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Joost van Doesburg has completed his first month working as director of business development & communication at Dubai-headquartered airport services provider dnata
The new post follows van Doesburg’s unexpected exit from his role as head of cargo at Royal Schiphol Group at the beginning of February this year
I started my new role as director of business development & communication at dnata
and I’m excited to be part of such a dynamic and ambitious team
we will reach a major milestone with the opening of dnata Cargo City Amsterdam — a state-of-the-art facility that will further strengthen our capabilities in air cargo handling
I look forward to this exciting development and to contributing to dnata’s continued growth and success.”
He confirmed to Air Cargo News that he remains Amsterdam-based
Schiphol Group announced that van Doesburg would leave his role as head of cargo in December.
said at the time: “We respect his decision but deeply regret it
Unjust defamatory allegations have been made against him
and business-related criticism of Schiphol has been made personal
Taking on the head of cargo role in March 2023
cargo volumes at Schiphol increased during van Doesburg’s tenure
he overhauled the Cargo Port Community system ‘Cargonaut’
plus initiated a process to reposition cargo within Schiphol
with a focus on sustainability and quality
he faced a tough cargo landscape from the moment he took on the role
with Schiphol’s challenges pre-dating his arrival
These challenges included a backlash over increased airline charges
plans to reduce flight numbers and scrutiny over emissions and noise
dnata Cargo City Amsterdam will be equipped with solar panels
electric vehicle charging stations and air source heat pumps
The cargo centre will also be BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) certified
Mark Galardo has been promoted to executive vice president & chief commercial officer and president
MSC Air Cargo has hired Nina Heinz as service delivery director to focus on improving customer experience
Recruitment and retention in the air cargo industry is still at crisis point with 59% of air cargo workers having considered leaving the industry altogether
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Head of cargo at Royal Schiphol Group Joost van Doesburg will step down on 1 February
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Volume 7 - 2013 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00785
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a characterized by deficits in social cognition and executive function
An area of particular difficulty for children with ASD is cognitive flexibility
such as the ability to shift between attentional or response sets
The biological basis of such deficits remains poorly understood
although atypical development of structural and functional brain connectivity have been reported in ASD
suggesting that disruptions of normal patterns of inter-regional communication may contribute to cognitive problems in this group
The present magnetoencephalography study measured inter-regional phase synchronization while children with ASD and typically developing matched controls (6–14 years of age) performed a set-shifting task
Reduced theta-band phase synchronization was observed in children with ASD during extradimensional set-shifting
This reduction in task-dependent inter-regional connectivity encompassed numerous areas including multiple frontal lobe regions
and indicates that problems with communication among brain areas may contribute to difficulties with executive function in ASD
The neural basis of executive set-shifting abilities in ASD
we recorded MEG while children with ASD and matched controls performed a set-shifting task requiring strong engagement of executive processes
this task places strong demands on cognitive flexibility
Atlas-based source reconstruction was performed and task-dependent changes in inter-regional oscillatory synchrony were assessed to test the hypothesis that children with ASD express atypical coordination of oscillatory activity in large-scale networks in tasks requiring cognitive flexibility and executive functions
A total of 20 children with ASD and 18 typically developing typically developing children were tested
due to too much movement during the MEG study
4 in each group were excluded from analyses
16 children with ASD (13 male; mean age 11.1 years; SD = 2.5) and 14 typically developing controls (12 male; mean age 11.5 years; SD = 2.4) were included in the present study
Intellectual ability was assessed using WASI 2-score IQ and did not differ between groups (p = 0.81); mean IQ was 107 (SD = 12.7) for the ASD group and 105.8 (SD = 15.6) for the controls
Subjects were excluded if they had a history of neurological disorders (other than ASD for those in the clinical group)
did not have normal or corrected-to-normal vision
language skill which made them unable to complete the task
or had other contraindications for MEG or MRI imaging
This research was approved by the Hospital for Sick Children Research Ethics Board
All children gave informed assent and their parents gave informed written consent
Magnetoencephalographic data were acquired on a 151 channel whole head CTF/MISL system (Coquitlam, Canada). Children were supine throughout data recording, and three coils placed at the nasion and left and right preauricular points were used to monitor head location during recording. Data were collected continuously at 625 Hz, during which subjects performed a set-shifting task (Figure 1)
the children were presented with three stimuli on each trial
Subjects were instructed to match the bottom stimulus to one of the two upper stimuli
There were two dimensions on which the stimuli could vary: shape (triangle
The rule for correctly matching remained constant throughout each “set” and there was always only one correct response
Following three or four consecutive correct trials a “set-shift” occurred
in which the rule for matching would change
In ID shifts the rule would change within a given dimension (e.g.
or star to cross); in ED shifts the rule for matching would change across dimensions
The order of ID and ED shifts was randomized
Stimulus duration depended on subject response time
The inter-trial interval varied between 1000 and 1500 ms
Two 6 min runs were collected for each subject
To facilitate co-registration of MEG activity to brain anatomy a structural volumetric MR image was collected following MEG recording for each subject using a 1.5-T Signa Advantage system (GE Medical Systems)
MEG fiducial coils were replaced by radio-opaque markers for the T1 weighted 3-D SPGR scan to maintain accurate MEG-MRI co-registration
Children were instructed to match the stimulus presented at the bottom of each image with one of two options presented at the top; the match was possible only by shape or color
within which the rule for matching is held constant (i.e.
the rule for matching switched within a dimension (i.e.
within color; green to red) whereas in extradimensional shifts (ED; bottom) the rule for matching switched between dimensions (i.e.
