Down to the countryside
This week I have been busy preparing for the upcoming PechaKucha Night – briefing speakers, preparing poster design, solving some issues concerning the venue. Next week I will launch promotion, …
DCN 3 – Iris van Herpen: Technology and craft entwined
Reporting on the first Dutch Culture Nights of 2021 – a series of screenings of Iris van Herpen’s mesmerizing creations in Kunming, Dali and Xizhou
Une machine à procrastiner
Le Corbusier called houses machines à habiter, machines for living in. I’ve been busy learning how exactly my ‘machine’ works and I’ve found out it’s actually a machine à procrastiner. …
Happy new home
Feeling my way around a new year, new home, new everything.
KISS II Microfest: Psychogeography in Kunming
Last weekend the Kunming International Situationist Society (KISS) organized the second edition of the KISS microfest, a practice in psychogeography or dérive. What and who is KISS? KISS was founded …
The bee king of Baoshan
Many updates – a short bicycle trip, an encounter with a bee keeper, several art events, a Dutch community event, and meanwhile progress on the Heyang house continues at a …
Fundraiser in the ‘Ming
A brief return to Kunming, renovation progress and reading resources.
Get into a groove
Two weeks into my new Dali life, and I’m finally finding my groove, finding my rhythm. Recovered from a dreadful cold, most of my stuff unpacked and organized in my …
Tripping, tilting, shifting
A long overdue update – meaning that too much has been happening. A neuroscientist friend once told me that human beings can handle stress in one or two areas of …
Crunch it in the countryside
Brief update of a subdued yet busy week.