Friction and Connection: #4 Rasp - Jan Snoeck

Date: Tuesday, 2 March 2026
Location: Segbroek College, The Hague

Stroom Den Haag, in collaboration with the Reinwardt Academy, is organizing a series of sessions titled Friction and Connection. Conversations about Art in Public Space in which we apply the “emotion networking” method to various artworks in The Hague’s public space. Using this method, we explore the interplay of interests and emotions surrounding five specific artworks and engage in dialogue with various stakeholders. We examine how emotion networking can help map urban changes and what specific role artworks play in this process.

This meeting will focus on Jan Snoeck’s artwork Rasp (1968). The five-meter-tall sculpture stands as a sort of memorial at the corner of Segbroeklaan and Goudenregenstraat. It has since become obscured by the surrounding greenery and needs to be relocated to a different site. The busy traffic intersection, with its road signs, lampposts, and traffic lights, detracts from the power of this monolithic sculpture. At the session participants including family members of Jan Snoeck, neighborhood residents, a biologist, a student and teacher from the nearby Segbroek College, a project developer, an urban planner, an art dealer, and other stakeholders will engage in a conversation.

Below is a video-impression of the session. You can view other impressions of Friction and Connection on our YouTube channel.

#1 - sessie Monument van de menselijke vergissing - Marijke de Goey
#2 - sessie And Life Is Over There - Femmy Otten
#3 - sessie Wolkenvijver - Carel Visser
#4 - sessie Rasp - Jan Snoeck

Are you curious about a particular session and/or would you like to have your say about a particular work of art? Please contact Vincent de Boer at vboer@stroom.nl.

This project is being realized in collaboration with the Reinwardt Academy and with thanks to the City of The Hague.

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