Girona is a city located in the river Ter Basin, in the Principality of Catalonia. The city’s convenient access to water played a role during the 19thcentury to quickly industrialise and modernise the city. Yet, not at the cost of polluting the rivers and turning natural habitats, places of enjoyment …

“Biggest cocaine seizure ever in the Port of Antwerp”. (Bervoet, 2020) On the 5th of November 2020, the Belgian newspaper ‘De Tijd’ wrote about a record seizure of cocaine in the port of Antwerp. The illicit drug trafficking is a problem since many years which seems not to get solved. The main question …

How art can help us in finding connections to the more-than-human world?

Guest talk for the Art & Sustainability month at the RUG

Machine learning models have proven to be reliable methods in classification tasks. However, little research has been conducted on the classification of dwelling characteristics based on smart meter and weather data before. Gaining insights into dwelling characteristics, which comprise of the type of …

Lezing en workshop over wildpainting bij kunstcentrum MK24 in Amsterdam: Met wildpainting laat je het landschap ontstaan door wat je weet even aan de kant te zetten. Ons brein vertelt ons vaak hoe de natuur hoort te zijn, bijvoorbeeld dat de bladeren van een boom groen zijn en de stam bruin. Maar er …

At first, climate adaptation and art may seem very different from each other. But it is precisely a work of art that can add surprising nuances to the conversation about climate change and climate adaptation. We need to broaden our perspective and not just think in terms of practical solutions.

Presentatie aan de hand van de tekst uit het proefschrift getiteld: At the heart of Art and Earth (2013, pp. 56-57) van Jan van Boeckel