Figure 2. Seed locations for the inter-regional phase-locking analysis. Seed locations are the 72 cortical and sub-cortical regions originally adapted for source-space MEG analysis by Diaconescu et al. (2011)
Behavioral data for children with ASD and typically developing controls are presented in Table 1
Reaction times for the typically developing control children were significantly longer (p < 0.02) on ED1 trials than for ED3 trials
but did not differ significantly between the ID1 and ID3 trials (p < 0.54)
The children with ASD also exhibited significantly longer reaction times (p < 0.05) on ED1 trials than on ED3 trials
but did not express significantly longer RTs (p = 0.17) for ID1 relative to ID3 trials
children with ASD and controls did not differ in their reaction times
for either ED (ED1; p = 0.5) or ID set-shifting (ID1; p = 0.49)
This indicates that the ED set-shifting task required additional cognitive resources for both the ASD and control groups
and overall performance did not differ between the groups
Means and standard deviations of reaction times (ms) for children with ASD and typically developing controls for each trial type
In the theta band, clear increases above baseline values of average network connectivity were seen for both children with ASD and typically developing controls in both the ID1 and ED1 shift conditions, as well as during ED3 and ID3 conditions, in which no set-shifting occurred. Figure 3 displays the time course of theta-band network connectivity strength
for ASD and controls for each trial condition
standardized relative to a 250 ms pre-stimulus baseline
Time courses of task-dependent theta-band connectivity appeared roughly similar between ASD children and controls
where demands on executive function are expected to be greatest
This reduced engagement of network connectivity in children with ASD
peaked 150–400 ms following stimulus onset
No clear modulations of inter-regional network synchronization were observed outside the theta frequency range
Time-course of theta-band connectivity strength during task performance
Time-courses of connectivity were derived by averaging theta-band (4–7 Hz) connectivity strengths across all 72 analyzed regions for each time point
and subtracting mean baseline (−250 to 0 ms) network connectivity from connectivity strength at each time point
Note the more extensive task-dependent increases in connectivity strengths in both groups during the first block of extradimensional (ED1) and intradimensional (ID1) sets
when increased engagement of executive functions was required
compared to the third trial of each set (ED3 and ID3) when set-shifting did not occur
These task-dependent modulations of network connectivity were observed for both groups
but reduced inter-regional theta connectivity was evident from 150 to 400 ms during extradimensional set-shifting (ED1) in children with ASD (arrow)
Comparison of connectivity between baseline and active windows within the ASD and typically developing groups
did not reveal any statistically significant differences
Reduced network synchronization in ASD during set-shifting
Black lines represent connections among regions which expressed reduced task-dependent theta-synchronization during extradimensional set-shifting (ED1) in children with ASD (p = 0.01)
represents increasing magnitude of group differences in task-dependent connectivity strength for these regions
Each region in the network showing reduced connectivity in children with ASD
together with associated Brodmann areas (BA) and Talairach coordinates
our results suggest that disordered frontal lobe connectivity may impact the ability to marshal task-dependent functional interactions among frontal regions and other areas typically used to perform executive and cognitive tasks
disruptions of the frontal lobes’ capacity to orchestrate communication within distributed networks may contribute to selective difficulties in executive function in ASD
as well as a region in cuneus/precuneus that was more active with task switching
our findings suggest that reduced incorporation of right insula into distributed task-dependent networks may contribute to difficulties with cognitive flexibility and executive control in children with ASD
This study provides the first evidence for reduced theta-band inter-regional synchronization during a set-shifting task in children with ASD
This adds to the growing body of literature demonstrating disrupted oscillatory coherence in brain networks in neurodevelopmental disorders
The inability to recruit theta-band synchronization in large-scale networks may contribute to deficits in executive abilities associated with ASD
This altered connectivity included several frontal regions
suggesting that frontal lobe functions are less effective in coordinating among task-relevant brain regions in ASD
leading to reduced performance on tasks requiring executive abilities
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest
and Carmen Schäfer for their help with data analyses
We would also like to thank CIHR (MOP-81161) for financial support of this project to Margot J
and NSERC (RGPIN-435659) for financial support to Sam M
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Joost van Doesburg has decided to step down from his position as head of cargo at Royal Schiphol Group with the airport citing “unjust defamatory allegations” made against him in its response to the news
Royal Schiphol Group did not elaborate on what these allegations were
but van Doesburg is not the first to exit a role at Schiphol following conflict over operations
The Group said in a press release on December 9 that van Doesburg had decided to step down from Royal Schiphol Group as of February 1
“We respect his decision but deeply regret it
resulting in media coverage,” said Patricia Vitalis
“This has created an undesirable situation for him
The Schiphol Executive Team has always supported Joost
He is a dedicated professional who has consistently advocated for the interests of cargo at Schiphol.”
In March 2023, van Doesburg became responsible for Schiphol’s cargo operations
who headed cargo as one part of her role as head of aviation business development
The Group noted that cargo volumes increased during van Doesburg’s time as head of cargo at Schiphol
van Doesburg overhauled the Cargo Port Community system ‘Cargonaut’
But van Doesburg faced a tough cargo landscape from the moment he took on the role
During 2022, Schiphol faced staff shortages and was subsequently forced to ask airlines to cut flight numbers
The airport also saw reduced cargo volumes in 2022 due to weaker market conditions and the loss of AirBridgeCargo services
Schiphol had also announced plans to put up airline charges
sparking backlash from Dutch logistics group Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) and others
This marked the beginning of a prolonged period of tension over costs
which was later intensified by scrutiny over emissions and slots and plans to cut the number of flights at the airport
In April 2022, Dutch consumer protection body Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) rejected appeals from airlines and air cargo groups to halt Schiphol’s plans to increase prices
Then in June that year, the Dutch government confirmed plans to reduce the number of flights from Schiphol from November 2023 as part of efforts to reduce noise and environmental pollution
The Schiphol air cargo community is called for freighters to be excluded from the plans in order to retain sufficient cargo slots
In September 2022, Schiphol chief executive Dick Benschop resigned from the role after he received criticism following disruption at the Dutch hub due to staff shortages
Royal Schiphol Group’s chief operating officer Hanne Buis decided to due to a “difference of opinion” over the “operational management” of the airport
2023 brought with it more clashes over the number of flights handled at Schiphol
The Dutch government in February announced it would reduce Schiphol’s capacity from 500,000 to 460,000 flight annual movements
with the ultimate goal of reducing flight movements to 440,000 by 2024 to reduce noise pollution and emissions
In response, the KLM Group, Delta Air Lines, Corendon, easyJet, TUI and IATA launched a legal challenge against the plans.
What followed was a drawn out court battle, ending in November 2023 when the Dutch government backed down on its plans after objections from the US and European Union
That same month, it was also announced that Pieter van Oord would take on the role of chief executive at Royal Schiphol Group as of June 2024
2024 looked more promising for the Schiphol cargo community when the new Dutch government in September put forward revised proposals to lower noise pollution at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport that would likely reduce the overall cuts in flights required at the air cargo hub
While the precise number of flights hadn’t been finalised
the Dutch infrastructure ministry said its revised proposals would likely permit somewhere between 475,000-485,000 annual flight movements in order to deliver a 17% reduction in noise pollution
a less drastic cut than then the previous figures discussed
During this time the airport faced criticism for not doing enough to protect freighter operations, although van Doesburg argued that the airport was trying to ring-fence freighter flights to protect them from cuts.
The latest dispute regarding cargo at the airport has centred around the airport’s plans to increase fees over the coming years, with cargo groups saying the price hikes will disproportionally affect freighter operators.
Last month, Schiphol announced that it would increase airline charges by 37% over the coming three years in response to high inflation and increased interest rates
The charges will increase by 41% next year
5% in 2026 and then decrease by 7.5% in 2027
more typically freighters than passenger aircraft
while night flights will also be subjected to additional charges
These plans will disproportionally impact freighter airlines
Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) and forwarding group Fenex submitted a complaint to the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets over Schiphol’s plans to hike prices
ground handling at the airport looks to be more secure for now
dnata and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) recently reached a joint agreement with union FNV over pay rises
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2025 at 1:48 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The lawsuit was filed by Frank Flores and John Doesburg on Jan
16 in Somerset County Superior Court against the Mayor and Council and Police Chief John Mitzak
NJ — Two officers have filed a lawsuit against Bridgewater claiming racial bias has limited them from participating in promotions
The lawsuit was filed by Frank Flores and John Doesburg on Jan
The officers claim they participated in the "Citizen Police Academy" which brought recognition to them
Because of this the lawsuit claims "their participation was limited because they were Black and they were being recognized by the community."
Flores also claims he was denied advancement into the position of Detective and could not volunteer his time with the citizen police academy due to discrimination because of a medical condition he has that predominantly affects Blacks where he must wear a beard because of a skin condition
Doesburgh retired from the police department on May 31
because of the "discrimination against him."
This is Flores' second lawsuit against the Township. He previously filed a lawsuit in June 2024 claiming Mitzak retaliated against him for wanting to grow his facial hair. Read More: Bridgewater Cop Who Wanted To Grow Facial Hair Files Lawsuit Against Township
Flores claims Mitzak granted permission to allow Flores to grow his facial hair due to his medical condition only if he provides a medical note on a monthly basis
"This was a burdensome request as it required [Flores] to seek a note from a doctor for a chronic condition on a recurring basis," according to the lawsuit
Flores also claimed that Mitzak wrote him up for one month for forgetting to supply a note
The Township then hired attorney Gina Rabuck-Anton to conduct an independent investigation in 2023 and 2024
Flores claims that when he filed an OPRA request for all documents related to the investigation he was denied by the Township
Doesburgh was reportedly a witness in support of a human resources complaint filed by Flores alleging racial discrimination against Mitzak
Public Information Officer for Bridgewater Township Suzanne Maeder said the Township is aware of the recent civil action filed by Doesburgh and Flores and will cooperate fully with the legal process
"The Township stands by the integrity and professionalism of its Police Department and its officers
who serve our community with dedication and uphold the highest standards of conduct
Any suggestion to the contrary is both unfounded and misleading," said Maeder
"While we cannot comment further on ongoing litigation
we remain confident that the facts will demonstrate the Township’s unwavering commitment to lawful and ethical practices."
