Urban By Nature Issue 5 by Goodbye Horses Magazine

GOODBYE HORSES + URBAN BY NATURE “READY, SET, GALLOP,'' WE THOUGHT AFTER THE NEW YEAR ISSUE. “LET'S DREAM UP A SHINY NEW CONCEPT, A WITTY COMMENTARY ON THE WORLD, A BRAND NEW DISPOSITION, WRAPPED IN A CATCHY NEW TITLE TO SUBHEAD THE HASHTAG AND THE NUMBER FIVE.'' TURNED OUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO: WE HAPPENED ON THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE ROTTERDAM, TOUCHED BASE WITH THEM AND ENTERED THE MOST INCREDIBLE ECSTASY. WE FLEW EXTREMELY HIGH FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, AS WE AGREED TO MERGE OUR YOUNG PLATFORM WITH AN ESTABLISHED, ACTUAL, CAPITAL LETTER INSTITUTION. WE'RE BEING PUSHED, RAISED, STRETCHED OUT, BUT MOSTLY CHALLENGED TO BECOME MORE THAN WE ARE. WE'VE WORKED HARD, SEEN NEW PLACES, PEOPLE AND WORLDS, AND WE'VE ENJOYED AND LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT. URBAN BY NATURE, WE'VE FOUND, THE THEME OF THE IABR-2014-, OPENING THE 28TH OF MAY, IS A CONCEPT CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS, AND WE'VE TACKLED IT HEAD-ON, EVOLVED OUR BRAND TO SUIT IT AND US.

WE'RE NOTICING NEW THINGS, EXPANDING ON OUR WAY OF LIVING, TRYING TO CONTRIBUTE TO A “BETTER WORLD,'' IGNORING THE SCREAMING CLICHÉE. THIS ISSUE IS PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER, IN TWO FLASHY NEW FONTS DESIGNED BY US, INSPIRED BY OTHERS, TO SAVE UP TO 50 PERCENT ON INK AND TONER. WE'VE FOUND THAT IN LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABLE AND NATURAL SOLUTIONS IN OUR DAILY LIVES, WE'VE ADAPTED, EVOLVED. YET WE REMAIN REALISTIC: WE KNOW WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE WORLD, OR YOURS. AFTER ALL WE'RE STILL DABBLING IN THE ART OF PRINT. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BROADEN OUR PERSPECTIVE. IN DOING SO WE'VE ADDED A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION TO GOODBYE HORSES: A WEBPAGE FULL OF EXTRA MATERIAL, HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES, LOTS OF WORDS, INTERACTIVE LINKS, VIDEOS, BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE, INTERVIEWS, AND WORK BY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. AND ALTHOUGH YOU'RE STILL HOLDING A PAPER COPY, WE IMPLORE YOU TO GET ONLINE, BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE WILL HOLD. WE'RE ROMANTICS, WE LIKE THE SMELL OF

PAPER, THE TURNING OF PAGES, THE SIGHT OF GOODBYE HORSES LYING ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE, BUT WE'VE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE MORE WAYS THAN ONE TO FALL HOPELESSLY IN LOVE. URBAN BY NATURE SEES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AS MAINLY ORIGINATING IN URBANISATION: THE IABR CLAIMS THAT THROUGH WORKING WITH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE URBAN CHALLENGES CAN BE EXPLORED BY ANALYSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIETY AND NATURE. AND IT ALSO CLAIMS THAT THE DAYS OF “ON THE ONE HAND THERE'S US, HUMANS, AND ON THE OTHER HAND THERE'S NATURE'' ARE OVER. CITY AND LANDSCAPE ARE ONE, CULTURE AND NATURE MINGLE, AND THAT IS WHAT FASCINATES IABR-2014- AS WELL AS GOODBYE HORSES. THE IDEA THAT WE ARE URBAN BY NATURE, THAT WHEREVER WE GO WE TAKE URBANISATION WITH US, THAT THERE'S NO NATURE THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED BY US: IT IS A CONCEPT THAT'S, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, REMARKABLY OBVIOUS, YET EXTREMELY INSPIRATIONAL AND EXCITING.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE NATURE SURROUNDING YOU IS SO ENTWINED, SOMETHING NOT EVERYONE REALIZES. WE'VE TRIED TO THINK ABOUT THIS, TRIED TO FIND WAYS TO VISUALIZE AND VERBALISE IT, TRIED TO FIND CONCEPTS, PEOPLE, OBJECTS AND PLACES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. AND WE'VE SUCCEEDED. GOODBYE HORSES + URBAN BY NATURE TELLS THE STORY OF OUR OWN URBANISATION, OUR RELATIONSHIP TO NATURE, OUR ROMANTIC VIEW ON IT, OUR REALISTIC VIEW ON IT, OUR OPINIONS. AND IF WE MAY BE SO BOLD, WE ASK ANOTHER THING OF YOU: THINK ABOUT IT LIKE WE HAVE. READ OUR ORGANIC TREASURE MAP YOU'RE HOLDING AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND. BUT DON'T FRET IF YOU FIND YOU CAN'T: GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE TO SEE MORE, VISIT URBAN BY NATURE ONLINE, LEARN ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE AND WORLD SURROUNDING YOU. AFTER ALL, OUR URBAN NATURE WAS CREATED BY YOU.

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NUGGETS SHOWPONIES MEADOWS UNDERGROUND SHITSTORM IABR SUGAR CUBES THE PROUD OTTER STACKLIFE . FABRIC PIGEON ACTIVATING THE VOID TRUE OUT OF THERE BEINGS

WWW.URBANHORSES.NL WWW.GOODBYEHORSES.NL GOODBYEHORSESMAGAZINE@GMAIL.COM THIS ISSUE IS PRINTED ON 100 PERCENT RECYCLED CYCLUS PAPER AND IN FONTS ECO-QUICKSAND & ECO-GOODBYE HORSES, DESIGNED AND PRODUCED BY JOSEPH KAY, IN ORDER TO SAVE UP TO 50 PERCENT ON PRINTER INK AND TONER (INSPIRED BY ECOFONT: WWW.ECOFONT.COM). INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING OR ADVERTISING? DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT US. EDITORS: MARTIJN & JOSEPH - IMAGES: MARTIJN - WORDS: JOSEPH LAYOUT: JOSEPH - WEB DESIGN: JOSEPH - COVER ART: MARTIJN

NUGGETS NUGGETS ARE THOSE TITBITS OF PARADISE US HORSES LOOK FOR IN OUR DAILY MEALS. THEY'RE OUR SUGARCUBES AMIDST THE HAY, THE CHUNKS OF GOLD WE DREAM ABOUT. THEY'RE OUR FAVOURITE THINGS.

THE GREEN CHAIR “IT WAS SPRING THAT INSPIRED US. WE COMBINED A LACK OF SPACE ON OUR BALCONY WITH A NEED FOR MORE GREEN. PATRICIA MADE THE FIRST SKETCH BEFORE THE IDEA WAS DEVELOPED IN OUR STUDIO. USED SCAFFOLDING-WOOD IS THE BASE FOR THIS STURDY YET ELEGANT CHAIR, WHERE IVY IS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO GROW AND FORM A COMFORTABLE SHADOW.'' THUS READS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE GREEN CHAIR ON THE WEBSHOP OF GUUS, A SUSTAINABLE, KEENON-GREEN, STORE ON THE ROZENGRACHT IN AMSTERDAM. THE GREEN CHAIR, AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS COLOURS, IS - AS ITS DESCRIPTION DEPICTS - THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE FOR A LACK OF SPACE AND GREEN, AND THE SOLUTION TO NEVER-ENDING LIFE IN THE CITY. AVAILABLE FOR €145,- AT DE WINKEL VAN GUUS, OR IN THEIR WEBSHOP WWW.DEWINKELVANGUUS.NL

IPAD STAND + OOOMS THE WONDERFUL DESIGN DUO GUIDO OOMS AND KARIN VAN LIESHOUT, OOOMS FOR SHORT, HAVE PERFECTED THE ART OF SIMPLE, UNIQUE, QUALITATIVE YET FUNCTIONAL DUTCH DESIGN. GRADUATED FROM THE DESIGN ACADEMY, OOOMS FOCUSES ON THE PLAYFUL ASPECT OF DESIGN: WOODEN USBS, CERAMIC SEX TOYS, AND OTHER JUXTAPOSITIONS LIKE IT. THIS IPAD STAND IS THE COMING TOGETHER OF NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY US APPLE FANS HERE AT GOODBYE HORSES LOVE; IT'S FUNCTIONAL, YET BEAUTIFUL, CHEEKY YET PROFESSIONAL. AVAILABLE FOR €59,AT WWW.OOOMS.NL 4

KALEIDOSCOPE + HAY THIS SERIES OF TRAYS, DESIGNED BY CLARA VON ZWEIGBERGK, AND AVAILABLE FROM €12,50 AT HAY (SPUISTRAAT, AMSTERDAM) OR WWW.HAYSHOP.DK, ARE THE PERFECT EXCUSE FOR AN ADULT TO ACT LIKE A CHILD. “ITS MODULAR SYSTEM WORKS AS A FUNCTIONAL PUZZLE AND WITH NINE COLOURS AND FIVE GEOMETRIC SHAPES, THE USER CAN BUILD THEIR OWN DESIGNS AND COLOUR CONFIGURATIONS, AND SELECT ITS FUNCTION.'' THE KALEIDOSCOPES LOOK WONDERFUL ON THE COFFEE TABLE OR YOUR DESK USED FOR SERVING EITHER A NICE CUP OF CHAMOMILE TEA OR TO ORGANIZE YOUR JEWELLERY OR STATIONARY COLLECTION. THEY'RE THE PERFECT GIFT.

CEREAL CEREAL IS A MAGAZINE FROM BRISTOL, STARTED BY ITS CREATORS OUT OF THEIR LOVE FOR PRINT MEDIA AND STATIONARY, AND NOW A BEAUTIFUL ZINE GOING INTO IT'S SECOND YEAR. “CEREAL IS A MAGAZINE ROOTED IN OUR PASSIONS: FOR FOOD, FOR TRAVEL, AND FOR BOOKS TOO, WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY CAN TEACH US. EACH QUARTERLY VOLUME OF CEREAL CONTAINS DETAILED EXPOSITIONS OF EDIBLE TOPICS, TRAVEL DESTINATIONS, AS WELL AS PROFILES ON PRODUCTS, PEOPLE AND PLACES - CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY'RE RELEVANT, INTERESTING, OR HAVE SIMPLY CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION.'' AVAILABLE FOR €13,50 AT ATHENEUM (SPUI, AMSTERDAM) OR THE PROUD OTTER CAFE.

