SPOTLIGHT: Tuffi the Elephant and Her 1950 Train Jump
Hey you all, Passepartout is back. I said it would be June, I kind of meant the beginning of it, but the 26th is still in June so no one can deny that I am […]
View ArticleMyth or Reality: The Dream of Escaping the City
Every now and then I take a step out of myself and look at my life. Every now and then I reflect on what it is that I’d like to be different. And every now […]
View ArticleThis simple feeling of comfort: the art of Frances Baruch
I cannot remember what I was searching for when I came across Frances Baruch‘s work. What I remember is this feeling of comfort I had looking at the pictures of her gentleness-inspiring ceramic work of...
View ArticleThe Kitsch Update: Christina Rosen and her amazing ceramic dogs
There is a small part of me that wants to say ‘this is kitsch’. And then there’s another part of me that tells this small part of me to get lost – pff, you and […]
View ArticleLeninopad: where did all the Lenin statues go?
I don’t remember Romania’s Lenin statues. I was too young to remember. But I do remember streets that had his name. The statues quickly disappeared after the revolution, and the names of the streets...
View ArticleThe International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2016: first day, first three...
After some busy and long months with a lot of things to do – stuff that keeps me away from enough sleep, mental space and also writing on this blog – I wasn’t really much […]
View ArticleWhat nature made and a keen eye can find: the hall of fame of stones with...
You might not be impressed, but I am. I just discovered there is a Japanese museum of rocks that look like human faces. I used to own some of these, who knows where they ended […]
View ArticleA woman’s love and fulfillment: Siberian Love (2016, Dir. Olga Delane)
I loved this film, and recognized in it something Eastern, something that is familiar to me, and some of my own thoughts. Or so I thought, because after reading the director’s statement and some...
View ArticleA World of Emotion and Essence: The Enchanted Art of Katherine Bradford
Truth is, I quite often find consolation in words and in art, and these days I’ve been in special need of both. Luckily, I found Katherine Bradford‘s work. The story is that I wake up […]
View ArticleWhat Does ‘Achieving Your Potential’ Really Mean?
On a flight from Amsterdam to Johannesburg last month, I watched two documentaries in a row. Life, Animated (Roger Ross Williams) and Dancer (Steven Cantor) tell very different stories, one of a boy...
View ArticleTo Sum It Up: October
This month I bought an obscene number of books, watched many docs and wrote for the latest issue of Modern Times. Below are just a few of the things I find interesting: 1.Red Utopia – […]
View ArticleSoviet Cats: Some Irony and Lots of Surprising Kitsch
I was doing some research for a story, and accidentally found this series of soviet cats illustrations. I didn’t find the author or the idea behind them – if anyone know who he or she […]
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