“He taught me how to fix a puncture, then let me ride ahead like I had invented freedom.”
From the quiltDads Do Art x Nathan Samuel
What Dad Did
A public art piece helping people connect with their inner child and remember what Dad did that was good for them.
Vondelpark
Friday 10 July 2026
12:00
The quilt
Small squares. Big good marks.
In the park, people are invited to write a childhood memory on a square of fabric: something Dad did that stayed warm, funny, brave, gentle, useful, or quietly unforgettable.
“Dad never missed the school play, even when I was only a tree.”
From the quilt“He made Saturday pancakes shaped like badly drawn planets.”
From the quiltCaptured voices
Audio and short videos will live here.
After the first gathering, YouTube embeds can be dropped into these frames, held inside Dads Do Art style borders.
YouTube story 01
YouTube story 02
Dads Do Art
Stories gathered with a mic, a quilt, and a lot of curiosity.
The project invites people to make something generous out of memory: a shared fabric of the good marks left by fathers and father figures.
Nathan Samuel
The artistic spark.
Nathan Samuel is a London-born, Amsterdam-based artist whose studio practice explores how digital systems and urban environments shape how people live, move, and perceive the spaces around them.
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