AFRA AMBA EX-DJ AND PRESENT BEAUTY AFRA AMBA IS A MASTER WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING AND DESIGNING HER OWN JEWELLERY LINE. MADE FROM RECYCLED SILVER, DIPPED IN GOLD OR BRONZE, ONE OF AFRA'S AFFORDABLE RINGS, EARRINGS OR NECKLACES IS A BEAUTIFUL GIFT FOR SOMEONE ELSE OR YOURSELF. LIKE HER FACEBOOK TO STAY UP TO DATE ON WHERE TO GET YOURSELF ONE OF THESE HANDMADE, TRULY CRAFTED, CHEEKY BEAUTIES AVAILABLE FROM €35,-: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/AFRA.AMBA 5

KURT VONNEGUT WE'RE GOING ON A LIMB HERE, BY SAYING THAT, SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T READ A VONNEGUT NOVEL WE DIDN'T LIKE. AS THE MASTER OF BLACK COMEDY, IRONY AND CYNICISM VONNEGUT SHARES HEARTBREAKING EMOTIONS WRAPPED IN WITTY REMARKS AND GO-TO FORMULAS, OUTRAGEOUS PLOTS WRAPPED IN EVEN MORE OUTRAGEOUS SETTINGS AND TIMELESS AND A-CHRONOLOGICAL POETRY WRAPPED IN FABULOUSLY BOUND, AND SOMETIMES ILLUSTRATED, NOVELS, WITH HIS AUDIENCE. OUR SELECTION INCLUDES: “BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS'', “SLAPSTICK: OR LONESOME NO MORE!'', “CAT'S CRADLE'', AND “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE: OR THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE.'' ALL AVAILABLE FOR €10,- OR LESS ON WWW.BOL.COM.

MUD JEANS MUD JEANS IS A DUTCH FASHION LABEL THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 2008. THE BRAND STANDS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND FAIR PRODUCTS, MADE OUT OF BIOLOGICAL AND RECYCLED FABRICS. IN JANUARY 2013 THEY INTRODUCED THEIR CONCEPT “LEASE A JEANS'' TO THE WORLD, WHICH WORKS EXACTLY THE WAY YOU THINK IT DOES: FOR €5,- A MONTH (AND AN ADDITIONAL €20,- STARTING FEE) YOU CAN LEASE A PAIR OF JEANS FOR A YEAR (OR WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE HAVING A NEW ONE) AND THEN RETURN IT FOR ANOTHER ONE. THE PAIR YOU HAD WILL BE RECYCLED INTO A NEW MODEL AND WHO KNOWS, YOU MIGHT BE WEARING ITS FABRIC AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THE JEANS ARE AVAILABLE FOR LADIES AND GENTS IN THREE WASHINGS AND YOU CAN ORDER THEM ONLINE, OR GO TO THE SHOP. IF THIS IS ALL TOO MUCH FUSS FOR YOU, YOU CAN ALSO JUST PAY FULL PRICE FOR THESE TOTALLY ECO RESPONSIBLE JEANS INSTEAD OF LEASING THEM, AND STILL RETURN THEM AT THE END OF THE RIDE IN ORDER TO HELP MOTHER EARTH ALONG. VISIT NL.MUDJEANS.EU FOR MORE INFORMATION.

MY BROTHER AND HIS BROTHER “ETERNITY IS IN LOVE WITH THE PRODUCTIONS OF TIME,'' IS THE SLOGAN OF SWEDISH AUTHOR HAKAN LINDQUIST'S DEBUT NOVEL “MY BROTHER AND HIS BROTHER.'' IT'S A NOVELLA ABOUT LOVE, A LONG-LOST LOVE, BUT NOT IN ITS MOST TRADITIONAL SENSE: THE 18-YEAR-OLD JONAS IS INTRIGUED BY HIS BROTHER PAUL, BUT THE THING IS, IS THAT PAUL DIED A YEAR-AND-A-HALF BEFORE JONAS WAS BORN. AS JONAS FITS TOGETHER THE PUZZLE PIECES AND THE MYSTERIES SURROUNDING PAUL'S LIFE HE FINDS PAUL WAS IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER BOY, PETR, WITH WHOM HE SPENT THE LAST DAYS OF HIS LIFE. IN THIS CONTINUING LOVE STORY OF A NOVEL THE CLIFF-HANGERS, SHROUDS OF MYSTERY AND SEARCH FOR TRUTH KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES AND MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN. AVAILABLE FOR €12,- AT WWW.BOL.COM. 6

LOST LANDSCAPES

LEAFING THROUGH AMERICA THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE IS INFINITE IN ITS VARIETY, FROM THE CITY'S SKYSCRAPERS TO THE DESERTS, SUBURBAN SPRAWL AND THE NO-MANS LAND CANYONS. WHEN YOU LEAF THROUGH THE THOUSAND PAGES OF THIS BOOK, IT WILL TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY LIKE NO OTHER: YOU GET TO SEE IT ALL. IT'S THE FINISHED PRODUCT OF A GROUP OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS, URBANISTS AND CRITICS WHO RESEARCHED THIS GRAND LANDSCAPE'S HISTORY AND TRANSFORMATION AS AN INSPIRATION FOR THEIR OWN WORK. APART FROM THE INNUMERABLE STIMULATING PICTURES THE BOOK ALSO HOLDS SOME VERY INSPIRING ESSAYS. THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE WITH FOUR DIFFERENT COVERS IN PAPERBACK, FOR A DISCOUNT PRICE OF €15,- AT NAI BOOKSELLERS: WWW.NAIBOOKSELLERS.NL. 7

“ROTTERDAM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS LOLA (LOST LANDSCAPES) DESIGN AND STUDY LANDSCAPES THAT ARE FORGOTTEN, DERELICT OR ON THE VERGE OF CHANGE.'' AS WINNERS OF THE ROTTERDAM-MAASKANT PRIZE FOR YOUNG ARCHITECTS THEY HAVE PUBLISHED THIS BOOK AS A CONTEXTUALIZATION OF THEIR WORK AND JOURNEY, RANGING FROM PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS TO INSPIRING CONTEMPORARY IDEAS ON SPACE AND NATURE, HOW THEY COME TOGETHER THROUGH THEIR INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCE ON EACH OTHER, AND HOW DESIGN CAN LEND A HELPING HAND. “THEY SEEK TO SHAPE INNOVATIVE AND SUBLIME LANDSCAPES - LANDSCAPES THAT RESULT IN AN INFECTIOUS NEW ROMANTICISM.'' TOLD FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL VIEW ON THE WORLD, LOLA ENABLES ITS READERS TO FOLLOW THEIR JOURNEY INTO THE URBANIZED NOW AND THE WILD THROUGH REMARKABLE EXAMPLES AND BREATHTAKING IDEAS. IF OUR FUTURE WILL LOOK ANYTHING LIKE LOLA PREDICTS, IT WILL BE A BRIGHT ONE INDEED. AVAILABLE FOR €24,50 AT WWW.NAIBOOKSELLERS.NL AND CHECK OUT THEIR BRABANTSTAD PROJECT IN THE KUNSTHAL, ROTTERDAM, DURING THE IABR-2014-.

FRINGE PHENOMENA 1 &+ 2 ANDREÉ THIJSSEN HAS A VERY SPECIAL WAY OF LOOKING AT EVERYDAY LIFE. HE TAKES PICTURES OF THE THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE OR DON'T RECOGNIZE AS SOMETHING WORTH PAYING ATTENTION TO. THESE REALITIES THAT GO BEYOND OUR OWN VIEWFINDER PRODUCE THE IMAGES THAT HE CALLS “FRINGE PHENOMENA''. THE IMAGES CHALLENGE OUR WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS UP UNTIL THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ALSO APPRECIATE OUR SURROUNDING WORLD THE WAY THIJSSEN DOES. HIS WORK IS INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED AND SHOWN IN SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS. FRINGE PHENOMENA IS THE FIRST BOOK THAT BRINGS HIS DIFFERENT WORK TOGETHER: IT'S A SELECTION OF SPECIAL AND NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IMAGES THAT SHOW US THE WORLD FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO TWO VOLUMES, WHICH ARE PRESENTED TOGETHER IN ONE UNATTACHED COVER. AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK FOR €39,50 AT WWW.DEJONGEHOND.NL.

KAZMOK SHOPPER THE FABULOUS KAZMOK, CONVEYOR BELT REINVENTED, DOES WHAT IT SAYS: REINVENTING USED CONVEYOR BELTS. DON'T YOU JUST HATE GETTING OFF THE PLANE AND HAVING TO WAIT FOR YOUR BAGS, OTHER PEOPLE'S SHIT GOING ROUND AND ROUND IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES? AND THE FACT THAT SOMEHOW, MAGICALLY, YOUR BAGS ARE ALWAYS SAVED FOR LAST? WELL, YOU'LL STILL HAVE TO WAIT, YOU'LL STILL BE ANNOYED, BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY KAZMOK SHOPPER WITH YOU TO KEEP YOU COMPANY, CREATED FROM THE EXACT SAME, DEVIL-BE-WITH-YOU, MATERIAL THAT'S TAKING OH-SO-LONG TO GET TO YOUR SIDE OF THE ROOM. KAZMOK AIMS TO BE AS ECOLOGICALLY KEEN AS POSSIBLE: FROM MATERIAL TO TRANSPORT, THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP THE WORLD AROUND US. AND ALTHOUGH THEIR BAGS AREN'T THE CHEAPEST, YOU'LL KNOW YOU GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH: AFTER ALL, CONVEYOR BELTS ARE OF STURDY STUFF HAVING TO ANNOY YOU SO CONSTANTLY. AVAILABLE FOR €149,95 AT WWW.KAZMOK.COM. 8

SHOWPONIES SHOWPONIES ARE THOSE OF YOU WE'VE OFFERED A PEDESTAL. THEY'RE THOSE AMONGST HORSES WE FEEL DESERVE A SPOTLIGHT, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE WONDERFUL. THEY'RE CREATIVE, SMART AND INSPIRinING. THEY'RE ESTABLISHED, UP-AND-COMING OR IN-BETWEEN. THEY'RE ARTISTS IN WHAT THEY DO. THEY'RE OUR FAVOURITE PEOPLE.

