articles that do not fall within our usual remit.
The current crisis is only the latest in a series of epidemics that have struck over the centuries. While researching a specific topic for a publication, ArtsTalk Magazine’s Kate came across articles about a mysterious disease that arrived in Groningen in northern Netherlands in 1826. It seemingly arrived out of nowhere and hit the city hard.
ArtsTalk Magazine’s SOUWIE BUIS has some thoughts on the context and consequences of the current crisis.
As lock down continues and once bustling cities, streets and buildings empty – many European capitals resemble something out of a dystopian novel. Living under lock down in fear of a deadly virus, unaware if we are carriers, surely has the makings of the next dystopian Netflix series?
The art of building lasting relations is mixture of sincerity and repetitive encounter. For eight years, the hylsom collective have been returning to an artefact lookalike stone found in Coppenhagen, documenting its journey from Europe to Japan. Itte Kaete: Back and Forth relates the physical experience of transporting a 200 kilogram mass and its effects…
Maria Kirova and Marina Margallo are preparing a film on the Dutch band Sunfire, a Western Folk band based in Den Haag. Both are students from the CampusDoc program at Hogeschool Utrecht.
The lifestyle included more than just the notorious looting. Vikings were also very skilled traders with an extensive network, from which the Dutch coastal inhabitants also benefited. Frisians might even join the Vikings and take part in their raids.In We Vikings over 500 objects from the Netherlands and abroad illustrate the complex relationship between Dutch coastal inhabitants and Vikings.
is not only an invitation into the various worlds of each of the site specific works by the 23 artists from almost as many countries, but also an invocation of the past in this evocative three story building. The physicality in this former castle, former boarding school, former institute for those classed as insane, and recently the traces of past exhibitions in this unique building are part and parcel of this invitation to look, see, listen and feel.
It is not exactly next door, but worth a visit: Leeuwarden, European Culture Capital 2018. The city of Mata Hari numbers several museums, ranging from its small gin-museum to the much larger Fries Museum. Leeuwarden’s Princessehof Museum is located in a period building in the town’s historic center. The name of this period building hints…
Slightly out of the area we normally cover (hence its Extracurricular designation) the Westfries Museum is one of those museums where the building itself is as interesting as its exhibits. In its panelled, oak-beamed rooms and via its steep winding staircases you can feel the concentrated power of the 17th century Dutch, a time of abundance of riches.
