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Was ik maar Lucia

by Emma Vranken

Brussel is al meer dan 600 dagen een weeskind. Dat niemand de voogdij over de stad op zich neemt, maakt dat de stad steeds meer de reputatie en allures krijgt van een getroebleerde tienerjongen: een intimiderende, opstandige gast waar je als buitenstaander liefst in een boog omheen loopt. Wie de jongen al langer kent weet dat er onder dat ruige laagje een enorme kwetsbaarheid schuilt die misschien wel eens zou kunnen voortkomen uit de onveilige hechting van de stad.

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Tapestry for Xanthe
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Penelope

by Xanthe Op de Beeck

For our micro publication Tapis Plein, Xanthe looked at the roots of her favourite craft. She wrote a short prose text about Penelope - mother of all weavers, symbol of the quiet power of women’s labour, and unfairly mainly remembered as Odysseus’ wife. Trying to turn an old tale of waiting into a timeless gesture of female agency.

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Anna Du Toit, Lingerers, 2025.
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An Invitation to Linger: Interview with Anna Du Toit

by An-Katrien Callebaut

Singaporean artist Anna Du Toit looks back at a flourishing year. She talks about her first solo exhibition, her growing artistic proces, and the contagious energy within Southeast Asian art.

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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.

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