Michiel Alberts, Michael Beards, Roberto de Jonge,
Bram de Sutter, Djibril Diallo, Janica Draisma,
Janica Draisma, Eibenschutz, Claire Fleury,
Saar Frieling, Paulien Geerlings, Liesbeth Gritter,
Jeanette Groenendaal, Gonnie Heggen, Christiane Hommelsheim,
Robbert Kiem Hwat So, Cees Krijnen, Michelle Kurzenacher,
Nadine Lavern Coles, Christiane Lopes da Cunha, Roberta Marques,
Nancy Mauro-Flude, Ghani Minne, Yasha Musatov,
Allessandro Nico Savino, Nicola Nord, Stefano Odoardi,
Roy Peters, Marta Pisco, Janja Rakus,
Kees Roorda, Sanchez, X,
Ine te Rietstap, Betsy Torenbos, Nicola Unger,
Mette van der Sijs, Wouter van Loon, Judith Wilske,
Pepijn Zwanenberg, 		name: Roberto de Jonge

title: Stolen dasart

text: My Dasarts block was number 6. It seemed to be a very intensive block. My notebook testifies of extremes. I cherish all of them. From building a walkaway to listening to a story for 5 days.
That was 1997. In 2000 I looked up a few things when I was brainstorming with a colleague for a dancefilm- a sirrupy walz old couples would be dancing in a swimmingpool 1,5 m deep-.
This is not the dasart, but what it could be lies in what happened next:
After my meeting I cycled home with the notebook in the rearbag. I stopped for a sandwich at a Surinam/Hindu snackbar. Didn't lock my bike. When returning outside I saw a gang of little Marrocan kids speeding away on my bike with notebook. It felt like a great loss. When anger faided I thought: Suppose I had to explain what the content of my notebook really meant, to this or any group, I would have failed surely. Like trying to explain why a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.
So my notebook has not been stolen, but was by fate mysteriously transformed into a dasart.
As was the aftereffect in my memory, reflected in all projects I undertake.
It possibly still puzzles the boy who might have kept the notebook. Bragging to his friends he has a real dasart at home, but allowes nobody to see it.