What ‘67’ Reveals About Childhood Creativity. “Through these quaint ready-made formulas the ridiculousness of life is underlined, the absurdity of the adult world and their teachers proclaimed…and the curiosity of language itself is savoured.”

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Er is weer gedoe rondom Cinerama. De Rotterdamse bioscoop leek een half jaar geleden van de ondergang gered. Maar de eigenaar van het gebouw en huurder Kinepolis hebben ruzie gekregen nu hun huurcontract bijna afloopt. Er komt zelfs een rechtszaak. De gemeenteraad maakt zich zorgen.

In de categorie raar nieuws blijkt nu opeens dat kinderen uit groep 8 geen gesprek gaande kunnen houden. Misschien is dat maar beter ook. Dat kinderen uit groep 8 niet zomaar uit het niets foto's van hun kinderen die een leuke middag hadden in de Monkey Town gaan laten zien. Of zeggen dat de Ajax-leiding geen gezag uitstraalt. Of dat je vroeger veel vaker Sinterklaas etalages in de winkelstraat had. Of dat ze over het weer van morgen beginnen. Of over het weer van gisteren. Of over het weer op de laatste vakantie. Of over het weer op de volgende vakantie. Of over wat ze gisteren gegeten hebben. Of over wat Jannie nou weer gezegd had nou ja ze meent het niet maar het is zo'n flapuit. Of over wat je tegenwoordig betaalt voor twee tassen boodschappen. Of over het nieuwste boek van Joris Luyendijk. Of over dat Pieter van Vollenhoven in AI-filmpjes trapt op het internet. Of over hoe je verschil kunt proeven tussen soorten wijnen. Of over wat er laatst bij Omroep MAX was echt interessant. Of over of je hier vaker komt. Of over of het pijn deed toen je uit de hemel naar beneden kwam vallen. Of over Davey Verbeek de Andrew Tate jongen die toen bij First Dates was. Of over de eigenschappen van verschillende types ventielen. Of over wie er op dit moment allemaal opkomende jonge fotografen zijn die op het punt staan door te breken in de scene in Mönchengladbach. Of over waar je absoluut geweest moet zijn als je een weekendje Kopenhagen hebt gedaan. Of over de gezondheidsnadelen van een lactosevrij dieet. Of over de gezondheidsvoordelen van een lactosevrij dieet. Of over de vertrutting. Of over podcasts. Of over mensen die podcasts maken. Of over mensen die podcasts luisteren. Of over mensen die over podcasts praten. Of over belastingen. Of over dat kinderen uit groep 8 dus niet eens meer normaal een gesprek kunnen voeren daar kijk je toch van op zeg komt zeker alleen maar omdat ze de hele tijd naar die schermpjes zitten te staren nou wist je trouwens dat Alexander Klöpping ja van DWDD ja die ja daar nu een actie tegen begonnen is en dat je daar ook een boek van kan kopen en dat er laatste een pop-up store van was ja wel in Amsterdam natuurlijk dat wel maar ja je moet ergens beginnen toch en in Amsterdam zijn de mensen er nu eenmaal vroeg bij met dat soort dingen dat is nu eenmaal zo daar kom je toch niet omheen.

Hou gewoon je muil, drink je glas leeg, bestel er nog een. Maar val ons niet lastig.

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When we look at a leaf, we see a predominantly flat plane, intersected by a midrib and myriad veins, or perhaps dotted with ailments like fungi or the eggs of insects. But imagine what these bits of foliage would look like if blown up like balloons. Artist Syd Carpenter responds “to the garden as a source of form” with her Expanded Leaf series. Imagining a papery leaf if it were inflated, perhaps to the size of a cat, the resulting forms take on “the girth, weight and physicality of animals,” she says.

Carpenter is known for her clay-based practice exploring the body, land, agriculture, and African American history. She taps into the ancient legacy of the material, merging the timeless medium with contemporary concerns. Perception and expectations are thoughtfully challenged as we encounter bulbous, creature-like beings that simultaneously seem alive and inanimate.

In her recent Farm Bowl series, Carpenter considers another enduring juxtaposition, especially in the world of craft: form and function. She transforms the ubiquitous shape of a bowl into a series of tableaux that delve into relationships between African Americans and the land. Investigating ideas of utility, labor, place, and narrative, the sculptures are encircled by farm animals, foodstuffs, modest houses, and fences.

