Delve into the heartwarming tale of transformation and self-discovery with the "Ugly Duckling - Grayscale Coloring Book." This beautifully crafted book features 47 single-sided grayscale illustrations inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's classic story, "The Ugly Duckling."

Each page captures a moment from the beloved fairy tale, from the duckling's earliest days, feeling out of place among his siblings, to the stunning reveal of his true identity as a beautiful swan. The grayscale illustrati...

"Christmas Ocean Deities Grayscale Coloring Book" is a captivating and imaginative coloring journey that combines the mystical allure of ocean deities with the festive spirit of Christmas. This unique book features 39 single-sided grayscale pages, each showcasing a beautifully detailed portrayal of various Christmas Ocean Deities. These illustrations, depicting both male and female deities, are designed to provide a coloring experience that is both relaxing and engaging.

The grayscale format ...

In this book, Gert Biesta presents a new approach to contemporary art education by showing the unique possibilities the arts offer to establish a dialogue with the world around us. This approach to art education is based on teaching as a process of showing, where the teacher shows the student what could be good, important or meaningful to master in the world. As a starting point for illustrating this method, the book proposes 'How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare' (1965) by Joseph Beuys, wh...

Als beeldend kunstenaar, ontwerper en uitgever is Dieter Durinck (°1982) van allerlei markten thuis. In zijn diverse oeuvre komen verschillende materialen, tech- nieken en thema’s steeds op bijzondere wijze samen. Eén van deze belangrijke thema’s is de spanning tussen de reproductie en het origineel, een onderwerp dat duidelijk terugkomt bij de Bootleg Paintings.In de traditie van de schilderkunst zijn kopieën en hommages een eeuwenoud fenomeen. Dieter Durinck geeft deze klassieke tren...

What is at stake in this book is an attempt to de-align the discussion of international art practice from the rhetoric of globalization and an exclusive focus on the contemporary. Instead, it seeks to trace a genealogy of trans-local practices, with histories and methods that link to networks of friendship and solidarity, and of the visual arts as participating in a longer history of contact between individuals motivated by shared interests and struggles. Visual art is not limited to a discip...

Het spanningsveld tussen feit en fictie wordt al veel langer onderzocht en bevraagd binnen het gebied van de documentaire kunst. When Fact Is Fiction verzamelt diverse bijdragen van en over kunstenaars die de grenzen tussen feit en fictie verkennen door met het 'documentaire' te spelen. Het boek biedt een brede achtergrond met betrekking tot documentaire kunstpraktijken, zoals het werken met archiefmateriaal in de kunst of het onderzoeken van het eigen subjectieve vertrekpunt bij het maken va...

Sinds de #metoo-beweging zijn vormen van mannelijk seksueel geweld en machtsmisbruik op grote schaal onder de loep genomen. De focus op ‘toxic masculinity’ heeft invloed op onze perceptie van mannelijke seksualiteit, die het zelfbeeld en het zelfrespect van mannen aanzienlijk beïnvloedt. Mannen worden door anderen beschaamd vanwege hun grensoverschrijdende en minachtende houding; en ze schamen zich intrinsiek voor hun eigen fouten of voor de virulente patronen en tradities binnen de ‘w...

‘Each person’s grief is as unique as their fingerprint. But what everyone has in common is that no matter how they grieve, they share a need for their grief to be witnessed.’

David Kessler (2019)

The pandemic has once again made us more aware of the fragility of life and the importance of being able to properly mourn the dead. Dramaturg Guy Cools has been researching laments and other rituals of mourning. He is particularly interested in how the emotions of loss need to be externalized....

We Are The Market! claims a liberal ALL-INCLUSIVITY to push the stretch of our cultural offer in the eye of the final commonplace; the capitalist commons of the high street.

Anticipating to a hegemonic culture encroaching on the city centre, one that’s turning exclusive due an engagement towards a “publics” while narrowing the diversity of cultural production for and by the majority; We Are The Market! commissioned 18 unannounced achievements that offered an alternative. As well as this...

What is the role of the curator when organizing digital art exhibitions in offline and online spaces? Analyzing the influence and impact of curating digital art, the book focuses on how the experiments of curators, artists and designers opened the possibility to reconfigure traditional models and methods for presenting and accessing digital art. In the process, it addresses how web-based practices challenge certain established museological values and precipitate alternative ways of understand...