‘Thinking of you,’ art installation by Alketa Xhafa Mripa in collaboration with the Mukwege Foundation, Embassy of Kosovo and Municipality of The Hague, 2024.
In June 2024, The Hague City Hall and the Lange Voorhout were festooned with washing lines full of dresses donated by survivors of sexual violence in conflict and their supporters. This landmark public art installation by the internationally recognized conceptual artist Alketa Xhafa Mripa will be a powerful homage to survivors of sexual violence in conflict worldwide.
The artist created the installation in collaboration with the Mukwege Foundation, the Embassy of Kosovo in the Netherlands, and the Municipality of The Hague. Together, through this installation, we are calling to draw a Red Line to end conflict-related sexual violence.
This art installation is supported by our partners, the Nationale Postcode Loterij, the largest charity lottery in the Netherlands, and VFonds, the National Fund for Peace, Freedom and Veterans.
Introducing Thinking of You
The artist initially conceived the concept in response to the ongoing traumatization and social exclusion of survivors of sexual violence from the 1999 war in her native Kosovo. The first Thinking of You exhibition (Prishtina, 2015) was held in the football stadium in the capital of Kosovo, receiving international acclaim and attention.
Alketa has aimed to take this installation to other countries and to collaborate in solidarity with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence around the world. Since its initial launch in Kosovo and subsequent installations, Thinking of You has become a global symbol of remembrance and solidarity with survivors of sexual violence.
Learn more at https://www.mukwegefoundation.org/thinking-of-you-2024/
Video production by Dewi Boode.
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