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The Garden Which is the Nearest to God

text and image roberto voorbij This week is the last chance to visit the installation The Garden Which is the Nearest to God at the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam. This spectacular work by Japanese artist Taturo Atzu aka Tatzu Nishi aka … Continue reading

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The spectacular Arp Museum in Remagen, Germany

text and image roberto voorbij Located along the Rhine in a beautiful 19th century railway station can the Arp Museum be found. Since 2007 in a truly sublime manner complemented by a new building designed by Richard Meier. Among others … Continue reading

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The ideal crash

Originally intended as a sketch for the short vid The ideal crash. This photo collage can be considered as a work in itself. Roberto Voorbij – The ideal crash (2014).

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Navid Nuur – LUBE LOVE

text and image roberto voorbij What makes the work of Navid Nuur so special is his ability to combine the inquiring with the personal, with the poetic, with the metaphysical even. Whether it concerns the dissection of a fluorescent tube … Continue reading

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Tjebbe Beekman – Mall IV

text and image roberto voorbij In the entrance hall of the Amsterdam center The New Love – a place for debate, religion, poetry and more – hangs this impressive painting (Size: 630 x 220 cm. Medium: sand, acrylic and enamel … Continue reading

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EVERYBODY SUSPECT

text and image roberto voorbij Quite regularly the discussion revives, usually when the nation’s temper is overheated because of a horrible crime, then the real crime fighters take advantage of the emotional state of the nation to stress the importance … Continue reading

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Who monitors you?

image bof text roberto voorbij WHO MONITORS YOU? FIGHT FOR INTERNET FREEDOM. DONATE. – BITS OF FREEDOM. WWW.BOF.NL/DO-YOUR-BIT/ Campaign image – note the visual word play – for Bits of Freedom, a Dutch digital rights organization, that’s committed to privacy … Continue reading

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Surveillance

text and image roberto voorbij When people from abroad visit the Netherlands they are often surprised by how close the windows of our houses are situated to the street, by the unobstructed view of our interiors. Reading the book The … Continue reading

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Open TV

text and image roberto voorbij If you have always wanted to observe people as if you were a security guard or if you yourself are the one who likes to be observed, there is now the perfect opportunity. Spread over … Continue reading

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World of Waste

text and image roberto voorbij Dutch photographer / visual artist Peter Smith has created a globe made of PET bottles, street litter which took surprisingly little effort to collect, Smith says. In the Amsterdam IJ floats since several weeks this … Continue reading

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