MAX Diversity
We humans have always migrated. If it is to your liking, it is a multicultural world adventure. But if it is forced migration, it is an unpleasant journey. Separation from home, first of all. And always long for that. But if you are not received with empathy, or not received at all, it hurts much […]
When memories bloom
“A madman far from the world,” says Turkish poet Sebahattin Ali for his melancholy state. The music group Yeni Türkü asks in their famous song: “Which is homeland for us, where is abroad”. Where are we actually? Nostalgia is described as longing for a moment or place in the past. Melancholy is a state […]
Participatory echoes
Notes inspired by two participatory artistic practices: Memories are some kind of recording system. Our lives pass before our eyes like a filmstrip. Then come the objects we interact with. They contain different aspects of life. Bell is one of them. Bells take place in different parts of social life, big or small. We see them in the churchs, in the hand of Santa Claus, […]
A journey of hope
A Turkish proverb says, ‘Hope is the bread of the poor.’ We obviously hope for what we are lacking. If we need to feed ourselves, it is then what we hope for. But is that all about hope? Maybe we carry hope in our genes. Well, would someone who has no hope for the future want to have children? Especially the parents of the baby boom times? It is precisely […]
Johnny Guitar
“Play the guitar, play it again, my JohnnyMaybe you’re cold but you’re so warm inside” The beautiful words and the melody of Johnny Guitar have warmed our hearts for years. The song was made by Peggy Lee and Victor Young. Challenging the audience’s paradigm about western movies, the film was directed by the legendary Nicholas Ray and was released in 1954. In the […]
Expanded journey
We come to the world from a darkness. But darkness is ‘dark’ by our worldly definition: obscurity, grief. However, all feelings are present in our genes. Light is also included. As we move into worldly life, we first meet with pain and screaming. Then follows our first sense of pleasure: mother’s lap, breastfeeding ritual. The […]
Journey to infinity
On the one hand, we are trying to attribute a meaning to everything. On the other hand, life constantly reminds us of its meaning. If knowledge is formed by experience, how can we then say that we have knowledge about life without understanding the experiences? We come to the world as individuals. One. One is […]
Garage Blues
GARAGE BLUES – thriller – 4’24” – color – 2019A film by Rahaf Al-Obeid, Yüksel Çilingir, Limat Berhe Ghebremedhin, Jean Murat Swinnen, Sarah Hamdi, Gert-Jan Verdeyen, Joy Maurits, Simon Cools, Sherin Seyda. Production: Rand Abou Fakher, Victor Ghostin, Gawan Fagard, Gwendolyn Lootens, (Cinemaximiliaan), Sophie Benoot (LUCA). Production team: Maxime Grisart, Omar Al-Samarrai, Lubnan Al-Wazny, Abdulrahman […]
Thuisspel
Ze legde het kleedje voor de straatdeur. Daarna legde ze haar spullen op orde. Theepot eerst, dan de koffiepot, en als laatste een plantenbak .. Ah, ja ook nog een flesje eau de cologne met citroen geur niet te vergeten!! Haar moeder hield ervan gasten te ontvangen. Vandaag bezoek ik jou, morgen bezoek jij ons. […]
Een duivenliefdesverhaal
Een duif… Een soort duif maar toch anders dan een duif. “Kumru” in het Turks. Zij vertrok van uit de Balkan. Zij kwam aan, aan de kust van de Marmara Zee. Naar een stad met smalle wegen: ‘Evreşe’. De stad had zelfs een eigen Turks lied, genaamd: ‘Evreşe yolları dar’ (De wegen van Evreşe zijn smal). […]