BLOGS. APPS. BOOKS. EVENTS. +

by Yulan van Es

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Schiedam is just around the corner from Delft, but have you ever been there? A good reason to visit is to have a look at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. They have the exhibition Spiritual Urgency on display until the 10th of April. The exhibition shines a spotlight and raises questions on spirituality and aims to broaden our view on contemporary art with the help of artists and creators as spiritual guides. You are guided through the stages of a spiritual journey based on four themes: ‘Contemporary priests’, ‘Healing and Origins’, ‘Liberation and Manifestation’ and ‘Nature and Holism’.

After visiting the exhibitions you can pop into the café with a buffet of often local products, such as bread from Vlaamsch Broodhuys. You pay what you think it is worth. 1 https://dekkie.com/

Klara And The Sun is a book written from the perspective of an Artificial Friend, Klara. Klara observes the outside world and the visiting customers closely from her place in the store. With the knowledge she gains of herself and the world, Klara tries to help her friend in need. The book allows you a peek into our world in a possible future setting through the eyes of someone who is figuring it out while being programmed to adapt to and please her human ‘friends’. A very interesting read, written by Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Looking for new and unique jewellery? A skating friend group is recycling and upcycling their used skateboards into jewellery. Each board is different and has a different style, this results in different designs of earrings and necklaces. Of the profit they make, 20% goes to the skateboard community, by supporting a charity that organises empowering programs and skating classes, for the youth in Jordan.

Carlijn Kingma is a Dutch artist and architect. She makes cartographies of society. In her work ‘A History of the Utopian Tradition’ she depicts a journey through the world of the western Utopia to understand how reality has taken shape between our fears and desires. On her website you can find a detailed description of the different details and scenes that are visualised in her drawing in both Dutch and English.

Wes Anderson was inspired to make a movie that was set in France and based on The New Yorker, introducing ‘The French Dispatch’. The movie is a collection of stories written by journalists of the magazine. Anderson combined life action with animation, the French and English languages and black-and-white with coloured film. These contrasts emphasize different contrasts in the story, for example when the writer is documenting from experience or telling a made-up story. These details and the variety of stories make it a recommended watch. I would also recommend looking up podcasts that dive deeper into the making of the film, since this makes you immediately want to watch it again to spot the details! 3