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Exhausted
Jonas Staal, New World Summit – Utrecht (2016) BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, i.s.m. Universiteit Utrecht. Foto: Nieuwe Beeldenmakers An influential art historian once said that exhaustion is the reason every avant-garde eventually comes to an end. An irrevocable end, not to be recuperated in some neo-this or neo-that. He was referring to art movements, but…… Read more
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Ring in the Season
(foto: Maarten Sprangh) In theaters, summer begins early. Regular programming has to make way for festivals. They erupt in full force in June. I’m a fan of some festivals—media art festivals, theater festivals, and music festivals—though I usually skip the big pop and choir festivals. Still, over time, something has changed. My interest in the…… Read more
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Processing and Guilt
German has a unique word for coming to terms with its wartime past: Vergangenheitsbewältigung. A concept that originated in academic circles and was adopted by Federal President Theodor Heuss in the early 1950s. It’s a compound word that often defies easy translation, and because of the specific historical context in which it arose, is usually…… Read more