explosion dancers!

The explosion Dancers gave an explosive performance on the Brionplein, main square in WIllemstad.

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fellow citizens

Our seminar on 'We and the Public Space' in IBB will start next monday. We are looking forward to it. In our talks with people we realize that 'we' isn't the easiest of topics. 'They' is much more often subject of discussion.

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What makes you a real Kórsou person? It is tricky to do it right if 'right' is not very clear. Being born and raised here is an obvious distinction, but even that doesn't always cut it . You can stay Makamba, whitey, for generations.

back to school

A day at the UNA, Universiteit Nederlandse Antillen, where we attended a very intersting lecture by Lloyd Janga on city planning, witnessed the mid term project results of the students architecture and planning of Sofia Saavedra Bruno and finished the day with lecture and debate on the Tin Houses. Hosted by Ruben Lacruz and Karoline Helwegen. Stanley Brouwn and COrlos Weeber were art of the panel.

the haicut

We ran in to mrs Edselina who works as an assistent at IBB but as well in a hairdressers. And voila a haircut.

61% Dutch: let them go

According to an opinion poll 61% of european Dutch finds corruption, fraud & mismanagement a good reason to let go of the Dutch Antilles. As well 55% sees the past not as sufficient ground for financial compensation.

Curacao: benevolent dictator

In an article lawyers Huisman, Bonapart Van Walcheren think a benevolent dictator that operates with absolute power in the interest of the people is the best way to overcome the current political crisis . The article will be published in Carribian Juridical Magazine

super dushi

dushi, darling, has changed into the super dushi brand

chi chi

and chi chi represents a typical curacao woman: happy go lucky full figured older sister. According to the maker.

made by hand

slowly but surely the centennial of the ISLA refinery is coming. 2016 there will be a century of Curacao Crude. WIll it be a celebration or closure?

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We understand that minister Plasterk again will refuse to interfere in the decision of the Curaçao government not to keep the ISLA to environmental regulations. Governemental discretion, he calls it. We understand that so close to the '10-10 the day of the land" he doesn't want to be the kolonial party-pooper.

10-10 celebration

Coming 10-10 there will be the national celebration of becoming a country: the day of the land. Looking forward to the comments. WIll it have been a good or a bad decision becoming a country in the netherlands rather than a province?

body double?

Tip: never forget to spray water before you use exapnsion foam. Otherwise it doesn't do expanding. And buy enough cans. If you buy extra cans, don't wait, otherwise your foam will magicly start shrinking again.

no breasts and a hump

To compensate for the shrinkage I put newspaper. Now I've ended up with a lovely torso with no breast and a hump. Size wise I am ok waist and hip but missing 6 cm on top, including hump... Artistically it looks fine.

road safety

yesterday evening when returning home we passed a car accident on the corner of our street. A scooter and car crashed. The driver of the scooter was laying on his back, still, nobody attending him. We fear the worst...

2014: 23 trafficdeaths, 10.000 car accidents, 700 injured.
population 150.000

http://www.kkcuracao.info/?p=95570

waiting for rain

It is hot and Curaçao needs rain. This morning dark clouds, rumbling of thunder... Could it?

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It is October now, start of the rainy season. But here lately nature has been less than predictable. A year without rain is no exception. Climate change.. These are the first drops, lets hope there'll be more.

dress form

After an inspiring lecture of David Paulus, fashion designer from Curacao, we got insired too.

Wouldn't be a good idea to make dress forms, so that aspiring fashion students can work directly on a form of themselves.
This is a technique called 'moulage'.

It allows for a more sculptural way to work with maerial and form. Great. But first get this model right. After having yourselve taped with duct tape you cut open the form and fill it with foam...