{"id":81509,"date":"2017-11-03T14:52:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=81509"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:53","slug":"herenhuizen-balafons-en-wetenschappelijke-kunst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/11\/03\/herenhuizen-balafons-en-wetenschappelijke-kunst\/","title":{"rendered":"Manor houses, balophones and scientific art"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Gambian \u2018balophone\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

In the average academic\u2019s office you don\u2019t see much more than a bookshelf, stacks of paper and perhaps a photograph of his or her partner and children. But if you take a good look around, you\u2019ll find unique gifts, mementos, or works of art.<\/p>\n

Balophone<\/h3>

Martin Blok regularly receives ISS students in his office. As a student counsellor and confidential counsellor, he is an important contact for students. And with students from all over the world coming to his office, he is regularly given unique gifts. These gifts are exhibited in a glass cabinet (or on the floor or the wall next to it). \u201cBut the gifts I like best go home with me\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

A number of musical instruments from various countries \u2013 such as a \u2018balophone\u2019 from Gambia \u2013 are displayed on the floor. \u201cSometimes students also bring gifts for all their fellow students\u201d, says Blok, as he shows bracelets an African student had made last year. He is most attached to a guitarist made of bottle caps from Zimbabwe, because he plays guitar himself.<\/p>\n

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The glass display case in Martin Blok\u2019s office<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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Bracelets a student had made for all of his fellow students<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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A guitarist made of bottle caps from Zimbabwe<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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A Gambian \u2018balophone\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Surinamese mansion<\/h3>

Wil Hout has worked at ISS for 18 years now and he is one of the three board members of the institute. In addition to the numerous other figurines on his shelf, there is a small stone sculpture of a Surinamese manor house. The same building can also be seen in a drawing hanging on the wall above the shelf. The original building is a UNESCO world heritage site, built by the Dutch in the early nineteenth century. The FHR School of Business, a partner of ISS since 2003, has been housed in this building since 2000. \u201cBoth of these works mean something to me because I\u2019m proud of the progress FHR has made in its development this past year. FHR graduates are responsible for a huge leap forward in the quality standards of government institutions in Suriname. One of the results, for example, is reduced corruption within the government.<\/p>\n

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The stone sculpture of a Surinamese manor house in Wil Hout\u2019s office<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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The stone sculpture of a Surinamese manor house in Wil Hout\u2019s office<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Scientific Art<\/h3>

Peter van Bergeijk is not only an economist, he\u2019s also an artist. He proudly points out his work in the Auditorium. \u201cThis is something I create every year with the graduating students. During the official ceremony, they\u2019re all dressed formally. I then ask them to dip their hands in paint and leave a handprint behind. And in between I shake their hand, taking them by surprise\u201d, he laughs.<\/p>\n

His latest exposition can be found in the Auditorium, made especially for the 65th<\/sup> anniversary of the ISS. The works are oil paintings. Each painting depicts eyes and in some cases viewers have to search out the image of an eye in the painting. Previously, with the Dean of economics Philip Hans Franses, he created an exposition about the economic crisis, and during the last lustrum event he presented works on self-plagiarism.<\/p>\n

This time, the theme is perception. \u201cThis art is about the work we all do as scientists\u201d, he explains. He is especially proud of a work he fashioned for the departure of his colleague Mohamed Salih. \u201cHe used all kinds of different research methods, so I applied all kinds of different techniques in creating this painting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peter van Bergeijk annually creates an artwork with graduates. Students dip their hands in paint and leave their handprint on a canvas. A real mess while wearing your formal graduation outfit.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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This year Van Bergeijk created a work marking the 65th anniversary of the ISS. The theme of his exposition is perception. Eyes can be found in every piece of work.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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Van Bergeijk created this work to mark Mohamed Salih\u2019s departure . \u201cHe used all kinds of different research methods, so I applied all kinds of different techniques in creating this painting.\u201d\n<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t

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