This is what I’m working on now:

• From 16 July – 25 September 2022, I am presenting a new curatorial project mens maakt landschap maakt mens at Museum IJsselstein (MIJ). In cooperation with investigative journalist Dennis l’Ami, this project focuses on the history and future of the ‘Groene Hart’ area in The Netherlands, more specifically on how the historical development of this man-made landscape has shaped a collective identity. More info on the project page!

• Scheduled for 2023 is a new upcoming sound art project on city bells and the meaning of sound in pre-industrial societies. This project will take take the form of an interactive, geolocative sound walk in the medieval city centre of Utrecht. These books inspired me a lot: 
  • Village Bells – The Culture of the Senses in the Nineteenth-Century French Countryside by Alain Corbin
  • A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
  • Het verborgen raderwerk. Over tijd, machines en bewustzijn by Douwe Draaisma

• Although the project is currently on hiatus, I am still doing ongoing research for my book project The supernormal (launch date to be determined), on ‘the art instinct’ and how more knowledge on this subject could influence future art and art education. These books stood out to me the most lately: 
  • The age of insight by Eric R. Kandel
  • The Seductions of Darwin – Art, Evolution, Neuroscience by Matthew Rampley.

• I’m still slowly expanding my business to include (online) technical and cross media coaching and consulting for artists and creatives. Last year, I have been coaching two artists in the fields of Fine Arts and Graphic Design. If you’re interested as well: get in touch and we’ll drink a cup of coffee first!

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

— August 2022