NAME: KRISTIAN KOREMAN EN ELMA VAN BOXEL (ZUS) TALENT: CO-CURATORS OF MAKING CITY (THE 2009-2012 BIENNALE) WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF A TEST-SITE IN WHICH WE'VE CREATED A PIECE OF A CITY, WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY ITSELF THAT ENABLED US TO REALIZE OUR PROJECT. THIS TEST-SITE IS KIND OF LIKE A BETA-VERSION OF A WEBSITE, SO A BETA-CITY IF YOU WILL, ALL ABOUT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR DESIGN, BUT ALSO POLITICALLY AND FINANCIALLY PLACE TO GRAZE: THE “BURO'' IN THE SCHIEBLOCK IN ROTTERDAM, WHERE OUR WHOLE TEAM COMES TOGETHER AND TURN IDEAS IN TO PLANS CURRENTLY WORKING ON: THE NEW MEADOWLANDS, WHICH WILL BE FEATURED IN THE KUNSTHAL EXHIBITION OF THE IABR-2014-, AND IS A PROJECT ABOUT “FLOODPROOFING'' NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY. THE MEADOWLANDS ARE THE MEADOWS SURROUNDING THESE UARBANIZATIONS, WHERE WE'VE CREATED “MEADOWBANDS'' THAT ARE “FLOODPROOF'' AND ENABLE NEW ARCHITECTURE - COMBINING RECREATION, “FLOODPROOFING'' AND URBANIZATION. WE'RE CURRENTLY BUSY WITH MAKING POMPENBURG PARK, A PARK THAT WILL BE BUILT DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE IABR-2014- AND THE LUCHTSINGEL, WHICH WILL ENABLE YOU TO VIEW THE PROGRESSION OF THE BUILDING OF THE PARK AND WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHED WITH THE OPENING OF THE IABR-2014MY OWN URBAN NATURE: THE GOING BACK TO ECOLOGICAL LOGIC AND PRINCIPLES WHEN DESIGNING AND BUILDING A CITY, FORCED UPON US BY CHANGES IN CLIMATE AND TECHNOLOGY FUN FACT: WE AGREE TO DISAGREE SHOWING: WWW.ZUS.CC & ON THE 24TH OF AUGUST WITH THE OPENING OF POMPENBURG PARK (DURING THE “URBAN PICNIC'') AND THE LUCHTSINGEL (INFO: WWW.LUCHTSINGEL.ORG)

NAME: CHARLOTTE (CHARLIE) + MARIEKE (MARY) TALENT: PUTTING ETHICAL FASHION ON THE MAP WITH OUR STORE, AGENCY AND ONLINE PLATFORM CHARLIE + MARY PLACE TO GRAZE: OUTSIDE! ON MY BALCONY CATCHING THE SUN, TAKING OUT MY BIKE TO HEAD INTO TOWN, TO THE BEACH OR THE PARK (CHARLIE) + IN TOWN, WALKING AROUND, GRABBING A COFFEE, GOING TO A MUSEUM AND RELAXING IN THE PARK (MARY) CURRENTLY WORKING ON: PREPARING FOR THE SS15 SALES SEASON FOR THE AGENCY (CHARLIE) + ORGANISING EVENTS FOR HARRY'S GALLERY CLUB (MARY) MY OWN URBAN NATURE: THE COMING TOGETHER OF NATURE AND PEOPLE; BY NATURE PEOPLE TEND TO WORK TOGETHER JUST LIKE NATURE ITSELF DOES. URBAN NATURE MEANS LOOKING UP OTHERS AND WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW FUN FACT: WHEN EVERYBODY'S INSIDE I ALWAYS FIND A REASON TO GO OUT (CHARLIE) + WHEN EVERYBODY TURNS RIGHT, I TEND TO WALK ON, LOST IN THOUGHT: I'M EXTREMELY DISORIENTED (MARY) SHOWING: WWW.CHARLIEMARY.COM

CHECK OUT GOODBYE HORSES + CHARLIE + MARY'S “TRUE'' ON PAGE 54

NAME: ERIC FRIJTERS TALENT: TO DISCOVER THE SPATIAL DIMENSION OF OUR LIVES PLACE TO GRAZE: I CONSIDER THE WORLD TO BE MY OYSTER CURRENTLY WORKING ON: TEST-SITE ROTTERDAM AND “URBAN METABOLISM'' FOR THE IABR-2014MY OWN URBAN NATURE: WHAT PERSONALLY DEFINES MY OWN URBAN NATURE IS THE CONSTANT WONDERING OF A POSSIBLE OTHER FORM OF NATURE? FUN FACT: BESIDES BEING THE PRINCIPAL AT .FABRIC, I'M LEADING FUR SHOWING: WWW.FABRICATIONS.NL, WWW.FUR.EU AND DURING THE IABR-2014- IN THE KUNSTHAL, ROTTERDAM

NAME: PATRICIA DE RUIJTER TALENT: MERGING URBAN AND NATURE IN PHOTOGRAPHS PLACE TO GRAZE: 6 METERS ABOVE ZERO AND AT THE BORDERS OF THE CITY WHERE THE WILD PLANTS GROW CURRENTLY WORKING ON: MY PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK “BEINGS'' HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY LECTURIS, SO NOW I'M LOOKING FOR NEW PLACES TO SHOOT. I'M ALSO DRAWING WITH BLACK INK AND LIPSTICK, AND MIGHT BE SHOWING IN OSAKA IN JAPAN MY OWN URBAN NATURE: PROBABLY THE PARADISE I FELT BEFORE I WAS BORN; WANTING AND KNOWING THAT WHICH HADN'T YET COME INTO EXISTENCE FUN FACT: I LOVE COOKING WITH PLANTS AND FIGURING OUT THEIR MEDICINAL CHARACTERISTICS. I ALSO MERGE INTO MY SURROUNDINGS QUITE EASILY IT FEELS GOOD WHEN THINGS STOP CONSISTING OF INDIVIDUAL FRAGMENTS SHOWING: WWW.MEDIAKAAL.NL

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OUT PATRICIA'S PHOTO-SERIES “BEINGS'' ON PAGE 61

CHECK OUT .FABRIC'S “DESIGNING WITH FLOWS'' ON PAGE 40

NAME: KATHARIEN DE VILLIERS

NAME: BRUNO DOEDENS (SLEM) + MACHIEL SPAAN (M3H) TALENT: TURNING LANDSCAPE EXPERIMENTS INTO IMAGES AND COMBINING VARIOUS INTERDISCIPLINARY SUBJECTS WITH YOUNG TALENT FROM ALL CREATIVE CORNERS OF THE WORLD PLACE TO GRAZE: “DE TUIN'' IN AMSTERDAM + “DE WALVIS'' ON TERSCHELLING CURRENTLY WORKING ON: THE WADLAND PROJECT FOR OEROL THEATRE FESTIVAL ON TERSCHELLING (NEXT TO PANNELAND PROJECT, LAST YEAR'S IABR PROJECT ON OEROL). WADLAND IS AN EXPERIMENT ON THE STRIEPERSALTMARSHES, EXISTING OF STRUCTURES AT SCALE MADE FROM WILLOW TWIGS, INSPIRED BY MONDRIAN'S COMPOSITIONS. MY OWN URBAN NATURE: “LET IT GROW.'' GARDENING AS AN ATTITUDE, CREATING ROOM TO EXPERIMENT. PLAYING WITH THE UNEXPECTED. GARDENING IN DIFFERENT COLORS - COLORS REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF URBANIZATION, OF CITY LIFE FUN FACT: WE SUFFER FROM WHAT WE CALL THE NAPOLEON SYNDROME; WE'RE NOT TOO TALL OURSELVES, AND TEND TO BUILD EVERYTHING IN XXL SHOWING: WWW.SLEM.ORG + WWW.M3H.NL AND DURING THE IABR-2014- IN THE KUNSTHAL, ROTTERDAM

TALENT: I HAVE AN INSATIABLE CURIOSITY PLACE TO GRAZE: IN MY HEAD CURRENTLY WORKING ON: A RESEARCH PROJECT AS AN ATTEMPT TO ESTIMATE THE HORIZON IN RELATION TO MYSELF MY OWN URBAN NATURE: A NATURAL DISPLACEMENT, I FEEL LIKE I AM AN OUTSIDER OF URBANITY FUN FACT: I MAKE A GOOD AUBERGINE BAKE SHOWING: WWW.KATHARIENDV.TUMBLR.COM

CHECK OUT KATHARIEN'S ARTICLE “ACTIVATING THE VOID'' ON PAGE 44

WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING WADLAND ON OEROL? WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM MID-MAY UNTIL MID-JUNE (ON THE WEEKENDS). FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER, VISIT WWW.SLEM.ORG

NAME: KALA NEWMAN TALENT: RUNNING EVERYTHING THAT THE PROUD OTTER ENTAILS, FROM BREAD & ESPRESSO MAKING, SELECTING BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTS FOR THE SHOP TO SETTING UP AN EXHIBITION PLACE TO GRAZE: THE STREETS OF AMSTERDAM OR A COZY BAR WITH FRIENDS AND SPECIAL BEERS CURRENTLY WORKING ON: AFTER JUST OPENING SHOP ON OUR NEW LOCATION MY MAIN FOCUS IS ON SETTLING DOWN IN THIS CRAZY AREA OF AMSTERDAM AND GETTING TO KNOW THE LOCALS. I AM TALKING WITH A FEW ARTISTS AND PLANNING THE YEAR AHEAD OF US, WITH AMAZING EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER EXCITING PROJECTS COMING UP. ON A MORE HOMELY NOTE I AM GROWING SEEDLINGS INTO PLANTS AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CAT TO JOIN US IN OUR COZY SHOP! MY OWN URBAN NATURE: BEING MULTIDISCIPLINARY, RECOGNISING AND TAKING ON OPPORTUNITIES, CREATING YOUR OWN CHANCES AND BEING HONEST IN EVERYTHING YOU DO FUN FACT: I LOVE KUNG FU! SHOWING: WWW.THEPROUDOTTER.COM

