Today's Europe seen through the eyes of photographer Lieve Blancquaert

The fall of the Berlin Wall motivated photographer and journalist Lieve Blancquaert to set off on an epic tour of Europe in her campervan. She visited all twenty-seven member states of the European Union in search of the origins of this identity. She wanted to hear and feel what holds us together and what divides us.

Her many personal encounters reveal time and again that our own language, history, concerns, desires and dr...

Iedere dag vertrekken er duizenden mensen in een karavaan vanuit Guatemala, Honduras en El Salvador via Mexico richting Amerika vanwege oplaaiend geweld, (vrouwen) moorden en slechte economische omstandigheden in eigen land. Een tocht waarbij honderden kilometers vaak te voet moeten worden afgelegd, vol angst om opgepakt en teruggestuurd te worden of in sommige gevallen zelfs te verdwijnen. Onder het beleid van Amerikaanse president Donald Trump werd, ondanks felle tegenstand, 'The wall' gebo...

The majestic fantasy world of photographer-artist Sanja Marušić

Intriguing self-portraits, desolate landscapes and vibrant colours: the Dutch-Croatian artist Sanja Marušić (°1991) creates new worlds with her images. She travels to the four corners of the globe, but just as easily she uses her own living room as a backdrop. Recurring themes are escapism, the relationship between man and nature, motherhood, and finding the balance in human relationships.

Marušić’s artistic practice is ...

Xiaoxiao Xu embarks on a journey of 25,000 kilometres to document the lives of the people along the foot of the Great Wall of China. Contrary to popular belief, the wall is not a single, continuous structure, but rather a collection of walls and fortifications built during various Chinese dynasties. Her images show that, despite its decline in some of these parts, a lively relationship remains between the wall and local populations who honour and protect it. In the process, Xu attempts to dis...

Fifty years ago, optimism concerning scientific progress seemed endless. However, while the techniques from the space industry found a way into our daily lives, science grew increasingly apart from the everyday world. Scientific interpretations are complicated for non-experts to grasp, resulting in an exchange based on trust.

The truth is that science actually is a temporary and uncertain activity, with ambiguity, curiosity and unpredictability as fundamental elements of its process.

In Fail...

After World War II, President Juan Perón of Argentina had Germans with particular military and technological expertise secretly smuggled into the country. Among them was the Austrian-born scientist Ronald Richter, who convinced Perón about the feasibility of generating unlimited energy through nuclear fusion. He received massive funding to build an experimental reactor on Huemel Island in Patagonia, but the project came to an abrupt end three years later. In this volume, visual artist Pablo...