INA VANDEBROEK: CALLALOO – SCIENCE TALK

Callaloo is one of the most popular green leafy vegetables in Jamaica. The young leaves of this (semi-)domesticated species are chopped and steamed with onions, scallions and salt to make the popular dish of the same name. Amaranthus viridis is commonly known as garden callaloo in Jamaica, but other species include Amaranthus dubius (Spanish callaloo) […]

JORIS NOTE – HOMMAGE AIMÉ CÉSAIRE

Op de honderdste geboortedag van Aimé Césaire (1913-2008) brengen PEN Vlaanderen en Passa Porta een bijzondere hommage aan deze grote dichter, toneelschrijver, essayist en politicus. Césaires hele leven en werk stonden in het teken van sociale en culturele rechtvaardigheid en van de emancipatie van zwarten in Afrika en in de diaspora. Wat hebben zijn werk […]

POSTKAART

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‘CLOUD SCHOOLS OFFER NEW EDUCATION’ BY JANE WAKEFIELD

Children in developing countries could educate themselves using computers, the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh has been told. Prof Sugata Mitra was outlining details of the first “school in the cloud”. While there would be an online adult moderator at times, the pupils would largely organise themselves, he said. Meanwhile, an MIT professor laid out his […]

EDITION KEYMOUSE: JEF GEYS ‘L’ÉCHAPPÉE BELLE’

A l’intérieur du cadre, où se projettent les regards des acteurs? Où se porte leur attention au delà des limites imposées par le metteur en scène à la fixité de leurs rôles? Il appartient toujours au public de construire une suite aux figures imposées, de se promener dans les coulisses, de saisir l’opportunité d’une ‘échappée […]

LEUVEN IN BOOKS, BOOKS IN LEUVEN

With thanks to Archief KU Leuven and Michael T. Ryan – Butler Rarebooks and Manuscript Library – Columbia University – NY.

AZPCGALLERY – NEW YORK: CORRESPONDENCE

Hello Jef, I’m writing now with some sad news. In February, after a long and very complicated negotiation for our new gallery space, Alex and I learned that the beautiful rooftop in Harlem would not be possible for us. We spent that past weeks thinking how to proceed from here. We examined all the possibilities […]