Digital Wellness Center

Curation for Next Nature Museum, Eindhoven (NL). This exhibition (400m²) reimagines technology as a tool for mental balance and digital mindfulness. Set within a ‘fractal forest,’ the exhibition blends art, science, and psychology to explore how our interactions with digital media shape our mental and physical well-being.

Singularity Garden

Commissioned Heleen Blanken to create a robotic zen garden. Singularity Garden suggests an advanced artificial superintelligence (ASI), a hypothetical entity that has surpassed humanity. Its purpose remains ambiguous; why and for whom was it created? Despite its utopian, almost magical ambiance, the garden carries a dystopian undercurrent. It blends serenity with unease. Through this juxtaposition of the natural and artificial, contentment and disquiet, the work challenges visitors to reflect on the their personal journeys to find happiness and meaning and the role of technology in their spiritual pursuits.

Scientist-in-residence

Stefan Van der Stigchel leads AttentionLab, a research group at the Department of Experimental Psychology of Utrecht University. As scientist-in-residence he and his team created an installation to study visual awareness. How it works: Visitors are bombarded with image collections while having to focus on the letters on the screen. Each time the X pops up, they need to press the button. Based on their performance, a personal score is calculated, predicting their age.

The Breathing Palace

Commissioned Geoffrey Lillemon to develop an artistic breathing session. The Breathing Palace synchronizes the grandeur of a historic building with the primal rhythm of breath. The space is brought to life by a choreography of theatrical lighting, creating the illusion that it breathes along. The experience climaxes with a collective breath-hold, where the space transcends its physical form, unveiling a radiant cosmos of light and sound.

Thank you

  • • Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
    • Provincie Noord-Brabant
    • Stichting Cultuur Eindhoven
    • Brainport Eindhoven
    • Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds
    • Mondriaan Fonds