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Text by Flor Linckens:
Miloushka Bokma presents the series 'Sense of the Damaged', which is linked to a video work of the same name that was shown in Eye Museum Amsterdam in March as part of Cinedans. Inspired by press photographs of refugees, this series delves into the complex phenomenon of contemporary desensitization: the ways in which an incessant stream of intense news reports, often accompanied by harrowing images, gradually diminishes our sensitivity to painful reality. This reality is often steeped in grief and loss, but at the same time also reflects the resilience of humans. …