NO ESTAMOS TODAS / FEMICIDE
by Machteld Aardse & Jeroen Kriek / MAPA Moving Academy for Performing Arts / 2023, 2024, 2025
A light artwork about the quest of women and family members on their missing daughters and sisters, on finding them, on justice, and on the everyday fight against femicide in Mexico.
Director Jeroen Kriek and artist Machteld Aardse work together in analogue light projections based on a social commitment; highlighting black holes in our society in an attempt to make the invisible visible again.
At Casa Snowapple MX they interviewed mothers and family members of specific girls who simply disappeared in Mexico, leaving huge black holes in the lives of those close to them. The project No Estamos Todas (We are incomplete)
continues after the Jardin Rouge Festival; during El dia de Muertos in Casa Snowapple Mexico City and across borders in the Netherlands.
CREDITS
Artists: Machteld Aardse & Jeroen Kriek
Moving Academy for Performing Arts (MAPA)
Snowapple
Assistant / translator: Marianne Warmoltz & Casa Snowapple team
Assistant: Sanne Mostert
Mentor: Frans van Heiningen
Photography: Machteld Aardse
Special thanks: Gaby, Araceli, Margarita, Mi Lay & CASA Snowapple
Foto’s #2024 Marisa Beretta
Casa Snowapple, Mexico City, MX 2023 & 2024
Shining Light on the Shadows: Ending Femicide Together
Femicide is not just a problem; it is a profound wound in our society, a global tragedy that surrounds us. Tomorrow it could be your sister, your mother, your neighbor, or your friend. It is closer than we dare to admit—wherever you go, it lingers nearby.
Our eyes tell stories—of love, hope, and resilience. But what happens when the light has faded? Every life lost to femicide is a spark extinguished, a light that was never meant to go out.
Projecting light is more than a symbolic act; it is a promise. A promise that we will keep our eyes open, that we will see, acknowledge, and fight. We will not let the eyes of the victims be forgotten. We will carry the light they once held forward, using it to fuel our fight for justice.
Together, let us create a world where eyes are no longer filled with fear but with hope. Let us ensure that the light in every woman’s eyes continues to shine—for those we have lost and those still with us.
Do not let the light fade, let it shine through us...
by Lena Olivier - Sister of Miranda Olivier †
Chair of relatives of victims of violence (nabestaandengeweldslachtoffers.nl)
Lena & Miranda Olivier, large-scale Slide, hand painted, NL, 2025
Studio MAPA Nederland, Haarlem NL, 2024
TECHNIQUES
Projector PANI BP 1,2
Hand-painted 18X18 cm slides
Overhead Projector 2x
Kodak Corousel 2x
Ruigoord, Beeldenroute, Amsterdam NL, 2025
EXHIBITIONS/ PRESENTATIONS
2023 - Casa Snowapple, Jardin Rouge Mexico City, Mexico
2024 - Studio MAPA Nederland, Lecture/ presetntation, Haarlem NL
2024 - Casa Snowapple, Xantolo, El dia de Muertos, Mexico City, Mexico
2025 - Ruigoord, Beeldenroute, Landjuweel, 9 Aug, Amsterdam NL
2026 - Casa Sowapple, Mexico City, Mexico
PUBLICATIONS / LINKS
2024 - Haarlems Dagblad, 2-12-24
2024 - Haarlems Dagblad, Jaap Timmers, ‘Hier zijn elf vrouwen per dag slachtoffer, 5-11-2024
2024 - L’HUMANITE, L;’histoire de la semaine, Kareen Janselme, Rage Artistique et Riposte feministe au Mexqiue, 8 March
2025 - CYBORGH archives
