In corona times phone or video calls have taken over face-to-face conversations. In the Dutch Journal Healthcare & Ethics, Tessa Smorenburg wrote the article The boundaries of digital care according to ‘Her’. Continue reading The Boundaries of Digital Care According to ‘Her’
Author: Tessa Roberts-Smorenburg
The French Voice: Vanessa Nurock
In this second edition of the series The French Voice, we present our interview with Vanessa Nurock.
Continue reading The French Voice: Vanessa NurockGirl, The everyday struggle of a transgender
The Belgian film Girl (Lukas Dhont, 2018) shares the intimate life of a fifteen year old girl named Lara. She dances at a renowned ballet academy in Belgium, and she hopes to fulfil her dream of becoming a professional ballerina. The film opens with her admission interview, wherein it is explained that she will be granted a trial period – because Lara isn’t just any girl, she is a transgender girl, born male.
Continue reading Girl, The everyday struggle of a transgenderREALITY, artistic research on ‘losing grip on reality’
In 2016, the Dutch artist Yasmijn Karhof spent three months as artist-in-residence in the psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn NYC (USA). Integral to her artistic practice is the expression of the subjective experience of reality in a visual context.
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Joker; When Tragedy becomes Comedy
Joker (2019) is not an ordinary superhero film. Rather than reinforcing the familiar dualism of the previous Batman films, Joker breaks down the hero/villain paradigm and replaces it with something more multifaceted and uncomfortable.
Continue reading Joker; When Tragedy becomes ComedyThe French Voice: Sandra Laugier
In this first edition of the series The French Voice, we present our interview with Sandra Laugier. Continue reading The French Voice: Sandra Laugier