Selected Works

Selected Art & Research Projects

  • Mean Sea level Project | Group Exhibition | HyCP | 2023 | Hamburg (DE)
  • Tokyo Bay Research | Research Project | Writing and Exhibition | 2022-2023 | Tokyo (JP)
  • weWISH | Community art project with WERC | weTREES | 2022 | Yokohama (JP)
  • Borderland 1 | Film | Online | 2022 | Oud Statenzijl (NL)
  • PFSL #01 | Online research platform | www.social-logistics.org | 2022 – present | Worldwide
  • North Sea Cosmos, a periplus | Research project with Stephen Ramos | Chapter in the book: Urbanization of the Sea by Nancy Couling, Carola Hein | NAI 010 publishers | 2020 | (NL)
  • Following Trading Routes | Research project | Photo series & Writing | 2018 | sites in DE, NL, JP
  • Government vs. Society = Art | Exploration – city walk | Frise |2015 | Hamburg (DE)
  • Mijn Marsum | Research project | Photo series | 2013 | Groningen (NL)
  • Ghost-town 2 | Group-exhibition | Photo series | 2012 | Gallerie Bas | Sneek (NL)
  • Shaping the world | Research project | Photo series | 2010 | Helmond (NL)
  • Ghost-town 1 | Light installation | Group-exhibition Gribwerk | 2008 | Groningen (NL)
  • Dubaiai | 2007 | Film installation | Shot in Dubai | Noorderlicht | 2007 | Groningen (NL)
  • Apple Garden | Film| Shot in Dubai | EMAF: European Media Art Festival | 2007 | Osnabruck (DE)
  • Psy | Film | 2006 | Groningen (NL)

Selected Urban Development Projects

  • HUB Haren | hospital building | CareX | 2018 – present | Haren (NL)
    Cooperated living: 10 artist studio, 18 refugees, 15 assistant living, 20 others, 10 small businesses
  • Paradijsvogeltuin | purchased ground possible highway| CareX | 2021 – present | Groningen (NL)
    Neighborhood initiative, +/- 5 self-build recycled houses, garden, festival terrain
  • Op Stee | purchased farming ground failed residential area | CareX | 2016 – present | Ten Boer (NL)
    Project for +/- 30 stainable self-building project, tiny housing, mud houses, community garden
  • Y2 | warehouse | CareX & Art Indeed | 2016 – present | Groningen (NL)
    Art space, 6 artist studio’s
  • Trav 6 | former school building | CareX | 2015 – present | Groningen (NL)
    Cooperated living: 6 artist studio, 12 houses, 8 small businesses
  • Trav 12 | former school building | CareX | 2014 – present | Groningen (NL)
    Cooperated living: 35 houses, 12 artist studio, 14 small businesses, community repartition space
  • Vleugel F | 15 artist studio’s | library university complex | Art Indeed | 2014 – present | Haren (NL)
  • Het Werk | former liquor bottler factory| CareX | 2014 – present | Groningen (NL)
    Working studio’s, neighborhood restaurant, community garden, 20 creatives
  • De Hamrik | 18 artist studio’s in school building | Art Indeed | 2011 – 2016 | Groningen (NL)
  • Trefkoel | 9 artist studio’s and art space in church | Art Indeed |2009 – 2011 | Groningen (NL)
  • Loods ZZ7 | 15 artist studio’s in warehouse building | Art Indeed | 2007 – 2013| Groningen (NL)

Selected Lectures & Presentations

  • Time Travelers on Veddel | Workshop | HyCP | Hamburg (DE) | 2023
  • Shibaura House | Community Building and Research | Tokyo, JP | 2022
  • Hafencity University HCU | Temporary Urban | Hamburg, DE | 2021
  • University of Groningen RUG | Creating Breeding Grounds | Biotoop, Haren, NL | 2020
  • Port Journeys Conference 19 | Artist housing in empty buildings | Pier2 | Kaohsiung, TW | 2018
  • Smart talks | SMART cities | Zou No Hana Terrace | Yokohama, JP | 2018
  • 18th. International Planning History Society | Creative Port Cities: Transnational Spatial Practices and Cultural Exchange / Round Table | Port Opening Memorial Hall | Yokohama, JP | 2018
  • Smart Illuminations Festival 2018 | Social Logistics | Zou No Hana Terrace | Yokohama, JP | 2018
  • Port Journeys Conference 18 | Using the City | Forumbox | Helsinki, FI | 2018
  • Altonale 17 | Affordable artist community housing| OBI | Hamburg, DE | 2017
  • Port Journeys Conference 15 | Legal Squatting | Frise | Hamburg, DE | 2015