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Simulacrum Magazine - June 2023 - 64 pages

'Excess, ecstasy, and exaltation; a divine experience shakes the ground of what is visible. In a sense, the position of the divine takes on an aspiration or expiration towards this invisible element in our existence, to go beyond the limits, burdens and dullness of our horizons, but in another sense, more painful, violently forced upon us, and without choice, exit or respite - we may speak of divine fury, violence or more sensuous of shock, fear, and horror. Art, religious practices, drugs - they can come along with a spiritual experience which moves in the gray area between inner ecstasy and daemonized constellations. The line between these two opposites, if we can call them opposites, can be frighteningly thin and almost invisible. The divine experience has been a source for myths throughout many places and periods and remains a potent force, even in a secular society. In this sense, the divine overflows the limits we attempt to give it, especially, in modern society, and, as such, suggests a relationship with infinity. This relation is drawn along in a contraction that creates a solitude or separation from the whole, granting a turn inwards for reflection and contemplation - for the truly divine infinities of inspiration to be given.

Simulacrum is a magazine for arts and culture that serves as an accessible and high-quality publication platform for students and experts from the field. Four issues are published each year, each time with a specific theme. The subjects are always approached from different disciplines within the arts and cultural sciences, and placed in both historical and contemporary perspective.

Contributions by Paul Ariese, Marie Le Moigne, Fien Limburg, Niels Noot, Máximo Rivi, Mirelle van Tulder.

Designer
Simulacrum Magazine - June 2023 - 64 pages

'Excess, ecstasy, and exaltation; a divine experience shakes the ground of what is visible. In a sense, the position of the divine takes on an aspiration or expiration towards this invisible element in our existence, to go beyond the limits, burdens and dullness of our horizons, but in another sense, more painful, violently forced upon us, and without choice, exit or respite - we may speak of divine fury, violence or more sensuous of shock, fear, and horror. Art, religious practices, drugs - they can come along with a spiritual experience which moves in the gray area between inner ecstasy and daemonized constellations. The line between these two opposites, if we can call them opposites, can be frighteningly thin and almost invisible. The divine experience has been a source for myths throughout many places and periods and remains a potent force, even in a secular society. In this sense, the divine overflows the limits we attempt to give it, especially, in modern society, and, as such, suggests a relationship with infinity. This relation is drawn along in a contraction that creates a solitude or separation from the whole, granting a turn inwards for reflection and contemplation - for the truly divine infinities of inspiration to be given.

Simulacrum is a magazine for arts and culture that serves as an accessible and high-quality publication platform for students and experts from the field. Four issues are published each year, each time with a specific theme. The subjects are always approached from different disciplines within the arts and cultural sciences, and placed in both historical and contemporary perspective.

Contributions by Paul Ariese, Marie Le Moigne, Fien Limburg, Niels Noot, Máximo Rivi, Mirelle van Tulder.