Interview for podcast about AI and art

Interview for podcast about AI and art

I was interviewed on the meaning of AI for artists and art, for the podcast ‘Brain & Butter’, made by masters students of Brain and Cognition in Society at the University of Amsterdam. They initially wanted to probe me about…

Interview voor Morgen met Lucas over Geluk

Interview voor Morgen met Lucas over Geluk

Een paar maanden geleden kwam het team van theatermaker Lucas de Man me thuis opzoeken. Met camera, om me te interviewen over de kwesties Geluk en het Eeuwig Leven. Wat is geluk, en hoe doen we geluk eigenlijk tegenwoordig? Kun…

Presentation at annual MCICM Symposium

Presentation at annual MCICM Symposium

On April 23th, I’ll be giving a presentation together with (former) colleague Veerle Spronck at MCICM’s annual symposium. We will be talking about the Learning Orchestra, and the experiments we conducted in the past three years with South Netherlands Philharmonic…

Launch website artfulparticipation.nl

Launch website artfulparticipation.nl

My postdoc has officially ended with a bang. On Wednesday October 20, during a final dissemination meeting, we launched the website artfulparticipation.nl. The website is the outcome of four years of experimenting with audience participation in the practice of a…

Upcoming Talk December 2: Introduction to 'White Cube' by Renzo Martens at Lumiere Maastricht

Upcoming Talk December 2: Introduction to ‘White Cube’ by Renzo Martens at Lumiere Maastricht

On Wednesday December 2nd, I’m giving a short introduction to the screening of the new documentary of Dutch artist and enfant terrible Renzo Martens at Lumiere in Maastricht. His documentary ‘White Cube’ (launched at IDFA) follows on his praised (and…

Upcoming Talk November 24: What is good artistic research?

Upcoming Talk November 24: What is good artistic research?

On November 24 I’m giving a short presentation on the question ‘What is good artistic research?’ during an external session of the lectoraat AOK. Together with Inge Romgens, Bart van den Eynde, and Anna Moreno. In the past year(s), I’ve…

Interview over Tante Netty bij Rararadio

Interview over Tante Netty bij Rararadio

Afgelopen woensdag was ik semi-live in een uitzending van Eindhovens vetste radiostation, RARARADIO. Host en huidige Netty Rob van Kaam interviewde me over de geschiedenis van sociaal ontwerpcollectief Tante Netty en over hoe moeilijk het is om sociaal-artistieke kunst te…

Upcoming talk at ELIA Bienniale 2020: 'Teaching Artistic Engagement: Zoom as performative space', November 20th

Upcoming talk at ELIA Bienniale 2020: ‘Teaching Artistic Engagement: Zoom as performative space’, November 20th

This week the ELIA Biennial ‘Expanding the Arts’ starts. ELIA is a European platform for higher arts education institutions. During the bienniale, arts and academia, producers and practitioners, students and teachers present interesting work in higher arts education. This year,…

Upcoming talk at conference 'Performing, Engaging, Knowing', Lucerne University (Switzerland)

Upcoming talk at conference ‘Performing, Engaging, Knowing’, Lucerne University (Switzerland)

Last week, I should’ve been in Prague. This week, I should’ve been in Lucerne, Switzerland for the conference Performing, Engaging, Knowing. Alas, we’ll be having the conference online, in my own living room. The conference, organised by the Studygroup for…