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Bart De Wever (Flemish nationalist N-VA) has fulfilled his ambition and has been installed as Belgium’s federal prime minister at the head of a 5-way coalition government
After 12 years in the job as Mayor of Antwerp Mr De Wever has handed over to Els Van Doesburg (Flemish nationalist N-VA)
she is the youngest mayor of Flanders’ largest city since the creation of Belgium
the first Dutch person to hold the job and only the third woman
She continues the coalition with the Flemish socialists of Vooruit
Ms Van Doesburg first became municipal councillor in Antwerp after the 2018 local elections and succeeded Fons Duchateau (N-VA) as alderwoman or member of Antwerp’s city cabinet in 2021
Life has moved fast for Els van Doesburg During Monday’s city council meeting
she took the oath of office in the presence of Bart De Wever (VIDEO)
who is the youngest Antwerp mayor since the founding of Belgium in 1830
35-year-old Els van Doesburg was born in the Netherlands
making her the first Dutch person to don the Antwerp mayor's sash
Later she moved to Schilde (Antwerp Province) together with her parents and two younger brothers as her parents owned a chocolate factory in Breda (The Netherlands)
she attended school in Westmalle (Antwerp Province) and later studied political sciences at Antwerp University
Ms Van Doesburg landed a seat in the N-VA (Flemish nationalist) group on Antwerp city council
she had been working as a parliamentary assistant with her party's group in the federal parliament in Brussels
It was here she met and fell in love with her partner: the current president of the chamber of representatives
Fons Duchateau (N-VA) decided to step down as alderman to oversee the merger between the city’s hospital groups ZNA and GZA
The then 31-year-old Van Doesburg got the support of 83 per cent of her local party members and was appointed as Mr Duchateau's successor
she soon made a name for herself in the metropolis of Antwerp
She did so partly through her involvement in the big hospital merger on 1 July 2024
Ms Van Doesburg also hit the headlines on several occasions in the debate about whether or not to privatise the Antwerp Care Company
As alderman responsible for city and neighbourhood maintenance
who ‘assume that the gnomes will come and clean up their waste’
During the municipal elections of 13 October 2024
Els van Doesburg polled 13,045 votes across Antwerp
This put her well behind Mayor Bart De Wever in the ranking of preferential votes
but Ms Van Doesburg picked up more votes than anybody else from her party
In Antwerp only Bart De Wever and Jos D'Haese (Communist PVDA) polled more preferential votes in the city
When Bart De Wever became Belgian prime minister
Els van Doesburg seemed the logical successor for the mayor’s post at city hall
Koen Kennis (N-VA) took on the role of acting mayor for several weeks
but on Monday night Ms Van Doesburg officially took the oath as ‘Mother of the City’ of Antwerp
She is only the 3rd woman ever to hold that position
Two socialist politicians Mathilde Schroyens and Leona Detiège earlier held this post
who has served on the municipal council since 2019
replaces Ms Van Doesburg as alderman for social affairs and seniors’ care in the new administration that took office after October’s local elections
In addition to the mayoralty Ms Van Doesburg will be responsible for health care and she also remains president of the ZAS hospital group
Alderman and party colleague Ken Casier takes over city and neighbourhood maintenance
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Why is Mondrian the celeb while Van Doesburg is a mere footnote to 20th-century art
a name that keeps cropping up while never taking centre stage
because if you're honest you'll admit that the two men – almost direct contemporaries (Van Doesburg was eight years younger) and
close friends – did virtually the same thing in paint
although I suppose tiny detail is significant in such arcane matters: according to some commentators
Van Doesburg's daring introduction of the diagonal into his work was enough to cause a rift between the two men
We live in days when an artist would have to bottle his grandmother in urine before anyone would be mildly shocked
so it's refreshing to know that in the 1920s an argument over the use of diagonal lines was sufficient to break off a relationship
Presumably another reason for Mondrian's greater fame is those little dresses that Yves Saint Laurent created in the 60s
which elevated the reclusive Dutch artist to the status of a design icon
But perhaps the major reason is that Mondrian stuck to his guns
Both artists evolved out of the Dutch figurative tradition into complete abstraction at exactly the same time
but while Mondrian remained with his bleak
You reach out to grab Mondrian and what have you got
You try the same thing with Van Doesburg and he's as slippery as an eel
performance artist – he was all those things and more
Born Christian Emil Küpper in 1883 into an artistic family in Utrecht
he only became "Theo Doesburg" when he started painting – his adopted name being borrowed from his stepfather
in much the same way that Ludwig Mies added "van der" when he merged his mother's maiden name
One detects a similar feeling of social insecurity in the two men
At the start of his career Van Doesburg was a competent figurative painter
potato-eater mode; but he soon came in contact with non-figurative painting and in 1916 met Mondrian
The devotion of both men to the creation of a purely abstract art led to the formation of the De Stijl group in 1917 and the publication of its magazine
which Van Doesburg edited and published from its foundation that year until its demise following his early death in 1931
Van Doesburg's life may have been short but it was energetic
often topped with a homburg and usually accompanied by a cigarette – think Humphrey Bogart – appear in photographs of divers artistic groups from Paris to Weimar
elementarism – the "isms" of the time are bewildering to anybody but a specialist
but Van Doesburg was involved in all of them
a centripetal element in a diverse and chaotic artistic world
attended conferences and congresses and exhibitions
in collaboration with the Municipal Museum of Leiden (where De Stijl was launched)
Perhaps as a result of this exhibition he will begin to take his deserved place in the public imagination
Of all the arts that Van Doesburg touched perhaps his greatest influence lay in the area of architecture and design
Together with the architects JJ Oud and Gerrit Rietveld
geometric painting of the De Stijl group and burst it out into the third dimension
Indeed he even tried to inform his work with a fourth dimension
although with what success is a matter of debate
Certainly he was fired with a thrilling spatial imagination
His axonometric projections of ideal houses
created in conjunction with the young architect Cornelis van Eesteren
are crucial in understanding this concept so it is a shame that they do not form part of this otherwise comprehensive exhibition
A plastic model of one of the proposed buildings (the "Maison Particulière") gives some idea but a 3-D model is not as striking as the original drawings
In the drawings perspective is ambiguous; walls are no longer supporting structures but floating
intersecting planes of primary colour; rooms are not static boxes but conceptual spaces hovering in the air
The volumes of the buildings seem to explode from an inner core
as though erupting into the third dimension and straining for that elusive fourth
armed with such architectural visions (he had been talking of the fourth dimension since 1917)
apparently with the intention of mounting an assault on the portals of Walter Gropius's newly founded Bauhaus
Whether or not he expected to be taken on to the staff of the Bauhaus is not clear; what is certain is that his presence was a yeast in the ferment that swirled around the design school
were alienated by Van Doesburg's dogmatic and aggressive views; others
In June he was publishing De Stijl from Weimar and the next year he began his own De Stijl architecture course
This was a crucial time in the development of the Bauhaus
when it was in the process of moving from its individualistic arts and crafts origins to embrace the uniformity and austerity of style that was soon to be given the epithets "modernist" or "international"; the first architectural style for almost a thousand years not to imitate something else
Van Doesburg's contribution to this shift in emphasis was crucial
He preached geometry and the use of primary colour and the submersion of the individual in the collective
things that later became an integral part of the Bauhaus philosophy
The German period lasted for almost two years – of frenetic writing
lecturing and organising – but behind all this activity there is a love story: with Van Doesburg from the start was the redoubtable Nelly van Moorsel
Nelly was a pianist whom he met at an exhibition of the Section d'Or group of abstract painters that he organised in the Hague in 1920
He was 15 years her senior and already married but that did not stand in Van Moorsel's way: she abandoned her orthodox Roman Catholic family and went off with him to Paris
From the outset she considered herself married to him
although in fact Van Doesburg was not divorced from his previous wife until January 1923
They were inseparable; whenever Van Doesburg appears in a photograph – and there are plenty in the exhibition – there is Van Moorsel beside him
her mischievous grin a wonderful counterpoint to his solemn gaze
And there was a great deal to laugh about: besides the rational philosophy of De Stijl
Van Doesburg was actively involved in a movement that seems to embody the exact opposite: Dada
To understand Van Doesburg one must understand this marked polarity in his life: De Stijl on the one hand and Dada on the other
like everything else in life," announced the founder of the movement
Dada swept aside traditions and all perceptions of what constitutes art
Its influence is felt right up to the present day
Randomly selected members of the public doing whatever they pleased on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square in London is Dada
The only difference is that Emin's bed and Antony Gormley's curation of the fourth plinth were rather tame
Van Doesburg had organised the Congress of Constructivists and Dadaists which included such luminaries as Hans Arp
directly after returning to Holland from Germany
the Van Doesburgs partnered the wonderfully barmy Schwitters in a grand Dada tour of Holland
They'd done this performance in Jena the year before; now they performed in 10 different cities before a succession of suitably bewildered audiences
Nelly would play the piano – perhaps Rieti's "Wedding Breakfast of a Crocodile" or an Erik Satie piece they advertised as "Ragtime-Dada"
wearing a monocle and with his face whited up
Van Doesburg would recite from his recent pamphlet Wat is Dada???
