At the center of Tom van Veen's new body of work is a bird most people have never seen. The nightjar moves at dusk, hides in bark and moss, and only reveals itself to those who learn to look differently.Verdwijnende Vogels van Amsterdam brings together paintings, field excursions, and ecological research into a project that is as much about urban communities as it is about wildlife. Working with ecologist Pim ter Laan, Van Veen went in search of a bird that survives by becoming invisible. The palette follows: earth, bark, rust, grey-brown, twilight. Camouflage is not deception here but strategy, a way of protecting oneself, adapting, and waiting. When a species vanishes, something else becomes audible: a longing for place, for shared attention, for a more reciprocal relationship with the landscape. A longing that grows sharper as digital environments increasingly stand between us and the natural world.Responding to this work, photographer Pieter Numan presents Field Study as part of the exhibition. Using a thermal imaging camera, originally developed for military surveillance, Numan photographs people wearing camouflage and gorpcore clothing. Garments that borrow from nature, that perform a kind of belonging. But the thermal camera strips all of that away. It reads heat alone. The brand, the silhouette, the carefully constructed image: gone. What remains is a body. A presence without context, without story, without the social markers we use to define and protect ourselves. Identity, reduced to warmth.That erasure is the point. In a world where the digital layer shapes how we see and how we are seen, the camera offers a different kind of vision: one that does not recognise, does not categorise, does not scroll past. Where Van Veen seeks out the bird and learns to look differently, Numan turns that gaze around. The human becomes the observed. The animal world offers no answers. It offers a mirror.The opening is this Friday, 21 June, from 16:00 to 21:00. The exhibition runs until 26 June at Chillzone, van Diemenstraat 410, Amsterdam. 

Keti Koti Block Party On Saturday 27 June, Marimba invites SlapFunk for Keti Koti in Westerpark.Two communities, two musical worlds, coming together through shared history, sound and movement. Rooted in Afro-diasporic culture, this block party blends genres and generations in the spirit of Keti Koti. A day shaped by connection, collaboration and collective energy. Marimba and SlapFunk come together in Westerpark for a free Keti Koti Block Party rooted in remembrance, celebration and community.

Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0, on view June 10–12 in Copenhagen, with works by a number of talented artists, designers, and architects.Curated by Dung Ngo and presented by Marta Los Angeles, the project exhibits twelve contemporary flatware designs, realised in stainless steel, produced via 3D-printing, and given form by some of today’s leading artists, designers and architects: Rafael de Cárdenas, Charlap-Hyman & Herrero, Johnston Marklee, Misha Kahn, Minjae Kim, Greg Lynn, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Jolie Ngo, Jacqueline Rabun, Marcin Rusak, Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu (SO–IL), and David Wiseman.Presented for the first time at ARK Journal’s Design / Dialogue’s exhibition as part of 3 Days of Design, Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0 reminds us that cutlery is an intimate part of daily life: a universal touchpoint that transcends culture and generations. This project aims to explore formal possibilities enabled by additive manufacturing and to articulate contemporary cultural perspectives on dining and materiality.