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Els Dietvorst

(c)Els Dietvorst, scan: M HKA, 2019
Cahier 2. Els Dietvorst / Ralf Bas: Hoe stichtend is een gesticht? Een utopische gedachtenwisseling over het opsluiten van delinquente jongeren door Ralf Bas en Els Dietvorst., 2004
Book , 23.4 x 18 cm
ink on paper

English title:
The assimilating asylum.
A utopian exchange of views on the imprisonment of juvenile
delinquents by RB and ED.

The quotations are from De geboorte van een jeugddelinquent by Jenneke Christiaens (VUB Press) and from talks with educators and juveniles at De Hutten in Mol. This cahier accompanies the film 'Koningskinderen' by Els Dietvorst. Ralf Bas is Licentiate in Criminology and Master in Prison Studies, Cambridge, UK. Els Dietvorst is artist and filmmaker.


Each Firefly project is crowned by a film, in which the valuable persons, thoughts and moments it delivered, are shown. Each film has its own subject and atmosphere. This often forces us to choices in the presentation by which some aspects of the project are highlighted and others neglected. With these 'cahiers' we develop 'side' ideas that can function as an amplification or a consideration.

Drawing: Els Dietvorst
Editing: Liesbet Vaes, Astrid Bonduel
Translation: Gregory ball
Graphic Design: Kim Beirnaert