would interrupt the lecture by barking like a dog
Later Schwitters would be invited on stage where
In Utrecht a fight broke out after members of the audience invaded the stage and tried to present Schwitters with a wreath of dead flowers and a copy of the Bible
Van Doesburg's active involvement in Dada predates all this
In 1920 De Stijl magazine published a Dada poem by a certain IK Bonset
More Bonset poems followed in subsequent editions and the same poet also edited the short-lived Dada Magazine Mécano (1922-24) as well as contributing to other Dada publications
"IK Bonset" is actually a Spoonerism (surely the most Dada figure of speech) for "I am a fool" in Dutch (Ik ben sot): it is a nom-de-plume for Theo van Doesburg
To complete the picture there is a wonderful photograph of Nelly playing the part of IK Bonset
The true identity of the poet was not revealed to most of Van Doesburg's friends until after his death
like some maniacal product of its own imagination
the Dada Soirée at the Théâtre Michel in Paris famously ending in chaos with the actors attacked on stage by an enraged by then-ex Dadaist André Breton
He broke one actor's arm with his walking stick
the poet Paul Éluard was knocked into the footlights
the audience rioted and the auditorium was wrecked
More "Rock Around the Clock" than the fourth plinth
Theo van Doesburg and Nelly van Moorsel were in the audience
Perhaps the end of Dada was a signal to settle down
The Van Doesburgs re-established themselves back in Paris
He began painting again – he had done no painting at all in Germany – and design commissions came his way: the Flower Room in the modernist Villa Noailles in the south of France being the first
albeit a small one (the room is a mere 1.2m by 1.5m)
Shortly afterwards came a collaboration with Arp and his wife Sophie Taeuber-Arp to redesign the interior of one wing of the Aubette building in Strasbourg as an entertainment centre
This work is Van Doesburg's masterpiece of interior design
his powerful and dynamic diagonal blocks of primary colour march across the walls and ceilings of large
Sadly the designs did not meet with public approval and were covered over in 1938
Only recently have the rooms been restored
finally being opened to the public in their entirety in 2009
The whole complex is now classified as a Monument Historique
With money she had been left in her father's will
the couple built a studio-house to Van Doesburg's own design
partly because of difficulties with the building material
an insulating fabric of compressed straw used by Le Corbusier
Van Doesburg was building a house of straw: he died within a few months of completion
of a heart attack following a bout of asthma
of all the dimensions of his short life the most important one was as intangible as the fourth dimension for which he searched: the influence that he had among the avant-garde of the 1920s
an artistic movement that has shaped our own world
but you can get the flavour of it through the more than 400 exhibits
from paintings by Mondrian and Arp to furniture by Rietveld and sculpture by Brancusi
that the Tate has brought together in this important and extensive exhibition
a tireless promoter of her husband's vision
lived on in the house in Meudon until her death in 1975; the house still stands
a modest and poignant memorial to a man who for 10 years was one of the major catalysts of the art world in the 20th century
Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde: Constructing a New World is at Tate Modern
Concealed behind an 18th century Baroque façade in Strasbourg’s Place Kléber, the Café L’Aubette is a dazzlingly incongruous expression of the 1920s De Stijl movement. Designed by Theo van Doesburg
one of the movement’s founders and leading lights
geometric aesthetic was heavily influenced by the work of contemporary artists such as Piet Mondrian
Van Doesburg sought to do more than simply place viewers before a painting; he wanted to envelop them in it
Courtesy of Wikimedia user Claude Truong-NgocThe radical interiors of the Café l’Aubette, while now lauded as a masterpiece of De Stijl architecture
were not met with great acclaim by the café’s patrons.[14] After less than a decade
the interior style was altered once again; it was not until the 1960s that restoration of Van Doesburg’s design was even considered
The ciné-dancing hall was restored between 1985 and 1994 based on period photographs and architectural drawings; the rest of the interior followed later
with the emphasis being on conservation of the original materials wherever possible
Meticulous care was taken to reproduce exactly the colors chosen by Van Doesburg and the Arps
the Aubette was restored to its 1920s appearance.[15] Now designated a historic landmark
the Café l’Aubette remains a monument to the marriage of graphic design and architecture facilitated by De Stijl’s principles of bold geometry
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Het Nieuwe Instituut has acquired a model of an interior by Theo van Doesburg for the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning
It is a design for one of the most important architectural projects of De Stijl: the cinema-cum-dance hall in the Aubette building in Strasbourg (1928)
The acquired work is a unique hybrid of a gouache and a model
which expresses Van Doesburg’s intended synthesis of painting and architecture
It is also the only model by Van Doesburg to survive
The acquisition has been made possible by contributions from the Mondriaan Fund
Vereniging Rembrandt and Galerie Gmurzynska
The model in Van Doesburg’s studio at Place Kleber in Strasbourg
Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD)
is one of the great avant-garde artworks of the 20th century
The design transformed the 18th-century barracks building in Strasbourg into an entertainment complex with cafés
For the most important space in the Aubette
Theo van Doesburg made a dynamic design with diagonals for the walls and ceiling
It represents a milestone in his oeuvre and in the development of De Stijl
the team for the redesign of the Aubette was made up of the artists Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Hans Arp
form and architecture as a unity that enters into an interaction with the public
This project gave Van Doesburg his first opportunity to put his theories on abstract interior design into practice
He employed diagonal shapes and lines to create a dynamic whole with the intention of seducing visitors to move from one space to another
he also first expressed his ideas about Elementarism: “This oblique dimension not only destroys the earlier means of rectangular expression […] but also provides new optics and phonetics.”1 Central to Van Doesburg’s theory of Elementarism was the idea that you must liberate the human mind in order to raise the individual and the community to a higher level
The acquired work is a provisional design for the cinema-cum-dance hall from 1926
but it is in fact a model: the walls can fold up
all of Van Doesburg’s models have been lost
That makes this object unique in a material sense
The work is also characteristic of Van Doesburg’s representational means
making no distinction between art and architecture
which presents a spatial image either folded or unfolded
reflects Van Doesburg’s intended synthesis of painting and architecture
He literally placed the visitor of the space within the art of painting instead of in front of it
the model was intended to convince the Arps and their client of the spatial quality of his ambitions
The numbers in the coloured areas were intended as instructions for the painters who were to implement the design
There are several drawings in the Van Doesburg collection (in the National Collection of Het Nieuwe Instituut and in other collections) that show the ceiling (or floor) with the walls on a single sheet
He thus returned to the classic representational model used by architects since the Renaissance: with the ceiling in the middle and the walls around it
with a vertical stacking of the spatial components
as the design for a University Hall (1923) shows
This was a radical break with traditional architectural conventions
Van Doesburg created a plastic architecture
in fact an anti-architecture – certainly if modernism is taken as the starting point – in which only the skin with the coloured walls is required to evoke an atmosphere that was to help shape the “new man” envisioned by the avant-garde
the interior model fits seamlessly within the National Collection
and the Van Doesburg collection that forms a part of it
the National Collection focuses on the design process and the underlying history of ideas
The drawings of the Aubette in the Van Doesburg collection show the development from the first sketches of 1926 to the final design drawings two years later
Van Doesburg designed all aspects of the interior of the cinema and dance hall
final colour design for the ceiling of the Grand Hall
The drawings show how Wagner’s concept of the gesamtkunstwerk was transformed in the 20th century into a total installation by a man who was a master of several disciplines
Placing the surfaces of the interior model alongside the definitive series of drawings
it becomes apparent how Van Doesburg puzzled over the positions of the diagonal forms and the colours
But not only the forms and colours differ from the final design: the gouache paint is also applied in a different manner
and has a more unfinished appearance compared to the final design drawings
Het Nieuwe Instituut became a heritage institution
the term “innovation” no longer pertains to the creative industry
