Read Sacha’s writing on topics like mental health, grief, cultural identity, sexuality, diversity and inclusion.
- Same costumes, different bodies: dressing yourself confirms an identity
Dressing yourself is often a solitary act, yet the gaze of the other is always in the back of one’s mind. How do you want to show up in this world? It’s a question that … Read more - Jatiwangi Art Factory
During our short collaborative stay at Jatiwangi Art Factory we got to see the richness of their clay culture. Formerly a rooftile factory, now worldwide known as a place for residencies working with terracotta. it’s … Read more - Het Zwijgen Doorbroken
Ze was 18 jaar en hield al bibberend de verharde bruine hand van haar moeder vast. Haar andere hand lag op haar buik, die het begin was van vele verzwegen verhalen. Volwassen was ze al … Read more - Het alledaagse daagt iedere dag op
Terwijl ik nog met mijn gedachten zit bij gisteren, is vandaag al weer begonnen met de normaalste gang van zaken. De zakdoekjes gevuld met mijn tranen en snot liggen gefrummeld in het voorvakje van mijn … Read more - The never-ending wonder of the artist as a researcher
On a cold winter’s morning, New Master Bo Vloors joins us to visit the museum CIVA in Brussels. The exhibition After / D’après / Na by artist Vincent Meessen inaugurates ‘Research in Residence’, CIVA’s new collection-oriented transdisciplinary … Read more - Soft materials, hard topics: a sneak peak into Frida Kahlo’s life
Have you always wondered what Frida Kahlo’s life was really like? Together with New Master and textile artist Sam Druant we wandered through the exhibition Miradas de Mujeres at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels. Artist … Read more - Skin Mutts Magazine
Read my Editor’s Note to get a feeling of what the first issue of Skin Mutts Magazine entails. Get your copy here: https://www.skinmutts.com/magazine - Why My Aunt Was Hiding from the Sun
to discover to never be the Otherwhen the march against racial injusticerocked streets in cities big and smallis a privilege you find yourself between white peerdcarrying the unseen knapsack for yearsyou learn history painted in … Read more - Heb ik wel recht van spreken?
ik probeer mijn plek te vinden in de conversatiemaar heb ik wel recht van sprekenals geen enkel teken van mijn bruine vooroudersin mijn bleke huid is te zien wanneer ik word bekekenvergeleken met mijn nichten … Read more - How do you navigate life as a Skin Mutt?
How do you navigate life as a *Skin Mutt? It’s a question that many people within the community of Skin Mutts (a platform for people that grew up with different cultures and belong to multiple … Read more - Passing
It’s 4 o’ clock in the afternoon. Just in time for my last oat milk cappuccino of the day. As I stroll through the streets of the city that still feels like a newly made … Read more - Grief doesn’t know time
The age thirty is slowly getting closer and it’s scaring me. Not because I need to have my life in order, like my peers struggle with the approaching thirty. The thirty worries me for a … Read more - Weightlifting of loneliness
Out of nowhere, tears roll down my cheeks. Without understanding it, it is just there. An indefinite emptiness that I can’t seem to fill up. I feel like a dot in the horizon that nobody … Read more - Bevroren kun je niet terugvechten: over hoe 70% bevriest bij seksueel misbruik
Geschreven voor COMMEN: http://www.commen.nl/ Wanneer iemand #MeToo zegt, weet bijna iedereen gelijk waarover het gaat. De slogan ‘Me Too’ werd in 2017 wereldberoemd, nadat talloze slachtoffers van seksueel misbruik de hashtag gebruikten om hun ervaringen … Read more - Interview: Een gesprek over de (on)aanraakbaarheid van lichamen
De impact van de coronacrisis op onze levens is evident. De pandemie verplicht ons om anderhalve meter afstand van elkaar te houden. De anderhalvemetermaatschappij heeft de raakbaarheid tussen mensen drastisch aangetast. Hierdoor is er zo … Read more