Taking a line for a walk
A new thing – I have animated my geo-poems. Having done work on Compact – Let there be lines [here]…
Portfolio
Let there be lines
Proudly presenting the latest version of the ‘Verdichting’ i.e. ‘Compact’ drawing tool that I started working on this week. Inspiration…
Research proposal
‘Making Dutch Space – a morphology of the idea of makeability. It is the title of a research proposal I…
New Knowledge
This is – again – NL_MIX – the app I made to study the future of the Netherlands with. The app…
Geo-poems
Walking along the river Lek = Nieuwe Maas = Het Scheur = Nieuwe Waterweg – the same river by different…
Stuttering
Have been afflicted with a stuttering river – yes, I know this sounds problematic. Improbable, even – rivers flow, they…
Compressed
Have been reading the survey ‘Nederland van de kaart’ – published by the Association for the Dutch Man-Made Landscape. As…
Rolled up
Having squared the Netherlands, next I tried to roll it up. Had to teach myself a number of skills in…
Squared
I started studying the way the Netherlands has changed in the last 100 years as part of my research into…
Dutch Mountains Book
I had time and inspiration this week to work on a brainchild – Dutch Mountains. I’ve been fascinated by small…
Faint praise
We’re going full speed ahead with the ‘the Art of Making Art Exhibitions’at the moment. Design for the website has been…
Meltdown
Have been extremely busy these last few weeks . Engaged with – if not to say obsessed with – Ventuz…
Sorting Algorithm
And there is a new project under way. I’m documenting my days in a somewhat different way – taking pictures…
Lists
I’m not totally dead on the art front, though. Managed to find a number of new words for the man-made…
Galaxy in motion
Proud to present: the Galaxy project, condensed to a one-and-a-half minute movie. The Galaxy project would not have been possible…
Dutch Mountains
‘Brilliant Orange’ (which is about Dutch football, really) has a whole chapter about how “Dutch space is different”, quoting Rudi…
Willum Wel Won
In Amsterdam yesterday – the day our new king was installed – to test the republican sentiment. I found that…
Muted Distortions
Next saturday Muted Distortions will open – an exhibition in Athens in which I am showing OraclR. My version of…
Action Weaving
Action Weaving at Vlieland saw more action and more weaving than I had dared hope for. Situated in a lovely…
OraclR Athens
News: The exhibition that was proposed by my MaHKU friends in Athens may be materialising! The proposal we sent a few…
Southbank Centre Circle Game
Back home after having a thumping good time in London – not enough energy left to write up what we…
Afsluitdijk plusses
Been working on a presentation today to send to Rijkswaterstaat, the governmental agency that looks after Dutch dykes, rivers and…
What if art is not the answer?
Went to London two weeks ago – did a small performance there. Am now reverse-engineering: doing some thinking aloud as…
Dove circle, Dam square
Did it again at Dam Square – which sounds like the title of a really tacky movie. No, I did…
Tricking the Everyday
Tricking the Everyday is the title for our show in June. I’m showing the plus-or-minus video, see stills \below. The…
Game Room
Pics from Game Room, the experimental installation I did at Asch van Wijckkade in Utrecht. A quote: “… have assembled a…
Essay cum game
Another milestone: after a long and productive day spent writing, my essay text is done! Had some great input from Ricardo…
Jaarbeursplein Street Game
I did a game at Jaarbeursplein, I blogged about it earlier. Larger-than-life crayons, and a design inspired on Aldo van Eyck’s playgrounds….
The Homecoming – Pinter analysis
At the easter weekend my friend Loes visited & we made a presentation about a book analysis we’ve done together…
Playground jump
Of all the pictures I took last week, there is this one that keeps coming back to me. Taken at…