Tag: Culture
sixty years ago, the disappearance of Jean Amrouche, the mediator
The year 2022 marks sixty years since the end of the Algerian war. Among the tributes this year, that paid to a major actor of this period. Jean Amrouche, a…
Science, art and technology come together during Kaalstaart festival in Amersfoort
How do you ensure that a spatial work of art that consists of various separate parts does not collapse? That is the challenge that artist Maya Mastwijk faces. In the…
“She leaves him, he kills her”, by Sandrine Bouchait
Book France the Book France of the week denounces the horror of feminicides and the dysfunctions of justice. In 2021, 113 women were victims of femicide in France. Sandrine Bouchait,…
Exhibition: Marlène Dumas in the spotlight at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice
Cultural report ” Open end is the title of the major exhibition devoted to Marlène Dumas at the Palazzo Grassi, one of the museums of the Pinault Foundation in Venice.…
Solenn Bardet, white woman, red woman
Solenn Bardet is officially known to be a geographer, ethnographer, documentarist, but in reality she comes from countless dreams (as Ariane Mnouchkine would say). Dreams born, lying on a carpet,…
Claudio Magris, writing, remembering, and aging in Trieste
Essayist and novelist, winner of numerous prizes, Claudio Magris was born in Trieste in 1939. His works are translated all over the world. He is notably the author of “Danube”,…
Radio Meuh Circus festival, report in La Clusaz (Haute-Savoie)
After two years of muting, we (re) turn up the sound for the tenth! Our guests: Philippe Thévenet from Radio Meuh, Ciara Thompson from the Buttshakers, Célia Wa and Joao…
“Dark information”: investigation of these forgers of the info who manufacture fake news
Conspirators, extremist YouTubers, antivax communities on Facebook and Telegram, … they produce counter-information and manipulate public opinion. Journalist Antoine Bayet investigated “news forgers”. Antoine Bayet is the editorial director of…
In Chad without the stars, with Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry
The Chadian Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry explores in his new novel, There is no rainbow in Heaven, the difficult subject of trans-Saharan slavery. Combining the breath of great epic tales and…
Two Utrecht ruffs after 100 years together for the first time in 1 concert
A critic with a poisonous pen, a conductor with a traditional view of music and an orchestra of international stature that is threatened with destruction, the Utrechts Stedelijk Orkest. Those…