has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
Barack Obama's commitment to the Syrian civil war is all about the credibility of US (military) power and political image building.
Destroying Assad's chemical weapons will not stop the killing in Syria, nor relieve the needs of millions of refuguees.
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In order to keep the enemy out, people have to accept the violation of their privacy and consider it only as an inconvenience.
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'Nondescript News' is a compilation of TV stills (partly hidden by the speed of the medium) from several European news bulletins.
These public images were watched collectively and categorically and form part of our worldview. Stripped of commentary and freed from their context, these explicit images have been neutralised. They are open to interpretation; an appeal is made to the viewer's archive of images. This always produces (individual) associations. But these rely on external iconography and may include stereotypes and preconceptions.
What have we all been watching and can we still interpret images in their originality?
LED lights, water.
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LED lights, water.
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In a world of misconducting politicians and obedient media, we need whistleblowers.
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Rain, window.
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ABK Minerva graduation show in Groningen.
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Night of Art and Science at the Broerplein in Groningen.
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May fair at the Grote Markt in Groningen.
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