The first scarecrow I made looked like my father. When he died, my mum and I did not know what…
Green Women
“This is it,” she said. “Look at the leaves that are around his face. Look at the leaves that are…
Two Month Theme: Palimpsest
Modern palimpsests keep popping up at me in the form of Instagram ads: little notebooks which promise to be the…
All Across the Country, Everything Changed Overnight
Sophie de Ruiter received third place in the 2019 One Book One Campus contest. Students of Utrecht University College and…
A Cabinet of Contemporary Wonders
I wonder what I would put in my cabinet of curiosities, my wunderkammer, my wonder-room. Centuries ago it would have…
Outside Space: On Digital Wunderkammers
August, Switzerland. I. Can a chamber of curiosities exist outside the confinement of its constructed walls? What do we aim…
Kastanjes
In de voortuin van mijn buurvrouw staat een grote kastanjeboom. Ieder jaar lijkt het opnieuw alsof de kastanjes eerder van…
10 MegaOhm Multimeter
“Come on, dad, can you please just let me finish it this time?” Dad continued tinkering, his thin blonde…
Met het Geluid zo Zacht Mogelijk
Mijn huisgenoot schreeuwt en ik hoor het niet eens meer. Het klinkt als de porno die ik soms kijk, laat,…
Pleasure Trip
The sun scorched our backs before we could make a run for the shadow and our hips convoluted and it…
