Ivar Hagendoorn

Ivar Hagendoorn

Paul McCarthy: Brain Box Dream Box
· Blog | Art

Paul McCarthy: Brain Box Dream Box

Rubbing it in is what Paul McCarthy does, whether with paint, ketchup or chocolate sauce. Excess is the name of his game. McCarthy likes pushing things too far, in his drawings, but most of all in his performances, which always end up a complete mess.
Guy Cassiers: Proust 1 and 3
· Blog | Theatre

Guy Cassiers: Proust 1 and 3

When Dutch theatre critics wrote of Guy Cassiers' adaptation of Marcel Proust's "A la recherche du temps perdu", that it was a masterpiece and that he was approaching perfection, I was at once curious and skeptical.
· Blog | Literature

Michel Houellebecq: The Elementary Particles

A friend recently told me she had read about a dozen books during an illness and wondered how many books she could have read if she hadn’t partied so much all her life. I have read many books and I often wonder how much I could have lived if I hadn’t read so much.