but to the desire to connect the past and the future on the basis of the National Collection and/or other archives
Network formation and partnerships are essential for making the collection accessible
Using different forms of research – speculative
public – we are developing new approaches to looking at the archive
assigning value to it and giving it meaning
but is constantly changing and has to be made and proven time and again
the central question is how heritage institutions can give expression to a greater diversity of voices and improved accessibility through their organisation
collections and associated acquisitions and accessibility policies
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Most people have heard of Cubism and probably even have a fair idea of what a Cubist painting looks like
the first Design Biennale Rotterdam will transform the city with exhibitions
talks and events dedicated to collectable design
Abstract art is like drawing what you feel or imagine
without having to show something real.
Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde: Constructing a New World
back-lit geometric stained-glass windows (based on a woman's head and the fugues of Bach)
elegant nightclub ashtrays and designs for Dutch cheese wrappers; architectural models for houses and a nightclub-cum-cinema complex in Strasbourg
Theo van Doesburg painted target-like cosmic suns
and a vacuous-looking red-cheeked face with gormless button eyes
His subsequent mobilisation in the Dutch army seemed to cure him of Kandinsky's half-baked spiritual claptrap and this sort of whimsy – but not the shared aim to make a new art for a new century
Wagner's Lohengrin and the operatic ideal of the gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork) provided Van Doesburg's art with big ambitions
who always wanted to see himself in an international rather than a local Dutch context
He was a thoroughly modern artist: on the one hand
he pursued an art of increasing aesthetic purity and hygiene
even reducing a picture of a cow to a series of geometric blocks; and on the other
he wrote dadaist poems of startling scatological and blasphemous verve and obscenity
Van Doesburg's art looked just like Mondrian's
the other an artist who never stopped moving
theorising and play-acting; he immersed himself in the various movements and machinations of the avant garde
Seeing Van Doesburg in the company of Mondrian and Kurt Schwitters
Raoul Hausmann and Tristan Tzara is to see an artist on the run in the 20th century
The proliferating "isms" of the 1920s – neo-cubism
All the divergent philosophies and ruptures over seemingly inconsequential issues
the strident manifestos and depersonalised and interchangeable artworks
are frequently less dramatic than the lives and friendships that produced them
This fascinating show is perhaps more fun than it ought to be because it succeeds in drawing out the latter
One can walk through admiring here a sideboard by Gerrit Rietveld (it looks like a Rennie Mackintosh
pausing gratefully over a Mondrian with an empty grey centre
laughing at the words "merde" and "caca" graffittied over a postcard portrait of German expressionist Herwarth Walden
One can enjoy the naive early abstract animation of a Hans Richter film
or worry over the developing use of the horizontal and the vertical
and the disruption caused by the use of a diagonal
And were those neo-plasticists really allowed to use purple
Christian Emil Marie Küpper first adopted the name of his stepfather and became Theo van Doesburg
Later he toyed with using Küpper as the first of a number of pseudonyms or noms de guerre
He published articles under the name Pipifox
Nelly van Moorsel – wearing a convincing moustache
and with pipe in mouth – to pose for a portrait as the mysterious artist
Bonset could do what Van Doesburg could not
Van Doesburg's leanings towards iconoclastic
anti-art dada – seemingly at complete odds to the purity and rigour of his own art and beliefs – have been described as "guilt-ridden"
alongside his impeccable de Stijl (the Style) magazine
which was devoted to a theory of abstraction
He said he wanted to "splinter himself" and explore different identities
(One might well wonder how far all this Jekyll and Hyde splintering went
in the artist's private life as well as his public.)
Van Doesburg's paintings ditched all representation and illusions of depth
Mathematical progressions and the use of the grid allowed him to plot his compositions in relation to the rectangle or square on which they sit
He came to believe that art "should not contain any natural form
and that the painter's technique "should be mechanical rather than 'impressionistic'"
All this appears at odds with Bonset's all-over-the-place
and the manifesto in which he spits on God
Jesus and Marx and "on the knicknack and papier-mache artists who want to make a world of soft chocolate and perfumed shit"
once wrote that "life is an extraordinary invention"
His play with selves and artistic personalities might be compared to those of the great Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa
who invented several characters who each wrote in a different manner and voice
there is a recognition that artistic personality and authenticity are guises
and being an artist has long been an act of self-invention
inventing his female alter ego Rrose Sélavy
said he believed more in the artist than the art
No one even uses the word "postmodernism" much any more
or even small isms to worry about or be confused by (stuckism
almost universal fixation with celebrity and art as entertainment; there is no artistic gambit that hasn't been tried or can't find a public or a market
I think he'd accommodate and fit in pretty well
One can also see how Van Doesburg's last and most rigorous phase
which called for works to be self-referential and absolutist – "entirely designed and formed by the mind prior to execution" – might even lead towards conceptualism
While Van Doesburg expunged his art of outside references and all expression
art concret led not to a dead end but to minimalism's boxes
It also inspired the great flowering and playfulness of the Brazilian neo-concretist art of the 1950s and 60s
the flowing banners and cloaks of Hélio Oiticica
Had he not died of a heart attack in his late 40s
perhaps Van Doesburg's art would have become even more emptied out; perhaps he would have turned his attentions fully to objects rather than paintings
He might have had to invent several more pseudonyms to cope with all the possibilities
a dialogue between the elementary and dynamic structural forms of the schröder house is created through the interruption of straight lines and primary colors from van doesburg’s ‘counter-composition’ series
delory’s ‘rietveld van doesburg house’ marks the latest chapter in his ‘pilgrimage along modernity’ series
which sees the transformation of 20th century architectural monuments as a subversive homage to the modernist movement
this latest visualization focuses on the de stijl movement
and its founding by theo van doesburg in 1917
the style revolved around a set of formal rules and reduced painting to the elements of horizontal and vertical straight lines
rietveld’s 1924 ‘schröder house’ in utrecht is considered to be a spatial translation of the de stijl principles
through his ‘rietveld van doesburg house
delory emphasizes de stijl’s versatility in its application to façades
AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function
but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style
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The permanent ‘Mondrian & De Stijl’ exhibit currently includes 10 models based on Theo Van Doesburg’s ‘Maison d’Artiste’ model
A hundred years ago Theo van Doesburg (leading light of De Stijl) and architect Cornelis van Eesteren presented a model of a home for an artist (‘Maison d’Artiste’) at a gallery in Paris
It represents Van Doesburg’s utopian vision of “living in a spatial painting”
The model consisted of stacked spaces with square and rectangular planes
The design was intended above all as a manifesto against what they regarded as the rigidity of traditional architecture
But how realistic was Van Doesburg’s experiment
“There has been too little attempt at […] efficiency
The model was accepted more as a work of art than as architecture
the question of the practicality of Maison d’Artiste continues to appeal to the imagination
all the more so because the original model was lost
Students of Mick Eekhout (architect and emeritus professor of architecture) reconstructed the form and the colour scheme in 2002
Eekhout developed the ‘three-dimensional painting’ into a habitable structure
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A new look at the work of Nelly and Theo Van Doesburg is possible thanks to the restoration of their architecture archive
The exhibition recognises Nelly as a key figure in the consolidation of the reputation of Van Doesburg and De Stijl
The magnificent focus of the exhibition will be on the couple’s most striking joint project: their studio-house in the Parisian suburb of Meudon
drawings and scale models rarely (if ever) exhibited before reveal the house’s rich history
most of which is in such poor condition that it cannot be lent or shown any more without restoration
Thanks to a one-off financial injection by the Ministry of Education
the works are being restored in the context of the Disclosing Architecture programme
The start of the restoration is also the start of a mystery
The preliminary research on the architecture archive of Van Doesburg is first and foremost formal in character
