenes, we are working hard. Alida and Winfried are fully engaged in their studios, while Anne and Jeffrey in London are finalizing the concepts for their installations. At the same time, we are putting the finishing touches on the plans for building the exhibition. The crowdfunding contributions are already being turned into concrete action!
This whole process is an intense dialogue between the four of us. The conversations we have about art, life, and society are the engine behind ‘Wij Zijn De Tijden’. We’d like to share a fragment of one such conversation with you.
In the video below, you’ll hear Jeffrey sharing his impressions of Winfried’s sculpture series, ‘Het gelaat van de macht’ (The Face of Power). It’s a reflection that came about while we were making our crowdfunding video and it touches the core of our project: how art can change our perception of power and remind us of our own, everyday impact.
More to come soon!
ANNE • 