Decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1980

A precarious figure on a tightrope, representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1980-1996. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 1999.

YngWHO? : a fanzine about growing up in the 80s, queerness, fandom, and Yngwie Malmsteen / Nina/Zina.

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Nineteen eighties

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YngWHO? : a fanzine about growing up in the 80s, queerness, fandom, and Yngwie Malmsteen / Nina/Zina.

A precarious figure on a tightrope, representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1980-1996. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 1999.