This is what I’m work­ing on and research­ing at the moment:

• Sched­uled for 2027 is a new sound art project on city bells and the mean­ing of sound in pre-indus­tri­al soci­eties, in coop­er­a­tion with the Nation­aal Muse­um Klok & Peel. I’m cur­rent­ly draft­ing a project pro­pos­al for an inter­ac­tive instal­la­tion as part of a larg­er exhi­bi­tion. A few books that have been espe­cial­ly inspir­ing:
  • Vil­lage Bells: The Cul­ture of the Sens­es in the Nine­teenth-Cen­tu­ry French Coun­try­side — Alain Corbin
  • A Dis­tant Mir­ror: The Calami­tous 14th Cen­tu­ry — Bar­bara W. Tuch­man
  • Het ver­bor­gen rader­w­erk. Over tijd, machines en bewustz­i­jn — Douwe Draais­ma

• Also for 2027, I’m devel­op­ing a new immer­sive instal­la­tion for the Avenue of Arts in Utrecht that bridges art and ecol­o­gy. This site-spe­cif­ic project uses bio-acoustic ele­ments to make bio­di­ver­si­ty tan­gi­ble, cre­at­ing a tem­po­rary mon­u­ment where social cohe­sion and envi­ron­men­tal aware­ness meet.

• Sched­uled for 2028 is a cura­to­r­i­al project on acoustic ecol­o­gy and sound art, which I am cur­rent­ly research­ing in depth. This is also still in the pro­pos­al phase.

• Although cur­rent­ly on hia­tus, I con­tin­ue to pur­sue research for my book project The Super­nor­mal (launch date TBD), which explores “the art instinct” and how knowl­edge in this area might influ­ence the future of art and art edu­ca­tion. Recent­ly, these books stood out the most:
  • The Age of Insight — Eric R. Kan­del
  • The Seduc­tions of Dar­win: Art, Evo­lu­tion, Neu­ro­science — Matthew Ram­p­ley

• And final­ly, I’m still enjoy­ing teach­ing sev­er­al cours­es in my part-time role at Utrecht Uni­ver­si­ty of the Arts (HKU).

— May 2026