Monthly Archives: March 2012

RESISTANCE IS FERTILE / RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

text and image roberto voorbij A standard formula in physics is R = P / I ². Or resistance equals power divided by (current times current). That this scientific formula can also be interpreted in a more moralistic way was … Continue reading

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Politics in Print 2011

text roberto voorbij This week is the last chance to see the inspiring exhibit Politics in Print 2011 at the Dutch Press Museum. An overview of the past political year summarized in cartoons and caricatures. 28 illustrators / cartoonists offer … Continue reading

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Big drama, small price

text roberto voorbij Beautiful edited pictures by photographer Krijn van Noordwijk. In the center of Amsterdam do these hallucinatory images currently attract attention as a poster campaign for the Last Minute Ticket Shop. With the accompanying slogan ‘Big drama / music / … Continue reading

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Blues before sunrise

text and image roberto voorbij In the Amsterdam Vondelpark can from this week on Steve McQueen’s, by the Stedelijk Museum commissioned, Blues before sunrise be experienced. With a simple but very poetic intervention has the artist / filmmaker McQueen transformed … Continue reading

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GUMBUSTERS

text and image roberto voorbij After Ghost, Ad and MythBusters there are now GumBusters! Spotted at the entrance of gated community in progress, Dutch airport Schiphol. It’s always a bit ambiguous chewing gum patterns on pavements. Meant as freshener of … Continue reading

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