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Globally, 2023 hottest year on record!
According to the stories, the supreme goddess Durga overpowered the great demon who threatened to destroy the earth. She protects her by punishing this demon called humanity’s footprint and it seems she’s working at full strength with heat, fire, smoke and suffocation. Mother Earth is feverish, exhausted and rapidly growing hotter. We demand much more from her than she can give us. We already need 2 Earths to feed us. Carelessly and selfishly, we are depleting our planet, and those actions come with a price that goes beyond dollars. Records are broken this year. To name a few; Fires burned about 5% of the entire forest area of Canada. The fires in Tenerife were the worst in 40 years. Chile is experiencing the worst mega-drought in a thousand years, with a bizarre number of hectares burning to the ground. Beautiful Hawaii experienced a fourfold increase in the number of fires. The heatwave engulfing Greece was set to be the longest in its history stirring up 80 wildfires…
Because of the resources that humanity extracts from the earth and the burning of fossil fuels we made 2023 the most destructive forest fire season ever! We’re making a ‘hot mess’ of it. No wonder Durga is pissed!
Globally, 2023 hottest year on record!
According to the stories, the supreme goddess Durga overpowered the great demon who threatened to destroy the earth. She protects her by punishing this demon called humanity’s footprint and it seems she’s working at full strength with heat, fire, smoke and suffocation. Mother Earth is feverish, exhausted and rapidly growing hotter. We demand much more from her than she can give us. We already need 2 Earths to feed us. Carelessly and selfishly, we are depleting our planet, and those actions come with a price that goes beyond dollars. Records are broken this year. To name a few; Fires burned about 5% of the entire forest area of Canada. The fires in Tenerife were the worst in 40 years. Chile is experiencing the worst mega-drought in a thousand years, with a bizarre number of hectares burning to the ground. Beautiful Hawaii experienced a fourfold increase in the number of fires. The heatwave engulfing Greece was set to be the longest in its history stirring up 80 wildfires…
Because of the resources that humanity extracts from the earth and the burning of fossil fuels we made 2023 the most destructive forest fire season ever! We’re making a ‘hot mess’ of it. No wonder Durga is pissed!
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Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
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Baby Afraa was born on February 6 2023, in the northern Syrian town of Jinderis. She was found under the rubble, between her parents, her umbilical cord was still connected to her mother. The Mw7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria with a confirmed death toll of 60,000 also crushed her parents and four siblings the day she was born. It is the deadliest earthquake in what is now present-day Turkey and the deadliest natural disaster in its modern history. It is also the deadliest in present-day Syria since the 1822. An estimated 18 million people were affected and about 1.5 million people were left homeless. Although most deaths occurred in Turkey, this earthquake had a catastrophic effect on Syria, a country with one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world and that is already ravaged by over twelve years of war. In northwest Syria 4.1 million people depend on humanitarian assistance, the majority of whom are women and children. The story of the baby captivated Syria at the time, people from all over the world offered to adopt her. Baby Afraa, named after her late mother, become a symbol of hope. Something that Syria still desperately needs, and more…
Baby Afraa was born on February 6 2023, in the northern Syrian town of Jinderis. She was found under the rubble, between her parents, her umbilical cord was still connected to her mother. The Mw7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria with a confirmed death toll of 60,000 also crushed her parents and four siblings the day she was born. It is the deadliest earthquake in what is now present-day Turkey and the deadliest natural disaster in its modern history. It is also the deadliest in present-day Syria since the 1822. An estimated 18 million people were affected and about 1.5 million people were left homeless. Although most deaths occurred in Turkey, this earthquake had a catastrophic effect on Syria, a country with one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world and that is already ravaged by over twelve years of war. In northwest Syria 4.1 million people depend on humanitarian assistance, the majority of whom are women and children. The story of the baby captivated Syria at the time, people from all over the world offered to adopt her. Baby Afraa, named after her late mother, become a symbol of hope. Something that Syria still desperately needs, and more…
Maayke Schuitema
BOX 2023 - The world is on fire
The Box features 6 hand-printed artworks inspired by what Maayke considers to be the most important and impressive events of the past year. Therefore the BOX2023 will give you a lasting visual overview of this restless and feverish 2023. The 6 hand printed artwork are now in the making. The topics she is depicting;
- The record-breaking wildfires and the extreme fast heating of the earth
- The Death of Sinead O'connor and her importance and influence
- The earthquake in Turkey and Syria, their deadliest in present-day
- Ode to Erwin Olaf, one of the greatest photographers in the world
- Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan
- And of course the hopeless conflict between Israel and the Palestinians
- The record-breaking wildfires and the extreme fast heating of the earth
- The Death of Sinead O'connor and her importance and influence
- The earthquake in Turkey and Syria, their deadliest in present-day
- Ode to Erwin Olaf, one of the greatest photographers in the world
- Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan
- And of course the hopeless conflict between Israel and the Palestinians
55 X 40 cm
Edition of 100
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