Edges

The world around me is full of contradictions. Every day my thoughts struggle with what I exactly see, recognize or feel, they find it difficult to give in. For this…

MEAN SEA LEVEL, LEARNING TO READ THE STREAM

This project is initiated by (HyCP) Hyper Cultural Passengers in Veddel, Hamburg and deals with life on and with the water from different perspectives. Different global artistic positions are considered,…

Borderlines 1

In February 2022 I produced Borderlines 1, a short film about a local topic that worries the people in the province of Groningen already for many years. In the film…

PFSL #01 – Platform Port Futures and Social Logistics

A speculative platform dedicated to issues of art and urbanism, international energy transition, and geo-cultural flux. IntroductionSocial Logistics is an international initiative of artists, urbanists, and scientists that originated out…

Port Journeys Network

In 2016 Michael Kress (Hamburg, DE) introduced me to the Port Journeys (PJ) Network and I became a member. CareX and HaViK are the partner-organizations from where I represent Groningen…

A North Sea Periplus

IntroductionThe North Sea is one of the most industrialized and planned seas in the world. On the surface of water sail thousands of ships to her surrounding ports and transport…

Following Trading Routes

IntroductionTrading routes connect specific sites of economic importance and exists as long as mankind. Since ancient times civilizations traded goods over land, rivers and seas. With the industrial and technical…

HaViK

HaViK consists of the ‘Foundation Art Indeed’, and the tenants association artists HVK. HaViK is the result of a co-operation between these two artist initiatives who share the same principles…

CareX

CareX was started almost 30 years ago in Groningen (NL) by a movement of squatters that created a professional concept for the temporary use of buildings and grounds. A concept…