UTRECHT - Pensioners in sheltered housing, Zuylenstede in Utrecht were surprised when a Japanese geisha suddenly appeared at their window. The geisha was descending from the tenth floor to ground level in the window-cleaners cradle. Read more
GREAT YARMOUTH – The sea is the largest public space in the world, yet at the same time, it remains an unarticulated space. The distance between Scheveningen and Great Yarmouth, which is only 92 nautical miles away, is the shortest distance between a Dutch and a British harbour. During their stay as artists in residence in Scheveningen in 2010, Sjaak Langenberg and Rosé Beer are going to seek out overseas links between Scheveningen and Great Yarmouth. Read more ...
ROTTERDAM – Tourists who pay to have themselves kidnapped in Yemen; millionaires who pay astronomical amounts for a trip in space. Is it still possible to create an authentic experience in a culture dominated by the media, in which nothing is left to imagination any more? In this ongoing project, a number op people relinquish their house keys for a single day in exchange for an unusual story about their home environment - a burglary by appointment. Read more...
LACOCK - If you happen to live under the smoke of Mount Fuji then you’ve been blessed with a view that could compete with the most beautiful ones on earth. Indulged by this iconic mountain, much in life can be a disappointment. I once asked a Norwegian who lived in a picture postcard, if you begin to get used to fiords after a while; if you really can be blinded by beauty? He didn’t even comprehend my question, so stone-blind he was. Read more....
SCHIJNDEL – Whoever drives at 70km an hour round Schijndel sees almost nothing of this Dutch village. The only thing that is noticeable is the large number of roundabouts and the megalomaniac works of art on a number of traffic islands. Ring-roads and bypasses reduce traffic in villages, an understandable development, considering the increase in motorised traffic, but the contrast with the function which main roads had in the past for villages and towns is enormous. They used to be lifelines.
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"The nicest book I’ve laid hands on this year." "
Wim Brands on Dutch national radio ‘De Avonden’, VPRO
"A gem of an idea."
Author K. Schippers on Dutch national radio ‘Met het Oog op Morgen’, NOS
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AMSTERDAM - People are becoming immune to the disturbing images they see on the news. In an attempt to diminish the distance between the newsreader and the people watching the news, and to put world news back on a human scale, Sjaak Langenberg invited Dutch news anchorman Philip Freriks to read the news off-camera at the home of a Dutch family in the Bijlmermeer.
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