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Tag Archives: cultures
PS | Let’s not forget about the Huli People.
Let’s not forget about the Huli people. A quick search on Google tells me they have been discovered by now. The odd tribe in Papua New Guinee where the ultimate goal in style for men is to wear wigs, and … Continue reading
Posted in blog art, OUT OF THE BOX, TEXT
Tagged clash, cultures, google search, hair, Huli people, Music, online, PS, tribe, wisdom
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Welcome To My Neighborhood, The World
My neighborhood museum is the Tropen Museum and it is one of Europe’s leading ethnographic museums, renowned for its collection. The permanent and temporary exhibitions display (art) objects, photographs, music and film from non-western cultures. A recent show was about Body … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, ART, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, Fashion, PHOTOGRAPHY, REVIEW, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged Amsterdam, bodypaint, China, cultures, decoration, ethnography, gender, Holland, LGBT, modern art, my neighborhood, non-western, Oost, painting, peoples, piercing, rituals, scar, secret love, sexuality, soul, tattoo, transgender, tribal, tribes, Tropen Museum
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Catchy culture swap
The clip above was shown to me in a mega format through a beamer and I couldn’t help but feeling lifted. It is a happy clip. Although the back of my mind asked Why? going all the way to … Continue reading
Posted in PHOTOGRAPHY, REVIEW, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged bands, Before they pass away, boys, ceremonial, clash, classic, composition, cultures, everyday, faces, famous, hairdo, Huli, indigenous, Jimmy Nelson, make-up, making music, men, Papua New Guinea, piano, pigment, pop music, Scouting for Girls, Singing In The Forrest, sky, tribe, tv show, watch, watch tv, wig, wigman
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PS | Grab a slice of history today
If in Amsterdam today, you have a unique opportunity to grab a slice of history: Photographer Jimmy Nelson (UK, 1967) is visiting, to promote his book Before They Pass Away, a collection of absolutely mind blowing images of the last … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, GEM OF THE DAY, PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT
Tagged Amsterdam, ancient culture, artifacts, awareness, Before they pass away, book signing, cultures, exclusive, globalization, Jimmy Nelson, Mendo, Netherlands, PHOTOGRAPHY, sale, teNeus, tradition, travel, tribal art, tribes
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Inspiration
How everyday objects can become very exotic ornaments. The pictures were taken in the 1950’s in Guinea.
Posted in OUT OF THE BOX, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged bic, cultures, earring, everyday, Guinea, hansaplast, inspiration, nose ormament, Ornaments, pen, tribal
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New urbanites by Hamid el Kanbouhi
This painting was stuck in the back of my mind, since I visited the local art centre in May. They had it up on the wall, and the size is impressive, 2 x 1,5 metres, but there’s more to it … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, CREATIVE CAREERS
Tagged Aanrecht, Absolutely Fabulous, Amsterdam, ART, Casting, CBK Amsterdam Oost, cultures, Hamid el Kanbouhi, Larache, Metro kunst, Morocco, Noord Zuid lijn, painting, patterns, Rijksakademie, Shopping
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