In the Dutch fanatic collectors tradition the Amsterdam family Hendriks keeps more than 80 rats in their living room. The animals are all over the place. In cages and walking around. Every day new ones are born. The family visits an international rat- and rodent… Read More

Dutch company Koppert is the biggest insect breeder in the world. The company breeds and sells 26 different kinds of predator insects. Literally millions of different insects are growing up in huge, dark and hot rooms. Koppert has insect-farms in France , England , Italy… Read More

Between 1949 and 1987 artists in the Netherlands received subsidies for delivering their art to the Dutch state. At the start of the, so called Visual Artists Arrangement (BKR), around 200 artists made use of the regulation. At the end of the wild sixties artists… Read More

Besides cannabis the Netherlands nowadays also cultivates hemp. Already in the 17th century the dutch were growing a lot of hemp. At the time the hemp fibre was used to produce ropes and sails. Now farmers start cultivating it again on a large scale. Ben… Read More

Since the Dutch bishop Muskens stated in an interview: ‘When you really cannot afford it, you should be allowed to steal bread from a bakery’, poverty is an hot item in the Netherlands. A huge demonstration against poverty is organised in The Hague and talks… Read More

A group of entrepreneurs working in the German funeral branch investigate the innovation in the Dutch funeral branch. The group visits Dutch graveyards, a crematorium, a gravestone mason company and a huge funeral trade fair in Utrecht. Activities: propose item idea, research, set up and… Read More

Amsterdam is the most heaviest smeared city in Europe. The density of graffiti is even worse than New York and the quality seems to be world famous. The Amsterdam authorities want to ban graffiti from the city and launches the special project ‘Graffiti Finit’. There… Read More

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Westgaarde Crematorium in Amsterdam, a public information day is organised. A so-called open day. The idea is that young and old can discover what a crematorium has to offer and how it all works. Entering the beautiful green… Read More

Because of some deaths caused by synthetic drugs on the trendy gigantic house parties, the Dutch to state enforces conditions for the organisation of house parties. Besides demands on the availability of water, oxygen and professional advise, the Dutch authorities demands the presence of a… Read More

The first and last ‘Cage Fight’ in the city Emmen in the Netherlands. Multi-disciplined fighters battle fights in a cage with practically no rules and limitations. Reportage about the fighters, the public, the tournament itself and the moral in’s and out’s of extreme fighting. A… Read More

A reportage about an exhibition on death in society called ‘In the midst of life, we are in death’, in the gallery of the Amsterdam art society ‘Arti et Amicitiae’. Curator Harry Heyink: ‘Obviously death plays a vital role in art, but in this exhibition… Read More

The Dutch Agricultural University Wageningen is doing tests to analyse how chickens communicate. A research to know more about the welfare of battery chickens for the design of new housing-systems. Activities: propose item idea, research, set up and planning, accompany filming.