Happyplaces stories (video) — I met choreographer, movement director, and gaga teacher Yaara Dolev in front of Lisbon’s National Museum of Ancient Art entrance. She is an established international choreographer, award-winning performer and Gaga teacher. …

Happyplaces stories (video) — After we met briefly a day earlier at the talk in MAAT with Solimàn López Cortez, we met again at International Contemporary Art in Lisbon to walk and talk about space. How Solimàn López Cortez creates new thinking space through art Happyplaces stories (video)medium.com Pauline is the curator and entrepreneur behind Artpool, whose extensive work as a director at art institutions, galleries…

Happyplaces stories (video) — Silvia is an architect by training and a sociologist by vocation based in Madrid. During a break at Social Now! — the conference we were both speaking at — we recorded her story while she was dancing in the streets of Lisbon. She is the director of Cohesionist, a…

Happyplaces stories (video) — After his talk ‘The Sky’s the Limit when art and science enter the crypto space’ at the handsome MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology), Solimán shared how he creates space. Here, he shared his reflection on the topic on the rooftop of the museum, where they had just…

Happyplaces stories (video) — We both ran a bit late for our meeting, and because of that, we were both right on time. João told me that he was not a big fan of being in front of cameras, being an introvert. Good that I brought two :) But as soon as we…

Happyplaces Stories (video) — And so we met again. The last time we met in London, with the colourful houses of Notting Hill as a backdrop. We talked for hours but did not record anything then. Meanwhile, Kim moved to Lisbon just before Brexit and Covid happened. We walked, talked and danced through…

Happyplaces stories (video) — I had the privilege to spend an entire afternoon with serial entrepreneur, technologist and author Hanae Bezad, wandering the streets of Lisbon, enjoying the views, the people, the colours and our infinite conversation and sharing thoughts around all dimensions of space. She is exactly where she needs to be…

Afscheid — 9 Augustus 2022, ochtend Stien, tante Stien, is tof. Het is de enige nog levende zus samen met mijn moeder uit een gezin van zes zussen en twee broers. De laatst overgebleven broer was ook nog op haar verjaardagsfeestje, maar heeft ze minder contact mee. Met Stien is ze naast…

Woorden worden werkelijkheid — 8 Augustus 2022 ‘Hallo!’ ‘Haallloooooo!’ klinkt er vrolijk terug vanuit haar slaapkamer. Dat positieve ondanks alles blijft een plezier. De ‘ondanks alles’ is weer zeker sprake van. ‘Ik ben weer hartstikke misselijk. Ik weet niet waarvan, misschien van de pillen.’ Ze puft het weg. ‘Wil je het teiltje dichterbij hebben…