Are the colours of the works in the collection original
or have they been unconsciously adapted to the image of De Stijl over the years
It has become clear to what extent the copy was a sort of semi-product for Van Doesburg that can be modified again and again
The preliminary research has therefore become a reflection on the media he used
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De Stijl, which began as an art publication a century ago, ended up being the most influential design movement in Dutch history. Among the nationwide centennial celebrations, “Architecture and Interiors. The Desire for Style,” at the Municipal Museum of the Hague on June 10 to September 17
and black blueprint for a 1918 house and an equally colorful 1924 competition entry for a shopping arcade are both by Theo van Doesburg
who co-founded De Stijl with Piet Mondrian
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van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian fell out over it
Mondrian held firm that the future lay in horizontal and vertical lines
one feels that van Doesburg may have been a bit of an anarchist at heart
and straight lines and squares simply couldn’t contain him
since he also flirted with the Dadaists under the pseudonym I K Bonset.) Needless to say
this led to a complete severing of relations
the two only resuming contact six years later
Under the editorship of van Doesburg in 1917
De Stijl ("The Style") was founded initially as a journal
designers and architects sought to unite their previously segregated art forms
Designers including Gerrit Rietveld and architect J P Oud were soon inspired to join in
it was a style that was to prove hugely influential to the Bauhaus
a movement that had previously adopted an English-inspired Arts and Crafts aesthetic
you would never describe De Stijl as a homogenous movement: other artists whose aesthetic was quite removed from its strict geometry also featured
both in the journal and in the exhibitions van Doesburg organised
Tate Modern’s mammoth survey of the movement is really quite a marvel
intelligently curated and rich with historical detail
It encompasses not only the austere geometric paintings - the Compositions
Counter-Compositions and Simultaneous Counter-Compositions - of Doesburg
his poetry and his stained glass windows (the latter are quite lovely
These are shown alongside the canvases of Mondrian
and one begins to appreciate how much more varied van Doesburg’s activities were
Although you may occasionally feel disengaged by the repetitious imaginary - you are certain to leave with retinas imprinted with primary-coloured squares - there are plenty of pieces that will simply stop you in your tracks
If you ever imagine modernist design to be
then take a look at Rietveld’s beautifully crafted Sideboard (pictured right)
there’s a lot going on in that sideboard; it’s kind of like a beautiful
(It’s not for nothing that abstract artists have often given their works the titles of musical forms.) But then again
I’m sure you'd find no use for Rietveld’s Child’s Highchair
necessary requirements of modernist design
This labyrinthine exhibition reinstates van Doesburg to his rightful place
but unlike Mondrian he did not become a cult figure
This is not because Mondrian was a better artist - I don't think he was
and excepting the direction of their lines
there is often little to distinguish their painterly styles
it is largely because Mondrian lived long enough to go off to New York just as that city was becoming the art centre of the universe
it was New York that inspired Mondrian’s wonderfully jazzy Boogie Woogie paintings
van Doesburg had already been dead for nearly a decade
dying of a heart attack in his late 50s in 1931
And with him died the journal and movement he founded
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It is mildly ironic that Theo van Doesburg should be remembered as Mr Diagonal, although not entirely so. With his more famous countryman, Piet Mondrian, the Dutch painter fathered a movement and magazine called De Stijl ("The Style") – a utopian group that practised and preached the universal truths of abstract geometry. In 1923, Van Doesburg followed Mondrian to Paris, where, the following year, they fell out.
Heretically, Van Doesburg proclaimed diagonals to be better than horizontals and verticals, which he saw as classicising, old-fashioned and – worst of all – based on the human body. Mondrian, scandalised, maintained that the contrary was the case. Van Doesburg stalked off with a splinter group, the Elementarists, leaving his ex-friend to tend the flame of what he now called Neo-Plasticism alone.
Charles Darwent sees Paul Nash: The Elements at Dulwich Picture Gallery – a running together of still life and landscape by the great 20th-century British romantic
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has been found to relax us and increase blood flow to the brain
Being self-employed takes a bit of discipline to get work done in time
because one is self-determining how much or how little work gets done in a day
I have created a lot of stress for myself by wanting to impose “normal” work hours for my studio practice
I have since established my own routine and accepted that I am only effective in my work at certain times of the day
I have a loose routine where I get housework and paperwork done in my creative downtime
and only go to the studio when I’m going to be at my most effective
How do you manage your health and fitness alongside your creativity
a mode of transport that I love and that also keeps me fit
I have had an electric bike for a long time now and hardly use my car
I commute to my studio and cycle pretty much everywhere I want to go in Dunedin
I am thrilled with the bike lane around the harbour
and the ferry ride to allow me to ride around the harbour at the weekend - such an asset for Dunedin
I do yoga and practice XBX exercise three times a week
(The XBX Plan is a physical fitness programme developed by The Royal Canadian Air Force
It’s comprised of four charts of ten exercises
arranged in progressive order of difficulty
as well as gardening and smelling the roses
How often do you manage to be outside in nature and our wonderful environment
As often as possible- that’s why I love cycling; as a commuter
one is always exposed to the beauty of the natural environment whilst also enhancing one’s wellbeing with moderate exercise
What is your beauty regime and are there any products you swear by
I trained as a dressmaker in Germany and find great pleasure in well-designed clothes
Dunedin offers a good selection of innovative products - my most-loved designer is Mild Red and I always feel good in her clothes
I have a few friends who are jewellers and a beautiful piece by Kobi Bosshard or Lynn Kelly always make me feel good
It is important for my wellbeing to surround myself with people
gave me a cup to take on my regular journeys to Germany; it certainly gives me a feeling of home comforts
drinking my daily coffee from this beautiful cup
Hair-styling is important to me too and I am very glad to have found the perfect stylist for me
I recently decided to go back to colouring my hair after Covid19 prompted me to go grey
I was asked too many times whether I was a senior so I began to get frustrated about it
A friend suggested L’Oréal Preference hair colour and I’m back to my natural colour and feel a lot better about my appearance now
I can always go back to grey when I’m actually a senior…
This week Tate Modern will be opening its doors to the radical and multi-disciplinary artist Theo van Doesburg
Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde: Constructing a New World is the first major exhibition in the UK devoted to the Dutch artist
The exhibition displays a wide range of van Doesburg’s work including a series of remarkable semi-figurative paintings
his work on the prolific magazine and eventual art movement De Stijl (1917)
and a display of his stain glass and experimental movie shorts
In addition to van Doesburg’s productions the exhibition also explores the importance of his interdisciplinary practice and collaborations with other artists and architects such as constructivist Piet Mondrian
This includes model reconstructions and interior designs for the Café Aubette’s cinema-dance hall in Strasbourg
which he completed in collaboration with Sophie Taeuber and Hans Arp
Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde: Constructing a New World4 Febuary - 16 May 2010Admission £10.00 (concessions £8.50)Tate Modern
Open daqily from 10.00 - 18.00 and untill 22.00 on Friday and Saturday
More than 2,000 young visitors were at the two-day hands-on event
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A recent exhibition at the Architectural Association showcased radical approaches to domesticity…
nights you can’t remember and some you’ll never forget
there are a few people running around who owe their very existence to that of Winnies
the gourmet pizza bar was opened by Christchurch-based Rex Doesburg
Winnie and Bagoe — he’d already set one up in his home city
Doesburg later sold the Queenstown venue to local Alistair Niven who then sold to restaurateur Mark Jessop
Mike and Cordelia Burgess then purchased the business in 2001
about the time the name changed to Winnies — it became the first venue for what’s now Republic Hospitality Group
"Cords and I are proud to have been part of such an iconic Queenstown restaurant," Mike says
"It’s been a huge part of our lives and we’re grateful to all the crew(s) over the years that have made Winnies uniquely what it is."
