When teaching an art course on de- and postcoloniality of the Dutch East Indies
Together with colleague Nina Willems I designed a new course for second year bachelor students at iArts. The course is about the on-going debates about de- and postcoloniality, with a specific case study: the former Dutch East Indies. That we…
New publication: Unboxed: Instruments for science and technology in Centre Céramique
Together with (former) colleagues from the Maastricht STS-group (MUSTS), we created a booklet about instruments and artefacts from the collection of Centre Céramique, a public library and cultural heritage centre in Maastricht. Everyone adopted an object, which varied from forgotten…
Goodbye FASoS, and welcome iArts & University of Amsterdam!
As of September I no longer work at FASoS (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Maastricht University). Started as a student in 2007, a tutor in 2009, a phd student in 2011, and a postdoc in 2018, I feel…
Interview op Brabant Cultureel
Collega MCICM-onderzoeker Veerle Spronck en ik (samen met Stefan Rosu, intendant van Philharmonie Zuidnederland) zijn geïnterviewd door Emmanuel Naaijkens van Brabant Cultureel. Het interview gaat over innovatie van klassieke muziekpraktijken en is te lezen op de website van Brabant Cultureel.
Interview in Eindhovens Dagblad
Rob Schoonen (journalist cultuur van het Eindhovens Dagblad) interviewde mij, collega Veerle Spronck, percussionist Raymond Spons en intendant van philharmonie zuidnederland Stefan Rosu over ons onderzoek naar innovatie van publieksparticipatie bij het orkest. Aanleiding vormde het artikel dat Veerle, ik…
MCICM Symposium Towards 2040: Creating Classical Music Futures
At the MCICM our yearly symposium is coming up! The theme of this year is the future of classical music. See below for a description of the symposium, you can register at mcicm.nl. Read the full program here. The Maastricht…
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New research studio: [art]ificial intelligence
Every year at the research centre for Arts, Autonomy and the Public Sphere, we develop a research studio (onderzoeksatelier): a course for art students where they explore a specific (societal, scientific) issue, using methods of artistic research and artistic engagement….
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
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,…
