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    • What Keeps an Art Form Alive? 

      Wodan Van den Heede
      May 16, 2026

      If Timothée Chalamet is to be believed, no one cares about ballet or opera. He’s right: cinema does draw a bigger crowd than both…

    • 19.04.26

      19.04.26

      Lucía Batalla Tuero
      May 16, 2026

      Sometimes, sharing your artistic practice can become somewhat overwhelming.

    • Do I Sort the Nazis in the GFT or the Restafval? 

      Alexis Tsakirakis
      May 16, 2026

      The municipality of Leuven was kind enough to send me a letter, informing me that a group of people will be gathering outside my…

    • Just Scrolling on Reels: Nursery Rhymes of Our Time

      Valeria Carmela Gallo
      May 16, 2026

      The Truman Show is the stage where you are led

    • Sacrificing

      Sacrificing

      Christos Kollias-Dakoff
      May 16, 2026

      I bought a photo album this morning; I’m so excited to print some photos from my time in Leuven so far and put them…

    • Waste Disposal

      Amber Herstraets
      May 16, 2026

      how do international students learn about our sorting rules?

    • Brief Doubts

      Sofía Croxatto Concha
      May 16, 2026

      Hello. Let us fire away with the questions…

    • Zine-ing Despair

      Zine-ing Despair

      Nicolas Vallaey
      May 16, 2026

      What do you do when you have already tried everything in your power to end a genocide and still don’t succeed? After two years…

    • Lost in Translation

      林芃希 (Lin Peng Xi) – Claire LIN
      May 16, 2026

      Looking back, my initial choice to study Cultural Studies stemmed from a strong passion for the world. However, the more beautiful my vision for…

    • Is your Brain Private Property?

      Croneburger
      May 16, 2026

      “I” am not “my” brain, But what if I am, what if I am hormones and emotions gutted by vids, images, text, Get stuck…

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