Hew Locke's new works will disrupt the controversial Leopold II statue in Ostend with five masts symbolizing colonial history, as part of his artistic intervention.
Locke states that his proposed work "aims to disrupt the view of their triumphalist statue of King Leopold II," highlighting the brutality of his colonial regime.
The alderwoman, Silke Beirens, explained that since the statue cannot be modified under law, Locke's intervention will add five masts with symbols linked to colonial history.
Locke notes Leopold II's administration was marked by "systematic brutality and atrocities, including forced labour, torture, murder, kidnapping, and the amputation of hands when quotas weren't met."
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