High water Dordrecht and Noordwaard

Last days it was high water in Dordrecht and surroundings. The quays behind the house and garden were no longer visible and various buildings had to be protected against flooding with sandbags. In De Noordwaard, part of Ruimte voor de Rivier, the threshold between...

Water safety Dordrecht

On the day of the highest water level in years, I attended (February 10) a meeting related to water safety in the SpuiLAB 210 Dordrecht. The participants’ input is used by the Zuid-Holland-Zuid Safety Region to draw up a long-term evacuation strategy....

IFFR

The last day of the International Film Festival Rotterdam I visit the ‘Volkskrantdag’ of this festival, as usual the conclusion of this 12-day stream of films, documentaries and events.

Farewell to the Royal Academy

As of 1 February I will be saying goodbye as a teacher of (autonomous) photography at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. In the past 30 years I have guided countless students in this subject at the Photography department and the Visual Arts department. In recent...

Boekpresentatie Jan Brokken

‘Stedevaart’, the latest book by Brokken, was presented on January 31 at the OBA Oosterdok Theater with a rendition of the program ‘Parade, the Paris by Erik Satie’ with which Jan Brokken with Tobias Borsboom (piano) and Peter Vigh (alto...
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