January 25, 2019
Moderator Damiaan Denys delivered the following introduction to Michael Pollan on December 11.
In the sixth and final blog of our blog series about the Midterm Elections 2018, Iris Bos writes about ballot questions - which are used by public officials to ask their constitutions advisory questions on specific legislation - and ballot measures, a way for the public to directly pass or repeal a specific law without it having to pass each chamber or requiring a signature from the governor.
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On 12 January, Foam will open a temporary new location: Foam Next Door. In a former office building on the Keizersgracht 617, a stone’s throw from the museum, Foam presents the brand-new exhibition Foam Talent 2019, with the work of a new generation of image makers. Amongst the Foam Talents 2019 are three American photographers: Gregory Eddi Jones, Daniel Shea and Carmen Winant.
The American author Richard Powers reached a large audience with his novel The Overstory. In it, trees talk. This book has been his most successful to date, although its message isn’t very hopeful, as Powers explains in this article in NRC: “People who read this novel feel that hope is excluded. And why would you want to offer hope? We live in a sick country.” Click here to listen to the registration of our recent event with Richard Powers to find out what The Overstory is all about.