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Wat ist anders als fraey?
by Machteld Mercelis
More than ever women are exploring crafts: woodworking, metallurgy, pottery, tailoring, or just being a badass and building things. After exploring woodworking for two years now, I felt a need for historical rootedness — finding out on whose shoulders we stand, and where the origins of our shared practices lie.
Beavers and Third Nature: Multispecies Speculation
by Warre Van Ingelghem
During a recent visit to a natural-historic museum, I found myself confronted with facts frozen-in-time. Why are these animals stuffed and mounted in this museum? What path did its life and body travel before becoming an object?
Meanderende mijmeringen en stilstaan bij Trisha Donnelly, MMK Frankfurt
by Andrea Kerstens
Het afgelopen halfjaar, dwaalt de bewoording ‘dorpskunstenaar’ door mijn hoofd. Ik kan het maar met moeite loslaten en betrap mezelf er op dat de woorden juist daar bewegen waar veel vragen zich afspelen.
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Akimbo is an online magazine and platform aiming to bring together Art, Books, and Culture. We focus on contemporary complexities, riveting essays, aesthetic inspirations, the internal turmoil of 20-year-olds and other stories waiting to be told.
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Through an interdisciplinary and transhistorical approach we are committed to open up conversations on literature, contemporary art and popular culture, which should remain accessible to everybody regardless of their education and background.