On 12 December 1935, a programme was started in Germany to provide the Third Reich with a new generation of leaders: Lebensborn (Source of Life). SS officers were encouraged to reproduce as much as possible, including out of wedlock. In several Lebensborn homes scattered across West-Europe, (unmarried) women could give birth if they met the requirements of the Aryan race. After the war, the children from these homes and families were often stigmatised, mistreated, and abused. Many grew up wi...

Panama’s aanwezigheid in het collectieve geheugen blijft vaak beperkt tot het beroemde kanaal, de exotische landschappen en de recente politieke geschiedenis. In In the Heat presenteert Arturo Soto echter een subjectieve verbeelding van Panama’s stedelijke landschap die het conservatieve beeld van economische vooruitgang tegen spreekt. Hoewel het project niet bedoeld is als sociale kritiek, probeert het wel de uiteenlopende sociale waarden en ongelijkheid in Panama’s stedelijke omgeving...

In september 2011 is Lynn Alleva Lilley met haar man en twee kinderen naar Amman in Jordanië verhuisd. Ver weg van haar geboorteland en van haar vader, die op dat moment ziek was, probeerde ze een thuis te maken voor haar gezin in deze onbekende stad. Ze gebruikte fotografie om dit, voor haar vreemde land, vertrouwd te maken. Gedurende drie jaar heeft ze het Jordaanse volk, Syrische en Iraakse vluchtelingen, dieren in private dierentuinen of boerderijen, de vogeltrek en landschappen gefotogr...

Part 1: All doubt as to the existence of arsenic eating is removed by the present experiments.

Part 2: On the historical encounter with arsenic-containing minerals in general and the practice of arsenic eating in Styria in particular.

Despite the significance of the natural sciences for humanity’s present and future, the principles of today’s scientific practices are often not exposed to the broad social discourse they deserve. Through a combination of philosophy and photography, Jana Hartmann produces a visual exploration of the history of alchemy and science. In the book, she initiates an intriguing dialogue on reductionistic and holistic worldviews, using excerpts from both alchemical writings and modern scientific ...

April 12, 2018: Day Zero, the day that the whole city of Cape Town would run out of water. The countdown to Day Zero was supposed to be a countdown to chaos. Zindzi Zwietering (NL) spent two months in the city to document the crisis.

Bron reflects on South Africa’s water crisis and questions how urban citizens relate to a changing earth. How can we as a society really comprehend the significance of the situation as long as there is still water flowing from our taps? Bron investigates the hu...

To whom does the city belong?

Haven tells the coming of age story of a boy in a rapidly changing environment. Sem Langendijk (NL) witnessed the unrooting effects of gentrification during his upbringing in the periphery of a large city. He lost his connection to the place he lived in for nearly thirty years.

This body of work is the result of a long-term research project into shifting demographics, waterfront development and the dynamics of gentrification. Haven brings together the environme...

If money cannot buy happiness, what drives people to participate in a lottery? And what effect does (almost) winning have on someone’s life, or that of the people around them? Cécile Hupin and Katherine Longly set out to compare dreams with reality by giving a voice to those who won or came close to winning a jackpot, for better or for worse. Their stories form a reflection of our society, our aspirations, our beliefs, and our fraught relationship with money. All of the personal accounts t...

‘Some of You Killed Luisa’ is Valeria Cherchi’s attempt to decode the complex structure of the phenomenon of widespread kidnappings that occurred in her homeland, the island of Sardinia, between the 1960s and 1990s. During that time, almost 200 people were kidnapped and held for ransom. But how does one tell a story bound by uncertainty? How do we talk about histories that are only partially concluded? Cherchi is one of the few artists to deal with this dark chapter of Sardinian history...

Since World War II, the construction of mass tourist locations has been unceasing. Within just half a century, the sun drenched coastlines of Southern Europe were transformed into a global tourist destination. The resulting agglomeration of overdeveloped beach towns no longer show any recognisable relationship with their surroundings, country and history. Hibernation is an exploration into the off-season state of these places. A journey along surreal architecture, spaces and atmospheres, phot...