Make Love Not War

The site-specific artwork ‘Make Love Not War’ by Martijn Sandberg, forms part of the transformation of the former Tapijn Barracks (Tapijnkazerne), Maastricht.
The artwork figuration is incorporated in the paving of the main path, using bricks. The barrack terrain was laid out between 1916 and 1919 and is now an urban park containing University of Maastricht buildings.

Visitors walk in Tapijn’s rustic public park. They parade, where soldiers used to march, over the main path of the former military terrain.
From different viewpoints a pattern of letters appears in the paving. Step by step a score becomes visible under our feet, from far away and nearby.
A never-ending ‘canon’, a ‘refrain’ of each time is written in stone: ‘Make Love Not War, Make Love Not War, Make Love’.

“A canon instead of a cannon as ‘street art’ at the Tapijn Barracks, Maastricht.” MS

“Niet een kanon, maar een canon als ‘street art’ voor de Tapijnkazerne, Maastricht.” MS

Click here to see a description in English, as pdf.
Click here to see a description in Dutch, as pdf.

Artwork: ‘Make Love Not War’
Artist: Martijn Sandberg
Location: Tapijnkazerne (Tapijn Barracks), Maastricht
Material: bricks
Measurements: main path (lxw) 238m x 2.75m
Concept and figuration: 2019
Realisation and completion: 2020
Project assistance: Atelier Rinzema
Commissioned by: Art & Heritage KEC, University Maastricht

Photos by: Harry Heuts, Marcel Lok (2)