Tag: ROUTE C
Nora makes theater about strong women: ‘What traditions do I take with me, which traditions are not’
Nora’s grandmother lived in the countryside under simple conditions. Nora’s daughter has everything she wants. “I found it interesting how that developed, from my grandmother to my mother, to me,…
Thijmen is Nacht painter: ‘You walk out the door and discover the mystery’
There are no people in the paintings of Thijmen, but people are in it because of the artificial light he paints. “The question is: how do you as a human…
Naomi makes her fear theater: ‘I am still looking for where that comes from’
She is twelve years old when she gets a panic attack for the first time. Since then, Naomi has been suffering from all kinds of fears: abandonment, loss, square fear,…
New musical company brings the rock musical Rent on stage
The new Utrecht musical company Superbia will soon be on stage with the rock musical Rent. Bingo FM presenter Mattijs Franken is one of the founders of Superbia. They no…
New musical company decides what they do: ‘It is also nice to give people a little more room themselves’
Mattijs: “They are many different people in that group without it very much on top. I like that. There is a drag queen in it, there are people in it…
Persian blues and Turkish grooves come together with ancient animation film
It must have been a monk work, the silent animation film by the German director Lotte cleaner. It is not signed, but all figures and objects are cut from black…
Refugee Harrison Omoyater makes art from toothpicks to cope with his traumas
The basic materials are simple and cheap, toothpicks, skewers, some paint and a board. Harrison doesn’t need much more than that to spend hours working. A colorful work of art…
Harrison lived on the street and was in prison, now he is making art from skewers
The basic material is simple and cheap, toothpicks, skewers, some paint and a shelf. Harrison does not need much more to work for hours. A colorful artwork is created under…
Anne-Maartje Lemereis is Composer Laureate: ‘It is an enormous honor to be able to bear the title’
She composes chamber music, works for orchestra, piano and children’s choirs, operas and much more. Due to this waterfall of compositions and her commitment to the music world, Anne-Maartje is…
Paper flowers keep Jessica’s brain healthy: ‘I have also fallen a bit in love with paper’
Jessica pricks a stem one leaf at a time to create an increasingly full flower. She first applied some paint to the pink paper leaves with a stamp, so that…