NAME: DAMIAN TALENT: BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER (DAMIAN + GOODBYE HORSES EQUALS A CHARLIE + MARY + GOODBYE HORSES COLLAB) AND STYLING “TRUE'' PLACE TO GRAZE: IN THE FOREST WITH DIVA, MY FARTING DOG CURRENTLY WORKING ON: FOLLOWING A COURSE IN CREATIVE WRITING MY OWN URBAN NATURE: USING ECOLOGICAL MATERiAL IN ARCHITECTURE AND THUS WORKING ON LEAVING NO TRACES IN NATURE FUN FACT: I'M A MASTER OF BOTTOM-UP TWERKING AND AN ASPIRING AUTHOR SHOWING: RIGHT HERE

CHECK OUT GOODBYE HORSES + CHARLIE + MARY'S “TRUE'' ON PAGE 54, AND READ DAMIAN'S “JAMES'' ON WWW.URBANHORSES.NL

CHECK OUT GOODBYE HORSES + THE PROUD OTTER ON PAGE 25

MEADOWS MEADOWS ARE THOSE PLACES US HORSES LOVE TO GRAZE: WHERE WE GO TO RECHARGE, TAKE A BREAK FROM HECTIC CITY LIFE, DRINK COFFEE, ENJOY A GLASS OF WINE, COLLECT NUGGETS, MEET SHOWPONIES AND OTHER HORSES. THEY'RE OUR FAVOURITE PLACES.

HAY HAY, FOUNDED IN 2002 IN DENMARK, STRIVES TO “MAKE GOOD DESIGN ACCESSIBLE BY SUPPLYING OUR TRADEMARK DESIGNS WITH AFFORDABLE PRICE TAGS.'' THEY SUPPORT YOUNG DESIGNERS AND TALENTS, PROMOTING THEIR ORIGINALITY, AND THEIR STRAIGHT-FORWARD, WITTY AND FUNCTIONAL APPROACHES TO MODERN DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES. THEIR SUSTAINABLE BRAND, THEIR HIGH QUALITY FOR AFFORDABLE PRICES, MAKES HAY AN ADDICTION NOT UNLIKE A STORE WITHOUT A HOME OR FRIDAY NEXT. THEIR USAGE OF BRIGHT COLOURS, CUT CORNERS AND HIP FORMS, ADDS TO THEIR OVERALL APPEAL OF BEING THE PLACE TO GO FOR ATTAINING THAT WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY MISSING IN YOUR LIFE, WHETHER IT WAS A MARBLE TRAY, A SERIES OF KALEIDOSCOPES - CHECK OUT OUR NUGGETS - A NEW JOURNAL OR A BEAUTIFUL RUG, HAY ONLY DEALS WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE ALREADY OH-SO-PRETTY. THEIR NEW(ISH) STORE ON THE SPUISTRAAT IN AMSTERDAM IS ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE NEW MEADOWS, WHERE YOU CAN SIT AMONGST SCANDINAVIAN BLISS WHILST DRINKING A CUP OF COFFEE FROM THE KOFFIE SALON AND NIBBLING A CINNAMON CROISSANT. PRETENTIOUS AS THAT MAY SOUND, WE DARE YOU TO TRY IT OUT. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. CHECK OUT WWW.HAY.DK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

YOUR SECRET GARDEN AS HORSES GRAZING IN A MEADOW, WE LIKE OUR GRASS, BUT WE LOVE OUR TREES. VIA AN EXTREMELY USEFUL MAP OF AMSTERDAM YOU CAN CHECK OUT WHERE TO GO TO SEE THAT EXCEPTIONALLY OLD TREE. DIVIDED INTO TREES OF 50-80 YEARS OF AGE, 80100 AND 100+ YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND FIND OUT WHERE TO PAY TRIBUTE. WE THINK IT IMPORTANT TO DO SO, PREFERABLY BY BRINGING A CAULDRON AND CHANTING YOUR FAVOURITE TUNE, BECAUSE THOSE BEAUTIFUL SAPLINGS ARE PART OF OUR HISTORY, AND IF LUCKY, OUR FUTURE. SO DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AFTER THEM, GIVE THEM A LITTLE LOVE, BUT REMEMBER: “IS IT RAPE IF THE TREE DOESN'T WANT TO BE HUGGED?'' GO TO MAPS. AMSTERDAM.NL/MONUMENTAALGROEN OR WWW.URBANHORSES.NL TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS YOUR INNER FAIRY.

FREUNDE VON FREUNDEN

MY BARISTA THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES IN GHENT THAT SERVE COFFEE, BUT BARISTA IS ONE OF THE BEST. IT'S NOT ANY OLD COFFEE SHOP THOUGH: BARISTA IS A VERY RESPONSIBLE COFFEE SHOP. WELL, ECOLOGICAL THAT IS. THEY BUY ALL THEIR PRODUCTS LOCALLY, WHICH SAVES A LOT OF FUEL, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A GOOD THING. APART FROM THAT THE COFFEE IS DELICIOUS AND THEY ALSO SERVE HOMEMADE CAKES AND QUICHES, LOVELY BIO-SANDWICHES AND SO ON. OH, AND DID WE MENTION THE HOMEMADE CAKES? THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THE PRODUCTS OF BARISTA, TWO PLACES IN TOWN THAT YOU CAN GO TO AND A BOAT THAT GLIDES THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL CANALS OF GHENT, SO YOU CAN ENJOY THE HISTORICAL SIGHTS AND SAVOR A WONDERFUL COFFEE AND SANDWICH WHILE PLAYING TOURIST WITH YOUR CAMERA. NOW WHO DOESN'T WANT THAT? THE BOAT IS SUITED FOR A SMALL GROUP OF EIGHT PEOPLE AND YOU CAN BOOK IT FROM MID-MAY. LASTLY, BARISTA ALSO HAS AN EYE FOR ART, IT'S NOT EXACTLY A GALLERY BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME VERY NICE ARTWORK ON THE WALLS AND ALL THREE OF THEIR PLACES (INCLUDING THE BOAT) HAVE A VERY COOL HISTORY. WANT KNOW WHERE TO FIND BARISTA? GO TO WWW.MYBARISTA.BE AND FIND OUT. 14

IT'S NOT JUST IN ACTUAL PLACES US HORSES LIKE TO GRAZE, IT'S VIRTUAL ONES AS WELL: SCROLLING THROUGH ENDLESS PAGES OF BEAUTIFUL IMAGES AND WONDERFUL INTERVIEWS, FREUNDE VON FREUNDEN IS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND TIME, INSPIRING YOURSELF BY THINKING, “OH YES, I SHOULD REALLY GET THAT TABLE I'VE BEEN NOTICING EVERY TIME I GO THE THRIFT STORE,'' OR “WOW, I SHOULD TRY AND GET SOME GREAT VINTAGE BITS AND BOBS ONLINE AT MARKTPLAATS. NL,'' OR PERHAPS EVEN “OH, THAT GUY IS SINGLE AND LIVES IN A FANTASTIC HOME - CAN I MARRY HIM?'' THIS ONLINE MEADOW IS THUS BOTH INSPIRING AS WELL AS ADDICTIVE, SEEING AS WE ALL KNOW HOW LOVELY IT IS TO SPEND HOURS WATCHING BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTS. THUS A WARNING - “WASTE'' TIME HERE: WWW.FREUNDEVONFREUNDEN.COM

UPCYCLE

WASBAR AT WASBAR YOU CAN PUT YOUR CLOTHES IN THE MACHINE AND WHILE YOU WAIT YOU CAN HAVE A DRINK, LUNCH, READ A COPY OF GOODBYE HORSES, WORK ON YOUR LAPTOP (READ: SECRETLY CHECKING FACEBOOK WHILE LOOKING VERY, VERY, PREOCCUPIED WITH SOMETHING “IMPORTANT'') CHAT WITH YOUR OTHER WASHING FRIENDS, OR, BETTER YET, GET YOUR HAIR CUT. OH, AND THURSDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT. BUT THERE'S MORE: WASBAR IS A VERY ECOFRIENDLY PLACE, THEY PRE-HEAT ALL THE WATER FOR THE MACHINES AT 30 DEGREES WITH A SPECIAL GASBOILER, THEY USE 100 PERCENT BIODEGRADABLE WASHING PRODUCTS AND THEIR MACHINES ARE A+++ RATED. WASBAR WAS FOUNDED IN 2012 IN GHENT, YOU CAN ALSO FIND ONE IN ANTWERP AND SOON THEY WILL BE OPENING IN KORTRIJK AS WELL. CHECK WWW.WASBAR.COM FOR COMING EVENTS AND OTHER INFO.

THE UPCYCLE AIMS TO TRANSFORM SCRAP METAL INTO ART. WELL, THEY AIM TO TRANSFORM BICYCLE WASTE INTO AWESOMELY DESIGNED “UPCYCLES,'' BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME, ISN'T IT? THE UPCYCLE WAS “BORN OUT OF NECESSITY. THE NECESSITY TO LOOK FURTHER AND DIFFERENTLY AT WHAT IS ALREADY AROUND US. OUT OF THE BOX, INNOVATIVE, INSPIRATIONAL, SOCIALLY DRIVEN, CREATIVE, TECHNICAL AND DESIGN, ARE ALL TERMS THAT REPRESENT OUR ESSENCE.'' AND THAT'S NOT JUST A PRETTY DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY DO ON THEIR WEBSITE, IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE. THE UPCYCLE CREATE FANTASTIC BIKES, EVERYDAY PRODUCTS SUCH AS CHAIRS AND LAMPS, ALL OUT OF WHAT WE CAN BASICALLY CALL GARBAGE. THEIR PROCESS IS SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD, THEY “UPCYCLE,'' YET WHAT'S INNOVATIVE ABOUT THAT? WELL IN THEIR CASE, EVERYTHING: LIKE A FAMILY (AS THEY CALL THEMSELVES) THEY WORK TOGETHER HARMONIOUSLY TO CREATE DESIGN OBJECTS WORTH PAYING FOR, BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED PRODUCTS COME FROM THE HEART, AND HANDLING A CONCEPT US HORSES SUPPORT FULLY. SO DON'T HESITATE TO SEEK THEM OUT AT WWW.THEUPCYLE.NL OR AT “THINKING OF HOLLAND'' ON THE PIET HEINKADE IN AMSTERDAM, OR AT THE WEEKENDS OF ROEST, ON THE CZAAR PETER STRAAT IN AMSTERDAM. IT'S ALMOST WORTH TOSSING YOUR OWN BIKE FOR, BUT THAT WOULD DEFEAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE, OR WOULD IT?

