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Schaatser De Boo heeft vrede met zilver na bijna perfecte race

MILAAN (ANP) - Jenning de Boo heeft vrede met zijn zilveren medaille op de 1000 meter bij de Olympische Spelen van Milaan. Halverwege had de 22-jarige Groninger hoop, maar hij werd in een rechtstreeks duel verslagen door de Amerikaan Jordan Stolz. "Op 600 meter wist ik dat ik een stukje voor hem lag, maar hij heeft zo'n goede slotronde, dat is moeilijk om tegenop te boksen", zei De Boo.

De Boo vond dat hij zijn plan goed had uitgevoerd. "Ik moet op 600 meter voorliggen en elke bocht aanvallen, maar in die laatste bocht kan ik bijna niet meer aanvallen omdat het mij zwart voor de ogen is geworden. Hij kan dan nog een keer aanvallen en daar wint hij het op. Ik zei een dag eerder al dat ik een perfecte race nodig had. Zo zie je maar vandaag."

Hij kon zich daarom neerleggen bij zilver. "Ik rij beter dan ik ooit heb gedaan, ondanks dat kleine missertje bij de start. En het was een pittig dagje. Ik ben blij dat ik onder die druk dit eruit heb kunnen slepen."

Afwachten

Na zijn rit moest De Boo nog even afwachten of het zilver zeker was, maar hij zag al halverwege de rit dat de Pool Damian Zurek niet aan zijn tijd kwam. Daarna moest hij wachten op Joep Wennemars, die mocht overrijden omdat hij was gehinderd. "Met een superfitte Joep was het nog spannend geworden. Maar als je net een 1000 meter hebt gereden, is het superlastig. Het is superzuur voor hem. Ik spreek Joep niet veel, maar dit gun je niemand en hem ook niet. Hij is een mede-Nederlander waar ik al jaar in jaar uit tegen rij."

De Boo vertelde dat hij vrijwel niets had meegekregen van het voorval. "Ik had mij helemaal afgesloten. Ik hoorde het pas erna. Ik heb nog weleens gehad dat iemand voor mij een hele snelle tijd reed en dat kan me beïnvloeden. Daarom heb ik besloten niet meer te kijken. Dat ging niet gemakkelijk, maar het is me wel gelukt."


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Along the Mississippi River, ‘Water | Craft’ Is a Confluence of Art, Culture, and Ecology

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When we think of terms like “flowing” or “fluid,” we could be referring to the nature of water, but we can also just as easily apply these concepts to our understanding of art and craft. Fabrics “pool” and different mediums converge. The nature of creativity is often referred to in terms of an “ebb and flow.” Ecologically speaking, bodies of water are metaphorically woven into the fabric of our planet. Rivers and lakes sustain an abundance of life, shape cultures, and course through history. Amid the ongoing climate crisis, how do artists express concerns about water and the environment?

Water | Craft, a group exhibition at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, dives into this question. The museum itself is situated on the banks of the Mississippi River and often directly engages with its expansive biological and cultural reach. Works by seven artists, whose practices incorporate weaving, pottery, basketry, glass, and textile arts, directly interface with contemporary issues of water access and cultural preservation amid climate change.

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Colossal readers may be familiar with the mixed-media pieces of Tali Weinberg and Nicole McLaughlin, both of whom combine quantities of colorful thread with other materials in meditations on interconnectivity and multi-disciplinarity. Weinberg translates ecological data into tendril-like installations and abstract weavings, such as a series of three pieces from her Climate Datascapes series that visualize information about silt in the Upper Mississippi River. McLaughlin’s dramatically fringed ceramic platters reference Pre-Columbian cultures and the continuum of human history and time.

Water | Craft also includes works by Rowland Ricketts, Sarah Sense, Therman Statom, Kelly Church, and Tanya Aguiñiga. The latter is known for her intricately knotted wall works containing terracotta forms, which cascade gently to the floor. And Ricketts’ large-scale installation, “Bow,” comprises strands of indigo-dyed linen that suspend within a large gallery space, creating the effect of a current or perhaps the silhouette of a boat.

“Just as water flows through bodies, landscapes, and cultural histories, craft knowledge is passed between generations, carrying technical skills alongside cultural values,” the museum says. “The artists in Water | Craft employ traditional methods not as nostalgic gestures, but as living practices that continue to evolve in response to environmental change.”

Water | Craft continues through December 27 in Winona.

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A detail of an abstract fiber and terracotta wall artwork by Tanya Aguiñiga
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A mixed-media wal artwork by Therman Statom including a painting of a person in a boat along with other objects enclosed in plexiglass containers
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A mixed-media woven artwork by Tali Weinberg translating data about the Mississippi River
Tali Weinberg, “Silt Studies: Upper Mississippi River Basin” (2021), from the ‘Climate Datascapes’ series, woven fiber, plant-derived dyes, medical tubing, and fishing line. Photo by Bailey Bolton
An installation view of a large fiber artwork suspended in a gallery space by Rowland Ricketts
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A detail of long strands of blue and white fiber attached to ceramic in a sculpture by Nicole McLaughlin
Nicole McLaughlin, “Confluencia (Confluence)” (detail)

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