A Seat for the Sea is an artistic project based on extensive research that challenges current systems of ecological destruction, employing artistic and sensory approaches — sight, sound, smell — to communicate the stakes of this emergent industry. The makers try to raise questions by making aspects of deep-sea mining tangible in their own way.

Ruth Ronner, founder of GABI fabrics, talks about a cultural exchange during her recent pop-up in Seoul, the collaboration with her sister, and her connection with Ethiopia and her grandmother.

After a peaceful protest on Women’s Right and the Gulf States turned into a riot, Sheila loses the core of her faith. Instead of letting her become a hermit, Eddy shows up every Saturday at her doorstep dragging her back into the world. As their dynamic unfolds, the story examines the uneasy interplay between intention, dependency and the limits of intervention.

Through the work of Edward Hopper, Caroline Schillemans seeks to explore and find some sort of meaning behind the silence that pervades both in art and in the act of watching art.

An art historian’s quick guide to the dynamics of aesthetic appreciation and preference .

Terugdenkend aan een reis door zeven Vlaamse dorpen reflecteert Anouk Meurice over de herinnering en de betekenis van plaatsen.

Deep sea mining, the latest capitalist frontier, captures the intersection of politics, environmentalism, and art. As land resources become increasingly scarce and overexploited, mining companies turn to the ocean, but at what cost?

Ze zijn alomtegenwoordig, maar toch zo vluchtig. Machteld Mercelis documenteert twee anekdotische familieverhalen die dreigen tussen de plooien van de geschiedenis te vallen.

Social media and popular feminism seem to be agreeing on one core subject right now: it’s all about the girlies. The emphasis on hyper-femininity and womanhood resembles the work of 1970s feminist artists and theorists. One of the leading ladies in this discourse was artist Judy Chicago.