IBCoMagazine Issue 1 | Into The Depth | 2022-2023

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Dear Reader, It has been quite some time since we last met in between the digital pages of the IBCoMagazine. How have you been? Had loads of fun over the summer, I hope. How did you spend the waning days of August, before packing your bags and setting o from wherever your vacation might have taken you? You and I are both migratory birds of the same ock, converging into our little nests away from home at the onset of autumn. You've changed, yet stayed the same, and so have we. As always, the new academic year bears this change with it - the coming of a new editorial board and of a new magazine team. But behind these unfamiliar faces lie the same dreams, the same driving principles that have propelled our grand collection of creative bits and bobs we so dearly call the IBCoMagazine. To show our artistic vision and our team members' imaginative expressionism, we have laboured to construct a wonderful tableau of feelings and emotions.

As warm, sunny afternoons turn into chilly, early evenings, so do we turn deeper into ourselves, diving "Into the Depth" of our nightly visions, our weaknesses and strengths, our attachments, and our di erences.

Dancing to the lyrics of our thoughts, having a dialogue with a dead psychoanalyst, or connecting etymology with emotion are just some of the avenues bravely travelled by our artists. An eclectic assemblage of interpretations awaits as we usher you into a journey down the winding paths of the soul. When you reach into the depths, don't be afraid to see, and touch, and breathe, and feel.

The coldness of winter now dawns on us, but with our inner warmth ignited by the creativity of our members, we are sure to be ne. All that's left is to look ahead to the future and get back to the drawing board, in order to prepare the best there is for none other than yourself :D

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On behalf of the editorial board, Victor Mihai Vencsel

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IN THE DEPTHS OF OUR MIND

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WHEN BURNING OUT MEANS BUILDING UP

LAST WORDS OF AN EVERLASTING BREAK-UP

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DIVE DEEP INTO THE MEANING OF DREAMS

INTO THE DEPTHS OF OUR SCARS

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OUR REFLECTION IN THE WATER

REFLECTION OF A BROKEN MIRROR

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PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF LANGUAGE

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RUN ON HOME, LITTLE GIRL!

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Photographed by Thanh Nguyen ✴ Designed by Monique van Daalen

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GAURI

Into the depth feels like ying before the sensation of falling kicks in. The clouds desperately grasping at you in an e ort to catch you on your way down. As the wind hands you over to the force of gravity. Nothing but heavy breaths and adrenaline echoing through the body to the rhythm of a heart beating faster than the speed of light.

Caught by the deep blue waves of the ocean and stranding at shore as the sun lls the sky in with a champagne haze. The breeze hits the skin and travels down the body. The heat of the afternoon drapes around you like a soft blanket. Eyes closing as the sun hides behind the moon. Spellbound by the streams of thoughts carelessly owing through the mind in search of nding the river that will connect them. A river descending to an endless abyss.

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I have been developing a habit of going to the cinema usually when I nd myself free from deadlines and personal related issues. And combined with studying lm analysis class, motion pictures not only dragged me to its visuals, but also into the depth of explanation and interpretation on why certain things in the movie are structured like that. Cinema into the depth, guides us beyond the image, the sound or the special e ects. It shows the invisible things that our daily life cannot see with our bare eyes. I will introduce the concept of “mise-en-scéne” - which is the concept of arranging certain factors in visual art (speci cally cinema), and why it guides us deeper into the world of motion pictures.

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MAYRA According to

National Geographic, over 80% of our oceans have not yet been discovered. When I think about depth, my mind immediately goes to this fact. The depth of our very familiar oceans is so immeasurable that we have had better luck with space exploration. There is something about this that is slightly unnerving. While, yes, this could be seen as a phobia; there is more to it than meets the eye. Oceans are quite vast, but it is their depth that makes it relatively unsafe for the average human to explore. The fear of the unknown in natural phenomenon is a legitimate one, it is a marker of our humanity.

Our incapability of exploring something that is so thoroughly deep and unknown has not hindered humanity from nding other ways to tackle what lies within our seas though. Scientists constantly try to use machines to venture deeper into the ocean. While di cult, the danger of depth is not impenetrable. There is great triumph and beauty in tackling depth; it represents the sheer perseverance of the human spirit in the face of the unknown!

FEDERICA

When I heard that the theme of this issue would be “into the depth” a clear dream-like visual started forming in my head: there is a huge ocean in a really foggy location, where everything is warm and relaxing, but also new and lowkey scary. I linked it to the idea of diving into the depths of your own mind to explore yourself: everything is warm and comforting because you are alone on a self-discovery trip, meaning that you get to be your truest self, but at the same time there is a mystery element, a certain thrill of diving deeper into the unknown and unveiling new layers of your mind that lay undiscovered. Once you are here in this Neverland, the only thing left to do is sit back and enjoy the show your mind provides.

Designed by Monique van Daalen

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EDITORIAL TEAM MONIQUE

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MARKETING TEAM

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