Since the second half of the twentieth century, bulkwaste has been a familiar element of Amsterdam’s streetscape — a weekly ritual in which the private life of the city unintentionally becomes public.
Between 2019 and 2025, Suyderhoud documented this phenomenon across seventeen neighborhoods. From the objects residents placed outside, he constructed carefully lit interiors on site. The resulting images are poetic and disorienting, but also form a precise urban document, revealing what people owned, used, needed — and ultimately let go.
The interior, exterior.
De Dam, Amsterdam Centrum - 2024
Indischebuurt, Amsterdam Oost - 2019
Amsterdamse Poort, Amsterdam Zuid-oost - 2025
Tuindorp Oostzaan, Amsterdam Noord - 2022
Staatsliedenbuurt, Amsterdam West - 2022
“ALL YOU SEE IS BULKWASTE, FOUND WITHIN 2 HOURS OF DRIVING IN THE PORTRAYED NEIGHBOURHOOD.”
Willemspark buurt, Amsterdam Zuid - 2019
Bos & Lommer, Amsterdam West - 2019
Banne Noord, Amsterdam Noord - 2019
Weesperzijde, Amsterdam Oost - 2019
Rivierenbuurt, Amsterdam Zuid - 2025
IJburg, Amsterdam Oost - 2022
illustration showing all portrayed locations - visualized by Gijs Kast, 2025
Vogelbuurt, Amsterdam Noord - 2025
Oude Pijp, Amsterdam Zuid - 2022
Kraaiennest, Amsterdam Zuid-oost - 2022
“SOME OBJECTS FIND A SECOND HOME AFTER APPEARING IN AN INSTALLATION."
THE COMPLETE SERIES, NOW AVAILABLE AS A SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK
Osdorp, Amsterdam West - 2025
Oostelijkhaven gebied, Amsterdam Oost - 2025
Buitenveldert, Amsterdam Zuid - 2025