Republic CEO Blair Impey says it’s become "a Queenstown institution"
The venue’s not really changed since it opened
and still features the famous opening roof
which dates back to when the building was The Embassy Theatre
Impey reckons the fact they’ve protected Winnies’ "vintage
retro vibe" is part of the reason it’s so loved
and I suppose that’s what we all love about it."
Along with continuing to serve their gourmet pizzas
Winnies has become legendary for the late-night crowd
because it’s sort of a rite of passage where generations have passed on
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She moved to Brussels from Romania for her studies and Mont des Arts made her fall in love with the city and remain here
After a busy summer season, the chaos seemed to settle down at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
as security staff left the airport to look for jobs elsewhere and airlines are once again forced to cancel flights
Schiphol offered an extra hourly allowance to employees
which incentivised people to stay or even specifically apply for jobs at the airport
Many staff came especially for this allowance
The summer allowance has thus helped to cope with the summer problems but has not helped make the problems at Schiphol disappear in a structural way
The biggest queue I have ever seen in my life is at Schiphol airport and extends a few miles away from the airport’s entrance. Fast lanes have been cancelled for all airlines by @Schiphol I am told by @aegeanairlines pic.twitter.com/tJFLlwNJ6N
employees received an extra allowance of €5,25 gross per hour
said “a lot of airport employees already indicated to work elsewhere after the Summer period
the scenario now seems to be unfolding.”
“The summer allowance meant a bit of appreciation for this particular group
at least until the end of the summer allowance
But they can earn the same amount of money elsewhere for less intensive work”
saying that the extra pay of €1,40 gross per hour that staff will continue to receive is simply not enough for them to stay
This is the Dutch airport @Schiphol , formerly known for its efficiency. A line of several kilometres to get to security. What an embarrassment. pic.twitter.com/qv2EeuwaLb
van Doesburg expressed dissatisfaction over the fact that the summer allowance was cut from the end of August
since summer season in aviation lasts until October
The month of September is usually still very busy
since a lot of holidaymakers take advantage of the last hot days of the year
especially since prices in holiday destinations are usually lower at the end of the season
the month also marks the restart of business or work related travel
The response from the airport was to pass the fault onto the staff
saying that “Staffing levels at security are lower than what we had requested of the security companies.” Flights between 16:00 and 23:00 were cancelled
while a lot of passengers simply missed their trips due to the long waiting times
Schiphol indicated that the passengers affected by the delays and cancellations, as well as those who missed their flights because of the queues can apply for compensation from the airport
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Chloe Doesburg is the CEO of Driftscape, a new app that provides a platform for local organizations to share site-specific arts
It helps those who visit (and live in) Toronto to discover hidden gems all around them
from diverse local experts–from Indigenous community leaders to the Toronto Public Library.
We asked Doesburg how the app came to be
and what she’s discovered along the way.
SDTC: What did you do prior to developing Track Toronto and now Driftscape?
CD: Before I started working on Track Toronto and Driftscape
These projects both started small–as hobbies while working full-time–and slowly grew and grew
and I’ve been inspired by others who explore and tell stories about their surroundings in unexpected ways
I’ve always loved to hear references to specific places in literature and music
but it usually seemed like these places were somewhere else
When I heard people reference places that I was intimately familiar with in this same way
it gave them new life and made them incredibly exciting
One project that really inspired me is murmur. This project was done before smartphones, and users could discover signs around the city that had a phone number on them. When you called the number, you would hear a story about the place where you were. What struck me about this is that these stories were suddenly so much more meaningful and memorable when you encountered them in the places they were about.
Driftscape has a pretty wide appeal, from tourists to curious locals. It’s really for anyone with a smartphone who’s interested in learning more about where they are.
What makes sharing our local stories so powerful?
When you can tie a story to a place you know, you’ll always remember it. We think by sharing different perspectives on the city on the same place, we can create something that reflects the diversity.
What was the most moving story you’ve discovered through Driftscape?
Having a small role in creating the “Indigenous History and Storytelling Along the Lower Don” tour was the most moving experience I’ve had through Driftscape. The tour was created by First Story guides Philip Cote and Jon Johnson, and it helped me to see Toronto in a way that I never had before.
We often talk about Toronto as a new city that was formed when European settlers arrived, and that’s just not the case. There is a rich Indigenous history here, one that’s often invisible. First Story is an organization committed to telling these fascinating and important stories. You can listen to the tour for free in the app. I promise you’ll learn a lot.
What were the hiccups you faced in getting this app off the ground?
There were definitely a lot of hiccups along the way. One of the great things about developing a digital product is that we can continue to evolve it in real time while the app is live. One thing I can say is that it’s important to have a strong team of people who share goals and priorities.
Any advice to other women who may be thinking of launching their own platform?
When you’re trying something new, there’s often not much of a road map, and I think that’s okay. Sometimes you only need to take the first step, and once you’ve done that, you’ll have some idea of what the second step should be!
How do you see Driftscape evolving in the next few years?
We have a lot planned for the next few years! We plan to add new features, including an augmented-reality navigation mode. We’ll continue to partner with new organizations so that there’s even more fantastic content to explore. We also plan to expand to other regions and are working on the software that will enable us to do that.
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Based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Kim Anderson (aka Kim Can Draw) is of Māori and Singaporean Chinese descent. She says the Fellowship provides her with the “time, energy and resourcing” needed to develop a graphic novel.
Written by teacher, translator & community leader Tauanu’u Perenise Tapu Sitagata, the book is designed to introduce children to the rich cultural heritage of Samoa, conveying proverbs that guide family life, leadership, education, and the environment by drawing on a wealth of traditional wisdom that can appeal to younger readers of all ethnicities in Aotearoa.
Headway is issuing a strong and urgent warning to whānau, schools, and young people about the deeply troubling ‘Run It Straight’ trend, a challenge gaining popularity among rangatahi that encourages participants to charge at each other in full-speed collisions. This is not a sport; it’s a direct assault on developing brains.
