Highlanders in the Lowlands: Re-enactment of an Extinct Cow
Van MensvoortAt the end of every cold winter there is a debate in the Netherlands on whether the forestry service should feed the …
Some centuries ago landscape painters taught us to appreciate the quality of an untouched landscape. Ever since we have been doing everything to recreate it. We camouflage cell phone antenna mast to look like tries. We fly thousands of miles to experience a pristine landscape. Some countries even go so far to reconstruct prehistoric landscapes at obsolete industrial sites – revived extinct animals included.
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‘The regenerated prehistoric landscapes are best understood as theater. Like in a theater play or a movie, we are willing to suspend our disbelief and linger in the imaginary story portrayed before us’
Dog Modding in China
Hendrik-Jan GrievinkAs a child, I already saw some great tiger potential in my cat and some shark-ish attitude in the behaviour of my …
Come See the Berg!
Van MensvoortSo you’ve seen the peak of the Mount Everest on tour ? Descended the bobsled ride of the Matterhorn in a Disneyland ? …
Under the Beach Lies the Pavement
Van MensvoortDuring the riots of 1968 , as students in Paris ripped up paving stones and threw them at the police, one of the …