GUUS DE WINKEL VAN GUUS IS A WONDERFUL KEEN-ON-GREEN STORE ON THE ROZENGRACHT, AMSTERDAM. GUUS SELLS OBJECTS HE THINKS ARE WORTH IT: PRODUCED IN AN ECOLOGICAL WAY, YET STILL BEAUTIFUL, CONVENIENT, FUN AND AFFORDABLE. GUUS LOOKS FOR PRODUCTS THAT ARE HANDMADE, OR PRODUCED IN SMALLER QUANTITIES, AND WON'T BE FOUND IN ANY OTHER STORE. GUUS SAYS THAT BEAUTY GOES HANDIN-HAND WITH SUSTAINABILITY. GUUS SAYS THAT: “HE CHOOSES BEAUTY, BUT HE LOVES MOTHER EARTH.'' GUUS IS A SMART GUY. VISIT HIS WEBSITE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF: WWW.DEWINKELVANGUUS.NL

DE PURE MARKT DE PURE MARKT, OR THE ORGANIC FAMILY AS WE'LL TRANSLATE IT (TAKING QUITE THE AMOUNT OF LIBERTIES, BUT WHAT THE HECK, WE'LL RISK IT) IS A FANTASTIC INITIATIVE FOUNDED IN 2008. STARTING OUT AS AN ORGANIC MARKET ON THE DAPPERSTRAAT IN AMSTERDAM EVERY SUNDAY MORNING, T.O.F (YES, WE TOOK IT A STEP EVEN FURTHER, SORRY) HAS GROWN INTO A FULL-BLOWN EVENT, GROUNDING THEIR NEW-BORN ROOTS ALL OVER THE NETHERLANDS, POPPING UP HERE AND THERE SUPPLYING US WITH THE TRUE ORGANIC DELICIOUSNESS OF HEALTHY FOOD AND PRODUCTS WE LOVE. THEIR AIMS BEING GOOD FOOD AND LUSH DRINKS, CREATIVITY, HEALTH AND FUN, T.O.F IS THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO GO OUT ON YOUR LAZY SUNDAY. JUST IMAGINE THOSE RAYS OF SUNSHINE ON THOSE FRESHLY HARVESTED GREENS, THE NOISE OF ALL THOSE SOULS COMING TOGETHER REJOICING LIFE, AND THE TASTE OF THE FIRST BITE OF THAT SLIGHT ODDLY-SHAPED, YET HUNDRED PERCENT ORGANIC, RED APPLE. CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE WWW.PUREMARKT.NL FOR THEIR SCHEDULE, AND FIND US LAVISHING AND FEASTING ON REKORDERLIG CIDER IN THE AFTERNOON SUN IN AMSTELPARK, AMSTERDAM, ON THE 8TH OF JUNE FROM 11 TILL 6.

UNDERGROUND BY MARTIJN PETRUS TEXT BY JOSEPH KAY THIS PHOTO SERIES, INSPIRED BY THE IABR-2014EXHIBITION “EXPLORING THE UNDERGROUND,'' IS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, OR A TESTAMENT IF YOU WILL, OF LIFE BENEATH OUR SNEAKERS. SO MUCH MORE IS HAPPENING DOWN THERE THAN WE CARE TO REALIZE, OR THAT WE SEEMINGLY FAIL TO NOTICE, YET THE FASCINATION WITH NEARLY

EVERYTHING SIX FEET UNDER HAS BEEN OMNIPRESENT IN BOTH CITY AND NATURE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. FOR WHEN WE WALK DOWN THE STREET WE'RE NOT ONLY STEPPING ON HISTORY, WE'RE ALSO TREADING ON WHAT GIVES US LIFE AND SUPPORTS OUR FUTURE, IN THE VERY PLACE THE URBAN AND THE NATURAL MERGE INTO ONE.

'EXPLORING THE UNDERGROUND,' ONE OF FIVE “CHAPTERS'' OF THE IABR-2014 MAIN EXHIBITON URBAN BY NATURE-, IN THE KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM, “SERVES TO REMIND US THAT THE CITY DOES NOT STOP AT THE PAVEMENT, BUT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING UNDERNEATH,'' ACCORDING TO CURATOR DIRK SIJMONS. HE ARGUES, “AS THE EARTH'S SURFACE GETS BUSIER AND BUSIER, THE IDEA OF EXPLORING THE UNDERGROUND BECOMES MORE AND MORE APPEALING.'' THE UNDERGROUND, A LIVING ORGANISM OF CREATURES OF THE DARK, RAW MATERIALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, CONTRIBUTES TO OUR LIVES IN VARIOUS WAYS. “IT CARRIES OUR

BUILDINGS AND STORES OUR CABLES AND PIPES, AND ALLOWS ITSELF TO BE USED AS A STORAGE FACILITY,'' YET AT THE SAME TIME IT TEACHES US ABOUT OUR HISTORY IN ITS INFORMATIVE ROLE, AND FILTERS AND STORES WATER IN ITS REGULATORY ROLE, BREAKING DOWN ORGANIC MATERIAL AND BUDDING NEW LIFE. BUT MOSTLY “THE UNDERGROUND PRODUCES. IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT OUR SOCIETY LARGELY SURVIVES ON WHAT WE TAKE FROM THE EARTH.'' WE HARVEST MINERALS, METALS, OIL, GEOTHERMAL HEAT, COAL, GAS AND WATER, AND OFTEN FORGET TO OFFER ANYTHING BACK. THE UNDERGROUND MAKES OUR LIFE POSSIBLE.

NOT JUST BY GENERATING ELEMENTS WE USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE, BUT ALSO AS A PLACE WHERE “CABLES, PIPES, WIRES, AND FIBRE OPTIC CABLES'' GET THEIR HOME THINGS MANY OF US DON'T REALIZE ARE THERE UNTIL YOUR TOILET STARTS TO SMELL AND WORKERS COME IN TO OPEN UP THE STREET. THESE OPEN WOUNDS MARTIJN SOUGHT TO PHOTOGRAPH. THEY OFFER A GLIMPSE OF A WORLD THE IABR SOUGHT TO EXPLORE, A LAST FRONTIER FOR SPATIAL DESIGNERS. “THE WILD UNDERGROUND RESEMBLES THE WILD WEST. THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE PREVAILS. THE RESULT IS THAT MOST CITIES

HAVE NO, OR AT LEAST NO COMPLETE AND CURRENT, UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONTROLS THEIR URBAN FUNCTIONING,'' WRITES SIJMONS. YET WE NEED THIS: MAPPING AND PLANNING THE UNDERGROUND BECOMES MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT SEEING AS WE NEED TO NOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS, TO KEEP TRACK OF IT, BEFORE WE CAN BEGIN TO BUILD MORE. “URBAN FUNCTIONS INCREASINGLY WANT TO “GO DEEP'': THEY SEE THE UNDERGROUND AS EXPANSION SPACE. MOVING INFRASTRUCTURE (ROADS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION) UNDERGROUND GIVES CITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REARRANGE.

REARRANGE THE VACATED SPACE AND REUNITE DISSECTED DISTRICTS.'' A CITY LIKE TORONTO HAS PERFECTED THIS ART, WHERE, DURING ITS COLD WINTERS, ITS PEOPLE RETREAT UNDERGROUND “INTO UP TO 30-KM-LONG UNDERGROUND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS COMPLETE WITH SHOPS.'' BUT BEFORE OTHER CITIES CAN ATTEMPT THE SAME THING, THEY NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION IF THE UNDERGROUND AFFECTS THE SURFACE AS THE SURFACE AFFECTS THE UNDERGROUND - EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES, AND ABOVEGROUND SUBSIDENCE ALL TESTIFY AS MORE CRITICAL THAN AN OPEN WOUND. “IT IS TIME FOR UNDERGROUND MASTER PLANS,'' WARNS THE IABR. BUT ALL THE SAME IT'S A CHALLENGE WORTH TAKING BY THE HORNS AND STARING IN THE EYE, BECAUSE IT COULD ENHANCE OUR FUTURE IN MORE WAYS WE THOUGHT POSSIBLE.

“EXPLORING THE UNDERGROUND'' PUTS THESE DESIGN CHALLENGES FOR THE UNDERGROUND ON THE MAP AND SPECULATES ABOUT WHAT WE COULD ACHIEVE. BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MANY BAND-AIDS WE STICK ON MOTHER EARTH, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SHE'S IN NEED OF SOMETHING MORE - A HELPING HAND.

VISIT “EXPLORING THE UNDERGROUND'' AS PART OF URBAN BY NATURE- IN THE KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM FROM THE 29TH OF MAY. SEE THE IABR-2014- WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING TICKETS, TIMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS GUIDED TOURS THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND OF ROTTERDAM.

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SHITSTORM BY JOSEPH KAY YOU READ THIS ON A TURQUOISE STICKER: “A SHIT STORM IS COMING YOUR WAY.'' WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU IGNORE IT. LAUGH? BUT WHAT IF I WOULD? WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I PROPELLED MYSELF INTO YOUR LIFE, RAINCOAT TIED FIRMLY ROUND THE NECK, HOOD UP, JUST RIGHT INTO YOUR SPACE. YOUR PERSONAL SPACE. YOUR FACE. ONE, TWO, THREE STEPS BACKWARDS OF THE INITIAL FIVE, EXACTLY THE WAY MUM TAUGHT ME.

OF FIFTEEN, SOLD AT SEVEN QUID A POP. I HAVE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO RID THE WORLD OF THIS EVIL. “GET OUT YOUR RAINCOATS,'' I'LL WRITE ON THEM. “A SHIT STORM IS COMING YOUR WAY.'' “MY DEAD MUM SAYS SHE PREFERS TURQUOISE OVER BLUE.'' THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU'LL READ THEM. LAUGH. SLASH, IGNORE THEM. BUT THE WORLD WILL DIE, JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE.

