Produced in 2012. Rayfish Footwear, was a collaboration with Next Nature, Koert van Mensvoort and Ton Meijdam. Rayfish Footwear is a fictional company that offered personalized sneakers crafted from genetically modified stingray leather. The launch of the company catalyzed a debate on emerging biotechnologies and the products it may bring us.
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Produced in 2012. In the past months I have been working on an exciting fictional online storytelling project called Human Birdwings . To be precise, Human Birdwings was an online adventure and invention story in which fictional character Jarno Smeets developed wings in a do-it-yourself manner.
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Produced in 2006. Metalosis Maligna is a documentary about a disease that affects patients with medical implants. Metalosis Maligna occurs when a metal implant interacts badly with human body tissue, causing the metal to grow tendrils, which eventually puncture the skin from within and destroy it.
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Produced in 2011. Short experimental video in which red, green and blue are used to present the concept of 'growth through battle', the mechanism that creates evolution in nature. Various organisms try to gain terrain by conquering parts of eachothers bodies. Through this battle they grow into more and more complex beings.
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Produced in 2005. Nature adapts, even to human actions that seem to destroy everything. The amazing power of evolution has given birth to a new species of insect
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Produced in 2010. A futuristic vision of a world after a catastrophic disaster. In this dark parable mutated limbs are looking for cooperation, but due to miscommunication this mission is doomed to fail.
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Last friday (April 19, 2013) I was part of Dutch interactive television show UploadTV by VPRO. There was an interview about my work and the way I use the internet. Watch the episode called 'Art, the new masters of the digital age' here!
On March 13 I will give a lecture at the Go Short Festival in Nijmegen (NL) during the program 'Inspiration Talks'. Read more about this program here.
At March 8 I will talk about my work at the STRP Bienalle in Eindhoven during a program called STRP College. Come watch and listen if you're interested!
A nice article appeared in yesterday's newspaper NRC Handelsblad! Journalist Ine Poppe wrote about 'transmedia storytelling' and pointed out Human Birdwings and Rayfish Footwear as two examples.
Glad to announce my latest project: Rayfish Footwear!
Rayfish Footwear, was a collaboration with Next Nature, Koert van Mensvoort and Ton Meijdam. Rayfish Footwear is a fictional company that offered personalized sneakers crafted from genetically modified stingray leather. Various mediaplatforms were used to spread the story. Discover more about the project here.
The clear boundaries between life and death are fading due to rapid developments in the biosciences. Transformation, the fifth group exhibition at Garage Rotterdam, presents this theme in the work of ten contemporary visual artists.
My videoworks Metalosis Maligna and The Origin of Creatures will be part of the exhibition.
Transformation is the fifth exhibition at Garage Rotterdam and opens on Friday 25 January at 20.00 hrs.
Just received the great news that my project Human Birdwings is chosen as s Jury Selection at the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival in Tokyo. It was picked out of 3503 entries.
Proud to announce that I'm a jurymember for the NTR Mediaprijs 2012. The NTR Mediaprijs is an award for young talented filmmakers.
Nice article on website www.translimitsstorytelling.org. Translimits storytelling is a team of digital creators exploring the edges of storytelling. We think about content, form and across platforms.
On november 28 I'll talk about my work in the Museum of Transistory Art in Ljubljana, Slovenia, as part of the Sonica Festival. My films The Origin of Creatures and The Order Electrus will also be screened.
