Name, age, place of birth? My name is Noga Amiri, and I am 19 years old. I was born in Dallas, Texas. What section are you the editor of? I am the editor of Tabula Rasa’s Arts & Culture section. What kind of articles are published under your section? Like the title suggests,…
Peter Lindbergh: A Different Vision at Fashion Photography
I don’t go to museums very often. When I was growing up and completely enamored with the visual arts, my Mom took me on a day trip to Amsterdam to visit the Rijksmuseum and look at some of the greatest paintings ever made. We travelled for 2,5 hours by train and walked across Amsterdam…
Living The International Student Jury Life
During the Film by the Sea festival, Bram Medelli was part of the International Student Jury. Allow him to take you through his diary of a week of judging films. Friday – Imagine a grand opening gala with photographers running around to get a shot of all the celebrities in their fancy allure. Now…
A Gorilla’s Legacy
In case you missed it on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and pretty much anywhere else on the internet, here’s what happened to our lord and savior Harambe: On May 27th, Harambe celebrated his 17th birthday in the Cincinnati Zoo. On May 28, he was shot dead, as zoo officials wanted to protect a child who…
A Bookworm’s Guide To Reading More
This article is not intended to be judgmental. Unlike some old people, I am not here to yell ‘GET OFF YOUR PHONE AND READ SOME BOOKS, YOU DIRTY MILLENIAL’. No, that’s not my point. I just want you to rediscover your love of reading. I know that many of us used to be the nerdy…
How To Trick Yourself Into Thinking You’re An Artsy Student™
Somehow you did not end up living that artsy student life in Berlin or London, taking your coursework on the tube, instagramming a different take-away breakfast everyday. When people ask you to justify your choice for Middelburg, you stutter that your university looks just like Hogwarts. Under your breath you ask yourself if that…
“Southside With You” (2016): The Love Story of Michelle and Barack Obama
As our semester is coming to end, so is our year, and I become increasingly nostalgic over the past 12 months and its ‘big moments’. This year was characterized by some massive global changes, one of which did not strike lightly. When we learned that Donald Trump would soon replace Barack Obama as president…
Teen Wolf: An Escalation of Commitment
In psychology, there is a concept called ‘escalation of commitment’. It means that once you get into something you are unsure about, you will get more and more attached as time progresses to justify your initial choice to do it in the first place. That’s what Teen Wolf is to me; shameful as it is…
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: From now on you can call me…. Velvet Thunder…
As I look around, I see tiredness in all our eyes. We’re getting to the end of the Fall semester and the weather is not helping with keeping the smiles on our faces. Therefore I chose my favourite comedy show to praise this week, to hopefully bring a little humour back into these dark busy…
“Doctor Strange”: Putting the Psychedelics on the Screen
The fourteenth instalment of the Marvel cinematic universe is here! As always Dr. Strange (2016) is a fresh and colourful piece of cinematic enjoyment. This time Marvel introduces us to neurosurgeon Stephen Strange and the world of magic. After the name drop he got in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), doctor Stephen Strange comes…
Black Mirror: A Slightly Creepy Feeling
Hello dear readers and co-watchers, I have a brand new show for you to watch this week and seeing as I myself only watched it this break, my enthusiasm is Fresh and New. The show is called Black Mirror and it is a little bit different than the stuff I normally watch because it’s an…
Hannibal: I’m having Will for dinner
Did I mention before that any other TV show is my favorite show? I was lying. My favourite show EVER is Hannibal. Ever. No doubt. Even if I tell you differently next week. Hannibal is a criminal drama show about the well-known psychiatrist slash cannibal Hannibal Lecter. This character already goes back to the 1980s…
Nostalgia, dreams and a whole lot of memes – A small history of vaporwave
Unless you live on the Internet or in Bagijnhof 3, you probably have never heard about vaporwave. And yet, I am here to argue that it is an essential part of every millennial’s life. Its irony, criticisms, but also its complete apathy may define our generation like no other piece of art does. Vaporwave is…
Mr. Robot: Don’t ever make decisions when you’re on morphine.
Maaike likes to think she is the go-to person here at UCR when it comes to TV shows, but she might just be gravely mistaken. As someone who previously had way too much free time on his hands, I ended up using a decent part of it in watching TV shows. Everything from the light…
What to Watch in Fall 2016
Coming Fall, a lot of films are scheduled to come to cinemas. In the sea of soon-to-be-released films, one might easily lose track of which films and on what dates they are going to be released. Fear not! In this little article you will find a neat overview of some of the most interesting films…
HAVE YOU WATCHED: In The Flesh – ‘While They Get Medals, We Get Medicated’
By Maaike Oosterling Welcome back to the second episode of ‘Have You Watched…???’. Yes, that’s the title now. Just imagine me flapping my arms and yelling that at you. Perfect. Now you understand what I’m really trying to do here. Hopefully, the more #hardcore ones of you have watched the entirety of Steven Universe in…
Film By The Sea 2016 – What To Watch
September has made its rather sunny entrance in Zeeland, which means it’s time for one of the biggest events of the year: Film By The Sea 2016. From today onwards, Friday September 9, the Zeeuwse film festival is happening. Located in the harbour town of Vlissingen (or Flushing, as Google Maps likes to call it),…
Steven Universe: We’ll Win The Fight and Then Go Out For Pizzas
Welcome to a brand-new column series of Arts & Culture! As section editor and as a hardcore television aficionado I will be writing a weekly piece on a TV show I think you should definitely watch – because I’ve seen way too many. Why am I writing on TV shows and not, for example, movies?…
Album Review: Beyoncé – “Lemonade” (2016)
By Eden van der Moere Last weekend, Beyoncé once again shocked the world when she released her sixth studio album, titled Lemonade. The so-called visual album premiered, without any warning or announcement, on HBO and immediately all eyes were turned to one of the most famous, but at the same time one of the most…
Crossing off London
By Kirsten Kapteijns In Fall semester 2015, CultureCo announced a trip to London and my heart made a small leap; London, one of the cities that has been on my travel wish list for so long. After falling completely and utterly in love with England through books and series such as Merlin, I promised myself…