NOT TO WORRY, NOT TO WORRY, I MEAN, I HEAR YOU SAYING, (YES, I'M LISTENING), “WHAT IF MUM HADN'T BEEN THERE TO TEACH YOU?'' “WHAT IF MUM HADN'T COME TO THE MARKET WITH YOU?'' NOT TO WORRY, NOT TO WORRY, SHE'S RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE, IN THE POCKET OF MY RAINCOAT, FONDLED BY TURQUOISE STICKERS ON HER LEFT, AND TURQUOISE STICKERS ON HER RIGHT.

“STORM!'' “STORM!'' “STORM -FUCKING- BRUIN!'' YOU'LL CALL. INSERTING THE “FUCKING'' SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU'RE MAD, REALLY FUCKING MAD. AND IT'S EASY, I KNOW, VENTING YOUR ANGER IN CLICHÉES LIKE FUCK, OR LOVE, OR AT GERMANS, AND I GET IT. I'M MAD TOO. AT LORRIES, STAPLES' SPECIFICALLY. AND I ACTUALLY HATE THE COLOUR TURQUOISE. BUT HELL, I WRITE IT ALL ON STICKERS AND MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER TUESDAY.

MY NAME IS STORM BRUIN, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE WHERE I'M FROM THAT BASICALLY MEANS SHITSTORM. NOT LITERALLY, LITERALLY IT'D BE “STORM SHIT'', BUT THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK AS WELL. AND SEEING AS I NEED EVERYTHING TO WORK PROPERLY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PRESUME YOU'RE NOT WHERE I'M FROM, WHICH MEANS YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL I'M REARRANGING. WHICH MEANS YOU CAN JUST IGNORE THE PAST FEW SENTENCES AND GET ON WITH IT. NOT TO WORRY, NOT TO WORRY.

IT'S A FUN PROCESS, I'M SURE YOU’LL AGREE. AT THE DESK, SHARPIE OUT, ONE FUCKING CLICHEÉ AFTER THE OTHER. JUST JOT, JOT, JOTTIN' 'EM DOWN. LIKE GYMNASTICS. ONE, TWO, THREE STEPS BACKWARDS OF THE INITIAL FIVE. EIGHT MONTHS, SIX-HUNDREDAND-TWELVE TURQUOISE STICKERS. PROPELLING DOWN THE HIGH STREET, STICKING, JOTTING, SKIPPING, HOOD UP, PATTING POCKETS IN AFFECTION, FUCK, LOVE, GERMANS.

MY MUM DIED EIGHT MONTHS AGO WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A STAPLES LORRY CARRYING A TRUCKLOAD, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE THE EXPRESSION, OF TURQUOISE STICKERS. TWO BY THREE, COMPILED INTO STACKS

NOT TO WORRY, NOT TO WORRY, TRUST YOU ME, THIS WORLD WILL END IN TURQUOISE.

SUGAR CUBES SUGAR CUBES ARE THOSE DISHES, SNACKS, CARROTS AND CUBES US HORSES LOVE TO EAT: THAT WHICH WE SAVOR IN ORDER TO RECHARGE, OUR GUILTY PLEASURES, OUR HEALTHY BITES. THEY KEEP US ENERGIZED, NEIGHING, RUNNING AND JUMPING HURDLES. THEY'RE OUR FAVORITE FOODS.

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THE PROUD OTTER PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR CREATORS OF BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS, MAGAZINES AND OTHER PRETTY THINGS. THE PROUD OTTER OFFERS ITS CUSTOMERS ORIGINAL ITEMS WITH A STORY, AND CAREFULLY SELECTS ITS PRODUCTS NOT JUST LOOKING AT IMAGE, STYLE AND DESIGN, BUT ALSO BY LOOKING AT HOW WHAT THEY SELL IS PRODUCED. MANY OF THE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN LOCALLY SOURCED, SOLELY WORK WITH ORGANIC PRODUCTS OR ARE SUSTAINABLE IN SOME OTHER WAY. T.P.O SPECIALIZES IN PRINTED MATTER, FROM MAGAZINES TO ARTIST'S BOOKS, AND OFFER A SHARP SELECTION OF SPECIAL, ORIGINAL AND NICHE BOOKS AND PRINTS. THE PROUD OTTER, AT ITS NEW LOCATION ON THE DOLLEBEGIJNSTEEG 7 ON THE WALLEN, AT THE HEART OF AMSTERDAM'S CITY CENTER, OFFERS HOMEMADE GOODIES, THE BEST LOCALLY SOURCED COFFEE, AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS ALL CHOSEN, PRODUCED AND DISPLAYED WITH LOVE. LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR? DON'T HESITATE TO DROP BY OR TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEE YOU THERE!

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TO PUT IT CONCRETELY: FLOWS NEED TO BE CONNECTED, PARALLEL PATHS NEED TO BE CREATED, CYCLES NEED TO BE CLOSED TO REDUCE WASTE, AND ALTERNATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES FOR SPIN-OFF NEED TO BE PRODUCED. CONNECTED, PARALLEL PATHS NEED TO BE CREATED, CYCLES NEED TO BE CLOSED TO REDUCE WASTE, AND ALTERNATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES FOR SPIN-OFF NEED TO BE PRODUCED. THE IABR-PROJECT ATELIER ROTTERDAM STUDIED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE URBAN METABOLISM CONCEPT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. TO THIS END, NINE VITAL FLOWS WERE IDENTIFIED: GOODS, PEOPLE, WASTE, BIOTA, ENERGY, FOOD, FRESH WATER, SAND AND CLAY, AND AIR. THE ATELIER MAPPED THE WASTE PER FLOW AND EXPLORED OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE PROSPECTS FOR THE CITY AND THE REGION. TO HOLD THE IMPACT OF THESE NINE FLOWS IN A FIRM GRASP, THEY HAVE BEEN ANALYZED ON TWO LEVELS: THAT OF THE RHINE VALLEY, AND THAT OF GREATER ROTTERDAM. ON BOTH LEVELS, THIS LED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC ROTTERDAM FEATURES THAT WERE THEN LINKED TO CURRENT GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS TO PRIORITIZE THEM IN TERMS OF URGENCY - FOR INSTANCE, RECOVERING PHOSPHATES INSTEAD OF EXTRACTING THEM FROM FINITE SOURCES. THIS HAS RESULTED IN DESIGN PERSPECTIVES PER FLOW - FOR INSTANCE, THE FLOW OF GOODS THROUGH ROTTERDAM THAT LACKS ECONOMIC SPIN-OFF AND THEREFORE REQUIRES A DIFFERENT DESIGN CHALLENGE.

INSTEAD OF SIMPLY SELECTING THE MOST URGENT CHALLENGE PER FLOW, WITH THE RISK OF NOT MAKING THE MOST OF THE POSSIBLE COUPLING OR INTERACTION OF FLOWS, THE FOCUS WAS ON DESIGN STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE FLOWS IN CONTEXT - THAT IS: AS A SYSTEM; THAT IS: AS A CITY. THIS HAS RESULTED IN FOUR STRATEGIES: CATALYZING QUALITY FLOWS; CHANNELING WASTE FLOWS; RECOVERING RAW MATERIALS, AND REDUCING TRANSPORT MOVEMENTS. IN TERMS OF THE CITY OF ROTTERDAM: CATALYZING RE-INDUSTRIALIZATION, CHANNELING (ENERGY) WASTE, COLLECTING RESOURCES, AND CREATIN BIOTOPES. THESE STRATEGIES REVOLVE AROUND COMBATING WASTE BY CLEVERLY LINKING FLOWS, AND INCLUDE VARIOUS DESIGN PROJECTS.

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. FABRIC DESIGNING WITH FLOWS FOUR STRATEGIES FOR A NEW METABOLISM FOR ROTTERDAM AFTER THE DEVASTATING TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE AND THE SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI IN 2011, JAPANESE ARCHITECT TOYO ITO WROTE: “I CAN'T HELP SENSING A FUNDAMENTAL DISRUPTION BETWEEN OUR NORM AND THE REALITY. I THINK WE DESIGN THINGS IN A MECHANICAL MANNER AS A “COMPLETE MACHINE'' COMPLYING WITH NATURE DEFINED IN QUANTITIES OR ABSTRACT DEFINITIONS; WE DO NOT ENGAGE WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS SOMETHING CONSTANTLY AFFECTED BY THE VARYING FORCES OF GROUND, SEA, OR WIND.'' IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT IT IS PRITZKER PRIZE-WINNER ITO - WHO STARTED HIS CAREER WORKING FOR KIYONORI KIKUTAKE, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENT THAT CONSIDERS THE METABOLISM OF THE CITY OF GREAT IMPORTANCE - WHO OBSERVES THAT THERE IS A HUGE GAP BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE, URBAN PLANNING, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE CHALLENGES THAT FACE US ON THE OTHER. ACCORDING TO ITO, DESIGNERS STILL FIND IT HARD TO PRODUCE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO THE CHALLENGES OF A CONSTANTLY CHANGING REALITY.

THE ROOT OF THEIR TROUBLES IS A PROFOUND, ARTIFICIAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE THAT PERSISTS IN SPITE OF EFFORTS TO ABANDON IT IN RECENT DECADES. FRENCH PHILOSOPHER BRUNO LATOUR, FOR INSTANCE, PROTESTED THAT THE HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER OUGHT NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A PURELY NATURAL PHENOMENON: IT IS CAUSED BY HUMAN BEINGS, ONLY HUMAN BEINGS CAN BE MADE AWARE OF IT, AND IT FEATURES ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA ONLY BECAUSE IT THREATENS HUMAN BEINGS. REDUCING THE HOLE TO AN EXCLUSIVELY NATURAL PHENOMENON, TO BE STUDIED ONLY BY SCIENTISTS, IGNORES THE INTERWEAVING OF THE SOCIAL AND THE NATURAL, THE HUMAN AND THE NON-HUMAN. LATOUR SAYS REALITY CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AS A NETWORK OF HUMAN AND NONHUMAN FACTORS THAT COLLECTIVELY DETERMINE HOW WE PERCEIVE THINGS. TYPICALLY, WE ARE UNAWARE OF THAT NETWORK, SEEING THINGS AS PERMANENT, REALITY AS A BLACK BOX. THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE NETWORK IS NOT THERE: IT IS THERE, AND THE BLACK BOX DOES INDEED OPEN. DESIGNERS THAT UNDERSTAND NETWORK RELATIONSHIPS AND VITAL SUBSTANCE FLOWS ENTER A WORLD OF NEW PERSPECTIVES. SUBSTANCE FLOWS AND THE PART THEY PLAY IN OUR ENVIRONMENT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF OUR CITIES, AND THUS ON OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. THE PURSUIT OF A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT NEEDS TO INCLUDE A FOCUS ON FLOWS, IN OTHER WORDS: URBAN DEVELOPMENT OUGHT TO BE BASED ON THE URBAN METABOLISM PERSPECTIVE. FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE - THE CITY IS AN ECOSYSTEM - URBAN PLANNING OUGHT TO FOCUS ON THE CONNECTING AND UNTANGLING OF FLOWS, RATHER THAN ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF LOCALITIES.

