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The coronavirus pandemic makes it more obvious than ever: despite our constant connection via all kinds of screens, loneliness appears to be a growing problem. But how do you discuss this problem? Does it help to give a face to loneliness? In what way? These questions are addressed in the interdisciplinary research project Monáx, a collaboration between artist Siba Sahabi, photographer Henri Verhoef and the low countries with the support from the Dutch Embassy in Brussels.
Author Daniel Rovers thinks there is something wrong with the way loneliness is often written about.
As a socially desirable phenomenon, laughter is the paragon of happiness. But what if that laugh cannot be sustained?
The Dutch writer and visual artist Nicole Montagne is searching for 'imaginary lonelinesses' with, among others, Hopper, Spilliaert and the 'unknown girl from the Seine River'.
