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Another variant of Theo van Gogh’s memorial

There has been several variants of the memorial dedicated to Theo van Gogh - a well-known Dutch filmmaker, who was assassinated in November 2004, very near to the Oosterpark, by a muslim radical, while cycling to work. First, the council Amsterdam East had decided it would be in the form of a cactus. But the winner of a special designer competition, Jeroen Henneman, introduced another idea. He designed a 4.5 meters tall statue that consists of a series of 6 profiles of Theo van Gogh's face. The inner profile is Van Gogh with his mouth closed, the outer profile has its mouth open, screaming. The name of the work is 'The Scream' (De Schreeuw). The statue depicts the freedom of speech and is scheduled to be place in September of this year.

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