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17-25 October 2026

The Utility of Cessation

A plea for a balanced life.

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The Utility of Cessation
The Utility of Cessation
Ronald Smits
A serie of instruments that questions the way we manage and perceive ourselves, our environment and the possibilities that lie within. In this project where pragmatism and utility are no longer the starting points, it imagines and emphasizes moments of cessation.
Within Japanese culture “Ma” has been described as a pause in time, an interval, or emptiness in space. “Ma” is often described as the emptiness that give shape to the whole. Within the West, that is obsessed with excess, utility, and pragmatism, we h
The Utility of Cessation
The Utility of Cessation
Ronald Smits
The Utility of Cessation
The Utility of Cessation
Ronald Smits

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