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THUS RE-CONTEXTUALISING SPACES BY DE-HISTORICISING THEM: UNBURDENING THEM FROM THEIR PAST BY ALLOWING FOR CONTINUAL EVOLVEMENT MERELY THROUGH RECONSIDERATION. PERIPHERAL ARCHITECTURE CREEPS CLOSER TO TOWARD THE CITY, FORCING US TO CONFRONT THE EDGE CONDITION. IT IS THEREFORE CRUCIAL TO STOP THE PROCESS OF DECAY AND FIND NEW USES FOR EMPTY, BUT NONETHELESS INTACT, BUILDINGS. AFTER ALL BUILDINGS DO NOT NECESSARILY DICTATE FUNCTION - FUNCTION CAN ALWAYS DICTATE THE BUILDING. THE ULTIMATE ETERNAL CITY IS FOREVER STUCK BETWEEN DECLINE AND AN UNFINISHED STATE, A DUAL NATURE OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION. THE FUNCTIONING BUILDING SHOULD THUS MIMIC THE ETERNAL CITY BY ENCAPSULATING THE TRANSITIONAL PROCESS IN ITSELF. BY REGARDING THE VOIDS AS OPPORTUNITY THE FRACTURED URBAN SPRAWL WILL BE UNIFIED, REINSTATING THE COMMUNITY CONCEPT AND BREAKING DOWN PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES OF EXCLUSION. FOR THIS TRANSFORMATION TO TAKE PLACE SOCIETIES WILL HAVE TO DISCARD THE MODERNIST NOTION OF ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTALITY AND RATHER CONSIDER STRUCTURING THEIR CITIES AROUND THE NATURE OF THE POSTMODERN SOCIETY BY ADMITTING TO ITS FLUIDITY. THROUGH ACTIVATING THE VOID THE MACHINE IS RECONNECTED WITH HER WORKERS, MERGING THE CITY WITH HER URBAN SPRAWL.

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I OFTEN FEEL THAT THERE EXISTS A NOTION OF SURPLUS IN THESE ABANDONED SPACES. THIS SURPLUS MUST BE RELATED TO THAT WHICH SURVIVES. NOW SEEMS NOT THE TIME TO BUILD MORE. TO THE ILL-INFORMED CURIOUS OBSERVER IT SEEMS THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO RECONSIDER SPACE. SEARCH FOR A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PAST IN WHICH MEMORY FUNCTIONS AS AN ACTIVE PROCESS.

TODAY MANY OF OUR MAJOR CITIES ARE PLAGUED BY UNEMPLOYMENT, CONCENTRATED POVERTY, PHYSICAL DECAY AND RACIAL ISOLATION. VAST AREAS OF THE CITIES, ONCE TEEMING WITH LIFE, NOW STAND ABANDONED. GRASS HAS RECLAIMED WHAT WAS AND DOORS AND WINDOWS OF ONCE-ACTIVE BEEHIVE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP. FACTORY BUILDINGS THAT ONCE PROVIDED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT REVIVING THE URBAN FRINGE. IN 1913 WALTER GROPIUS MADE USE OF GRAIN SILOS, A PROJECT LATER IMITATED BY LE CORBUSIER IN 1923, IN “VERS UNE'' ARCHITECTURE. MANY OTHER ARCHITECTS FOLLOWED SUIT, HOWEVER, NONE OF THESE PROJECTS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON THE URBAN LANDSCAPE. THESE PROJECTS WERE INTERVENTIONAL AS ART, YET DID LITTLE TO REVIVE THE “NONPLACE URBAN REALM''.

AND CULTURAL PATTERNS. THESE PATTERNS HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY UNSETTLED BY DEINDUSTRIALISATION, WHICH HAS UNLEASHED A POSTMODERN PROCESS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION. WHERE MODERN SOCIETY WAS “ORGANISED'', THE POSTMODERN INSTIGATED A PROCESS OF DISINTEGRATION AND CHANGE, BECOMING “DISORGANISED''. SOCIETY ON THE WHOLE IS NO LONGER UNIFIED BY THE PRINCIPLE OF WORK AS IT WAS DURING THE INDUSTRIALISATION, SINCE CAPITALISM IS ESSENTIALLY A DYNAMIC MACHINE DESIGNED TO EVOLVE. THUS, ACCEPTED STRUCTURES OF A FORMALISED SOCIETY DISINTEGRATED UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE DIASPORIC AND “DISORGANISED'' NATURE OF POSTMODERNISM IN ORDER TO ADAPT TO THE NATURE OF A SOCIETY THAT HAS BECOME DECENTRED AND FLUID IN ITS GROWTH. THE MODERNIST UNITY OF WORKPLACE, COMMUNITY AND POLITICS HAVE EVAPORATED, TRANSFORMING INTO THE BROAD NETWORK OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WE KNOW TODAY - A UNPREDICTABLE NETWORK WHICH IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE FRAYED AT THE EDGES: THE URBAN SPRAWL. THE TRADITIONAL CITY, AS WELL AS CONSERVED NATURAL AREAS, HAS BECOME FRAGMENTED FROM SUBURBIA, WHICH EXTENDS TO THE HORIZON. IN 1964, MELVIN M. WEBBER DUBBED THIS PHENOMENON THE “NONPLACE URBAN REALM''.

JOBS NOW STAND AS HOLLOW SHELLS: BY WAY OF A MUTE TESTIMONY TO A LOST INDUSTRIAL PAST. EVEN OUR CBDS, WHEN THE WORKERS RETURN TO THE SPRAWL AND THE LIGHTS GO OFF, BECOME A SKELETAL PLAYGROUND FOR THE WICKED AND WEIRD. ABANDONED APOCALYPTIC AREAS MARK CITY NEIGHBOURHOODS FROM ONE ANOTHER, CREATING INTERNAL PERIPHERIES. THESE SPACES BECOME VOID OF POSSIBILITY. THE VOIDS, OR THE GAPS IN THE URBAN SPRAWL, HAVE, IN ITS DISORDER, CREATED PATTERNS OF RACE AND CLASS SEGREGATION. RACIAL SEGREGATION, INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT, DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURES AND THE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY BRED BY CAPITALISM BECOME KEY ELEMENTS IN REINFORCED STEREOTYPING AS URBAN COMMUNITIES BECOME CHARACTERISED BY THEIR PERIPHERAL LOCATION. THE CITY BECOMES A SELF-PERPETUATING STIGMA.

ACTIVATING THE VOID: A HYPOTHESISED RE---EVALUATION OF SPACE BY KATHARIEN DE VILLIERS “URBANISM WILL NOT ONLY, OR MOSTLY, BE A PROFESSION, BUT A WAY OF THINKING, AN IDEOLOGY: TO ACCEPT WHAT EXISTS. WE WERE MAKING SAND CASTLES. NOW WE SWIM IN THE SEA THAT SWEPT THEM AWAY.'' ([REM KOOLHAAS, “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO URBANISM'' SMLXL, 010 PUBLISHERS, ROTTERDAM, 1995)] MODERNISM, IN ITS NATURE OF CHANGE, IS INEXTRICABLY BOUND UP WITH INDUSTRIALISATION AND URBANISATION. MODERN SOCIETIES AND THEIR CITIES HAVE BEEN BASED OVER CENTURIES ON DISTINCTIVE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND 44

“TRUE MEANS REAL, HONEST AND PURE: ALL CHARLIE + MARY'S LABELS AREN'T JUST BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT ALSO ON THE INSIDE. THEY'RE PRODUCED WITH RESPECT FOR BOTH HUMANS AS WELL AS THE WORLD - THEY TELL A STORY. THEY TAKE US BACK TO WHAT WE THINK IS THE CORE OF THE INDUSTRY, AND OF FASHION IN GENERAL: CLOTHING MEANT FOR PROTECTION, INSPIRATION AND A WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF. TRUE FASHION REFLECTS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY. TRUE FASHION IS YOU.'' WHEN WE ASK THEM WHAT “URBAN BY NATURE'' MEANS TO THEM, THEY'VE GOT AN ANSWER READY: IT'S A CONCEPT THAT'S BEEN CLOSE TO THE GIRLS' HEARTS FOR A LONG TIME. “IT'S IN EVERYONE'S AND EVERYTHING'S NATURE TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO GET SOMEWHERE,'' THEY SAY, “EVEN THOUGH IT'S OFTEN SUBCONSCIOUS. BUT WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT, IT HAPPENS IN NATURE, ECOSYSTEMS THAT WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO SURVIVE, IT HAPPENS WITH ANIMALS AND IT HAPPENS WITH US: PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER ALMOST CONSTANTLY, AND, LUCKILY, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH NATURE MORE AND MORE. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, DURING AMSTERDAM FASHION WEEK, WE WORKED WITH ADRIAN WOODS AND GIDI VAN MAARSEVEEN TO ORGANISE AN EXPOSITION, “ROOTS,'' WHICH WAS A MIRRORING OF THIS IDEA: ERADICATING THE GENERAL NOTION OF FASHION BEING A PARASITE OF NATURE PRODUCING CLOTHING BY USING UP NATURE'S RESOURCES WITHOUT GIVING ANYTHING BACK. - WE WORKED ON INTRODUCING THE NOTION OF TRUE FASHION, AND ITS SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP TO MOTHER EARTH. IN AN IDEAL WORLD PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE HOW MUCH POWER THEY HOLD WHEN IT COMES TO CHOICE. CHOICES REGARDING WHAT TO BUY AND WHERE TO BUY IT.