This year, the weather played kind, offering clear skies and mild winds — a rare gift in the Tararua Range, which averages over 160 days of gale-force winds and 200 days of rain annually.
The Commissioner will work alongside the Secretary for Education, Ms Ellen MacGregor-Reid, and other Ministry staff, who will remain actively involved in the negotiations. Their advice and expertise will be central to his decisions.
From the return of a legendary cultural relay to a brand-new forest trail course and a kids' run that brings schools together in celebration of movement, this year’s event promises to be one of the most vibrant and community-driven editions yet.
Credit: National Crime AgencyTwo Dutch men have been jailed for a "James Bond-style" plot to smuggle more than £16 million of cocaine into the UK
were convicted of attempting to remove 108kg of extremely high purity cocaine from a ship in Scotland by using an underwater scooter and scuba diving equipment
Van Doesburg was jailed for 20 years while Van Milt was sentenced to 16 years in prison at Leeds Crown Court
The judge told the two men that they "played for high stakes" and lost
Van Doesburg's son Roderick Van Doesburg
were cleared of conspiring to import illegal drugs into the UK
The convicted pair were charged after customs officers seized more than 50 packages of cocaine - with a street value of £16.2 million - from the rudder space of the Cape Maria vessel at Hunterston
Van Milt had scuba diving experience and planned on accessing the drugs from outside the ship
dry suits and other diving equipment in the 49-year-old's car after his arrest
Prosecutor Paul Mitchell told the jury in the four-week trial: "You might have seen them used by James Bond and James Bond's adversaries
"It's the kind of thing you use if you need to travel underwater at high speed."
National Crime Agency (NCA) branch commander
said: "The underwater scooter was like something out of a Bond movie
"These criminals were going to use it to dive beneath the ship under the cover of darkness and recover the cocaine worth tens of millions of pounds."
It is this latest role as a chef Adam Doesberg is relishing at the moment
finding it brings together many aspects of his various roles
He is one of the Otago Farmers Market chefs
demonstrating produce and products made and grown by the vendors
‘‘It consolidates a number of different ‘mes’; it involves elements of education and communications as I’m a spokesperson for the market and helping the vendors show their produce in the best light
‘‘Those opportunities are as rare as hen’s teeth; it’s a real treat.’’
It also fitted in perfectly with finishing his undergraduate arts degree in sociology and education last year
Doesburg has worked hard to find a job he enjoys and finds meaningful but admits his varying interests make finding one career difficult
He started out doing youth advocacy work and event management for the Dunedin City Council
International Science Festival and Otago Arts Festival before moving to Christchurch for marketing and communication roles with Canterbury Opera and the Court Theatre
He then took a government job which ‘‘doubled his salary’’ but was ‘‘soul-destroying’’ so took the first opportunity to get out when restructuring hit
It was then he made the decision to train as a chef at Weltec in Wellington
The decision did not come out of the blue as he has had an interest in food since he was young
spending time in his Dutch oma’s (grandmother) kitchen where herbs
apples and eggs came fresh from her garden
‘‘She had a huge influence on me developing a palate and an interest in food
Also that cooking is an expression of care and concern for the people you love.’’
The extended family meeting around her dinner table regularly brings back good memories
As does his working mother’s cooking when he was a child
So much so he and his mother whipped up a recipe from those times on Christmas Day: the infamous seafood cocktail
His chef’s training confirmed his interest as he thrived on being thrown in the deep end
He remembers doing a catering job with a tutor just three weeks into his training when they discovered 40 extra guests had been invited without their knowledge
‘‘I’ve never been burnt so many times in my life
Six weeks into his training and he had his first permanent job at a cafe in Petone at weekends
Mixing the theoretical polytechnic training with work at the coalface paid ‘‘dividends’’ for him
He finished his training and went to work in restaurant kitchens for four years before realising
that sort of environment was like a factory assembly line where consistency rules
So he rethought what he was doing and took up some part-time work as a teacher aide
earning more as the latter even though he was untrained
‘‘I was still passionate about young people and education.’’
He admits he would still be teacher-aiding if it was a full-time job that paid better
‘‘When I’m cooking or teacher-aiding I’m effusive about what I’m doing
The farmers market job is perfect and he really enjoys learning about the vendors’ work and has a new admiration for what they do
New Zealand is still behind the rest of the world in the movement towards direct consumer-producer contact
just as the country was behind in labelling palm oil on food
people get to know the people producing their food.’’
He hopes to mix the farmers market job with other part-time work this year
as well as finishing off three postgraduate qualifications in education and sociology
Last year he also did some clarinet teaching and might develop that further if there is the demand
the place where he grew up and feels the most at home
and this recipe does the bare minimum to turn them into an eye-catching summer dessert
Doing this on the stove-top is easiest but use your oven grill if you are more comfortable with that
in which case the cut side is face up and the honey
oil and herbs go on top and will require spooning over the fruit once or twice during grilling
ripe but not too soft2-3 Tbsp of honey1 Tbsp of olive oil3-4 sprigs each of rosemary and thymejuice of half a lemon
halve and pit your stonefruit with a small sharp knife
some olive oil and your rosemary and thyme and bring to a moderate heat
Leave uninterrupted for 3-4 minutes then keep a keen eye on the temperature; you want rich colour without any burning
Use the very best honey you can afford to make this ice-cream and you will be rewarded tenfold
Make this a good day in advance to ensure it sets perfectly
Ingredients600ml cream⅓ cup wildflower honey
ideally thyme4 egg yolks⅓ cup caster sugar2 tsp natural vanilla essence or paste
MethodIf necessary freeze your ice-cream machine bowl before preparation
In a saucepan scald cream and honey until just simmering; remove from heat
pour cream a little at a time into yolk mix
pass mixture through a sieve and return saucepan to a low heat
until the mix holds a line traced on the back of the spoon
Do not rush this step by cranking up the heat or you will have sweet scrambled eggs
Transfer mixture to ice-cream machine bowl or another appropriate freezer-proof bowl
Churn mixture according to your machine's instructions
Alternatively improvise by freezing until just firm (3 hours or so) and then
Repeat this step twice more at hourly intervals
The more you do this the finer the finished texture will be
Allow to freeze for 24 hours before serving
I never get bored with the colour of beetroot
and at the moment you may well be lucky enough to find golden or orange varieties as well
This is inspired by a roast beetroot dish made by my aunt
peeled and cut into chunksolive oil¼ cup of blackcurrant apple cider vinegarsalt and pepper2 spring onions
crumbleda handful of toasted hazelnutschopped fresh soft herbs of your choosing
MethodPoach your beetroot in plenty of salted water until just al dente
If you're using several varieties poach them separately
In a very hot skillet heat a little olive oil and saute the beetroot for 2-3 minutes
Add the vinegar and toss until glossy and slightly reduced
Add the spring onions as you remove the pan from the heat
drizzle with a little extra olive oil and scatter with cheese
Even though this salad is based on stale bread it couldn't be fresher
Enjoy it now while tomatoes are at their best
While a substantial white bread such as ciabatta is the default
I have also enjoyed this salad using a heavy dark bread; the point is to make use of whatever you have at hand
just make sure you include at least one with a little heat as this really elevates the salad
cut into chunksa handful of basil leaves2-3 chillies
seeds in or out as suits your palatehalf a red onion
sliced into fine roundsa generous glug of olive oila few splashes of good red wine vinegarpepper
MethodTumble all ingredients together in a non-reactive bowl and let stand covered for at least a couple of hours
Treating sugar as you would salt here will help you strike the perfect balance in your tomatoes
Enjoy as is or with your choice of lean protein such as soft-poached eggs or some grilled fish
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