“The handmade bowl is a universal form with equivalent examples represented in every culture,” Carpenter says in a statement. “It is an open, round form with an inner recessed chamber rising from a smaller foot to a wider rim. Bowls can serve ritualistically or as mundane, utilitarian objects.” In their nearly universal applications and ageless form, the bowl provides a unique way of “holding” African American experiences and connections to the land.

A major retrospective of Carpenter’s work, Planting in Space, Time, and Memory, opens in January at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. Running concurrently, another solo show titled Home Bound in Wood, Steel, and Clay runs from January 22 to April 5 at the Berman Museum of Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Her work is also included in the group exhibition Re-Union: Syd Carpenter, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Judy Moonelis, Sana Musasama, and Winnie Owens Hart at the Frances M. Maguire Art Museum of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, from January 14 to March 29.

If you’re in Washington, D.C., you can also see Carpenter’s ceramics in State Fairs: Growing American Craft at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, which continues through September 7. Find more on the artist’s website and Instagram.

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In Clay, Syd Carpenter Explores Nature, African American History, and the Land appeared first on Colossal.

While you’re probably familiar with Spotify’s popular “Wrapped” feature, which allows users to share their most-listened-to artists of the year, you may not be aware that this year the folks at the popular streaming app added a cool little bonus: This year’s Spotify Wrapped also includes all of the birds you hit with your car. 

Rock on! What an awesome way to make Wrapped even more fun. 

For the first time, Wrapped now not only uses your streaming data to generate shareable charts of all of your favorite artists and tracks as well as fun little stats such as your “listening age,” but also uses data gleaned from your vehicle’s parking cameras, traffic surveillance footage, and insurance claims to whip up a neat little roundup of every single bird you nailed while driving in 2025. It even ranks them in order of which species you smacked the most and includes interesting factoids such as the song you were listening to when it happened, your speed, and whether or not the bird was an endangered species. 

This is just fun! Bet you didn’t realize when you creamed that hawk with your SUV that it would be showing up on your Wrapped! 

You’ve gotta love it when tech companies pack these little Easter eggs into their products. And actually, in a way, knowing all of the birds that your friends and family obliterated with their cars is even more interesting than knowing what music they listened to. More of this, please!

In Dalen, provincie Drenthe, is vogelgriep vastgesteld op een biologisch leghennenbedrijf. Om verspreiding van het virus te voorkomen, worden de circa 23.000 kippen door de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) geruimd.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Almost three in 10 GPs in the UK are using AI tools such as ChatGPT in consultations with patients, even though it could lead to them making mistakes and being sued, a study reveals. The rapid adoption of AI to ease workloads is happening alongside a "wild west" lack of regulation of the technology, which is leaving GPs unaware which tools are safe to use. That is the conclusion of research by the Nuffield Trust thinktank, based on a survey of 2,108 family doctors by the Royal College of GPs about AI and on focus groups of GPs.

Ministers hope that AI can help reduce the delays patients face in seeing a GP. The study found that more and more GPs were using AI to produce summaries of appointments with patients, assisting their diagnosis of the patient's condition and routine administrative tasks. In all, 598 (28%) of the 2,108 survey respondents said they were already using AI. More male (33%) than female (25%) GPs have used it and far more use it in well-off than in poorer areas.

It is moving quickly into more widespread use. However, large majorities of GPs, whether they use it or not, worry that practices that adopt it could face "professional liability and medico-legal issues," and "risks of clinical errors" and problems of "patient privacy and data security" as a result, the Nuffield Trust's report says. [...] In a blow to ministerial hopes, the survey also found that GPs use the time it saves them to recover from the stresses of their busy days rather than to see more patients. "While policymakers hope that this saved time will be used to offer more appointments, GPs reported using it primarily for self-care and rest, including reducing overtime working hours to prevent burnout," the report adds.

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De gemeente wil overlast op de Wallen verminderen door een centrum voor sekswerkers te bouwen in Amsterdam-Zuid. Door gebrek aan draagvlak worden de plannen uitgesteld.