IN AN IDEAL WORLD PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE HOW MUCH MORE THEY'D APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'VE BOUGHT IF IT'S TRUE: WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF PEOPLE WOULD, IT'D MAKE THE WORLD A GREATER PLACE. IN THE REAL WORLD WE'RE STARTING TO NOTICE THAT THIS IDEOLOGY IS ACTUALLY CATCHING ON, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S STILL A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALIZE THE INFLUENCE THEY HAVE ON THEIR OWN HAPPINESS AS WELL AS ON OTHERS': BOTH YOU, ME AND NATURE. OUR MISSION IS THUS NOWHERE NEAR ACCOMPLISHED AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO GET OUR MESSAGE ACROSS, FROM PERSON TO PERSON, AND COUNTRY TO COUNTRY - WE-RE HOPING TO ONE DAY BROADEN OUR REACH ACROSS NATURE AND URBANITY BY WAY OF OUR ONLINE PLATFORM AND OUR AGENCY AND PERHAPS OPEN UP ANOTHER SHOP ABROAD.'' CHARLIE AND MARY ARE BOTH WILLING TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. AND SO DO WE: BY CONSUMING TRUE FASHION WE KNOW WE ARE TAKING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, A STEP TOWARD THE FUTURE. BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHY SHOULD YOU SHOP AT CHARLIE + MARY? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE, “BECAUSE IN DOING SO YOU'RE NOT JUST CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR OWN SENSE OF SELF, YOUR HAPPINESS, BY BUYING SOMETHING YOU THINK IS BEAUTIFUL AND WEARING IT WITH PRIDE, BUT IT MAKES YOU TREAT IT WITH THE LOVE AND CARE IT DESERVES. BUT IN DOING SO YOU ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER INDUSTRY, BECAUSE YOU SUPPORT LABELS THAT TREAT PEOPLE AND NATURE WITH RESPECT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, FASHION IS MORE THAN DRESSES ONLY ([COCO CHANEL WISELY SAID]): IN DOING SO, ([INSERT SUMMARY HERE]) YOU MAKE YOUR, OUR AND THEIR WORLD A BETTER PLACE.'' 47

CHARLIE AND MARY, CHARLOTTE VAN WAES AND MARIEKE VINCK, ARE THE TWO BRIGHTEST, MOST HONEST AND “GREENEST'' STARS OF THE UNIVERSE. THEY'RE YOUNG, TRENDY AND TAKING THE INDUSTRY BY STORM. THEIR SHOP IN AMSTERDAM ON THE GERARD DOUSTRAAT IN THE PIJP, IS A HOTSPOT OF SUSTAINABILITY, HONESTY AND LOTS OF LOVE. WITH A PASSION FOR THEIR CONCEPT, THEIR OWN IDEAS AND AN EYE FOR DETAIL THEY'RE CHISELLING AWAY AT THE ROAD TO A BETTER FUTURE, FOR US, AS WELL AS FUTURE GENERATIONS. CHARLIE + MARY STARTED OUT WHEN THE GIRLS STARTED NOTICING THAT THE INDUSTRY THEY WERE WORKING IN WAS TOO ABSORBED PRODUCING COLLECTION AFTER COLLECTION WITH ALL EYES ON PROFIT, AND THEY SOON FIGURED OUT THEY WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE IN MAKING THE SAME INDUSTRY A BETTER PLACE. “IT SEEMED LIKE LOTS OF PEOPLE HAD FORGOTTEN THAT FASHION IS MORE THAN PRODUCING ONE COLLECTION AFTER THE OTHER EVERY SEASON, AND EXACTLY BECAUSE WE REALIZED THIS, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE RESPECT FOR THE DESIGNER WAS LOSING PROMINENCE. BUT WE GET IT, FASHION IS FUN AND IT'S PRETTY, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE FOR BOTH CONSUMER AND PRODUCER.'' SO THE GIRLS' MISSION HAS BECOME TO SHOW THAT CHOOSING FOR TRUE FASHION MIGHT NOT BE AS HARD AS IT LOOKS - ON THE CONTRARY: “IT'S INSPIRING. THERE ARE SO MANY FANTASTIC ITEMS TO BE FOUND, WHETHER THEY'RE FROM ELEGANT DESIGNER LABELS OR HIGH QUALITY VINTAGE: IT DOESN'T MATTER, AS LONG AS IT'S TRUE.'' WHEN GOODBYE HORSES GOT IN CONTACT WITH THEIR SHOP WE IMMEDIATELY FELT SPARKS FLYING, IDEAS FORMING AND CONCEPTS BREWING, BUT WE ALL SOON AGREED THAT WHATEVER WE'D PRODUCE, IT HAD TO BE TRUE. 46

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BEINGS “NEVER HAS PLASTIC BEEN SO WILD OR HAS NATURE EMBEDDED ITSELF WITHIN CULTURE TO SUCH AN EXTENT. SINCE 2009 PHOTOGRAPHER PATRICIA DE RUIJTER HAS TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF HER OWN HABITAT “DE OEVERLANDEN,'' ZOOMING IN ON NATURE. SHE STUDIES HER SURROUNDINGS AND RECORDS IT ON FILM IN A MOST POETIC WAY, PORTRAYING THAT WHICH LANGUAGE CANNOT TOUCH. WILD AND EDIBLE PLANTS COHABITING WITH LOST PLASTIC, THE LIGHTS OF CARS AND INDEFINABLE HUMAN WASTE: WHAT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN A SMUDGE FROM FAR OFF IS THE URBANIZED NATURE OF THE NOW. WIND, WATER AND OXYGEN: ALL OF THESE AND MORE TOUCH THE USELESS MESS LEFT BY US, EMPOWERING IT AND TAKING IT ALONG GIVING IT A SECOND LIFE AND A NEW NATURE. THESE “HALF-LIVES'' ARE TRUTHFUL, THOUGH SOMETIMES HIDEOUS OR EVEN ENDEARING. BUT MOST OF THE TIME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE “HALF-LIVES'' AND “LIFE'' IS BARELY VISIBLE: WHETHER IT'S WASTE OR LIFE, OR MATTER OR ENERGY.''

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OUT OF THERE BY JOSEPH KAY GET YOURSELF OUT OF HERE. HIS LIPS STAY FROZEN, HIS EYES STILL. YOU WANT TO CALL HIS NAME, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, SHOUT “WAKE UP FUCKER, WAKE UP.'' BUT YOUR VOICE HAS STOPPED RESPONDING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SURPRISE AND HORROR, SUSPICION CREEPING ITS WAY THROUGH YOUR VOCAL CORDS, EDGING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HIS EARS. WAS IT YOU? HIS SKIN TIGHT AROUND HIS SKULL, RESEMBLING A KNIFE TO YOUR THROAT, HIS JAW CARVED FROM STONE, LIFELESS VEINS PROTRUDING FROM NOWHERE PARTICULAR. THE SOFT HAIRS ON HIS TEMPLES QUIVER AT YOUR BREATH, ESCAPING FROM ECSTASY, CREEPING DOWN HIS CHIN, SCURRYING AROUND HIS APPLE, MAKING THEIR WAY OVER HIS BARE CHEST AND FLOWING OVER HIS RIBCAGE DOWN BETWEEN HIS LEGS. NOTHING MOVES, NOTHING BREAKS. THERE WAS NO FIGHT, NO STRUGGLE, THERE WAS ONLY YOU. HE CALLED LAST NIGHT, ASKING YOU WHERE YOU WERE. YOU TOLD HIM YOU WERE OUT WITH FRIENDS, FLYING, DIVING THROUGH A MASS OF HELLO-GOODBYEGOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU LIED. YOU WERE WITH HIM, YOUR SKY, MY RAIN, OUR LOVE. HE KNEW: YOU HEARD IT IN HIS VOICE. YOU DIDN'T WORRY. BUT NOW YOU REALIZE YOU MADE A MISTAKE, YOU SHOULD'VE LOVED. WHAT, HIM? LIFE? YOU TOUCH HIS HAND, COLD, BALLED TO A FIST, STUCK. HAIRS DANCING ON ITS SURFACE, LINES BROKEN AT THE EDGE, NAILS BITTEN, DERELICT, HOMELESS, SLASHED DOWN TO THE FLESH, BLOODLESS.

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO, BUT EVERYTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE. YOU HATED HIM, LOATHED HIM. I SEE THAT NOW. YOU KILLED HIM. I REALIZE THAT NOW. YOU ARE A MURDERER. I FEEL THAT NOW. THE GUILT TORE AT YOU: YOU PULLED BACK YOUR HAND, BACK INTO THE WARMTH OF LIFE, AWAY FROM THE ANGEL OF HAS-BEEN. HE WAS LOOKING AT SOMETHING. HIS EYES SAW SOMETHING YOU DID NOT. NOW THEY'RE BLIND, THEIR COLOUR FADED, YOU CAN SEE THEM STARING AT THE CEILING, WONDERING. IT HURTS TO LOOK AT THEM. YOU DIDN'T KNOW LAST NIGHT, AND I STILL DON'T KNOW NOW. THE SMELL IS INVASIVE. IT SINGLES OUT YOUR NOSTRILS, AND WITH EVERY BREATH IT PUNISHES YOUR INSIDES. IT'S SHARP, ITS EDGES ROUGH: HE REEKS OF VOMIT. OF WHISKY. OF THE SHARP MINT OF KETAMINE. OF SHIT. YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAD LAIN DOWN NEXT TO LAST NIGHT, AND I STILL DON'T KNOW NOW. THE SMELL IS TOO MUCH TO BEAR. GET YOURSELF OUT OF HERE. IT'S BEEN EXACTLY ThHREE YEARS TODAY SINCE I WOKE UP NEXT TO HIS DEAD BODY. AND RIGHT AFTER I DID, I RAN. IT WAS ME THAT WOKE UP NEXT TO HIM: I WAS THE ONE WHO ENDED IT. YOU LONGED FOR THE QUIET. BUT I GOT MYSELF OUT OF THERE.