The robot incarnation and alter ego of Sevdaliza
The (my) lab shown in 'de Kennis van Nu' - NTR. Start of the Robot Theatre Lab project
Control hardware, software and mechatronics design for three theatrical robotic sea creatures by Exoot / Tristan Kruithof
Robot design, construction and live puppeteering for a play by Sonnevanck theatre and Silbersee
Lumi - the climate adaptive 'living' tiny house. A robot-theatre project which is actually inhabitable
For Keiken’s installation ‘Spirit Systems of Soft Knowing‘ I have developed audio (transducer) hardware which is placed inside a silicone ‘womb’ which can be worn on the body. The setup had been on display at Amos Rex, Helsinki from March-June
For Leonard van Munster I made the technology to make two life-size ‘limberjacks‘ hop in sync with music for Almere’s Alluminous light festival The technology consists of two motor mechanisms with a cam-shaft, controlled with a MIDI track (same technology
Commissioned by Cross-TIC, a theatre production is set up with a ‘living’ tiny house as set, stage and character. This house will walk on robotic chicken legs (think Baba Yaga‘s hut meets an AT-ST) and will be on the run
In 2024 I followed the FabAcademy program offered at Waag, Amsterdam. A full 20 week course programme by MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld on digital fabrication. It was great to work (and have an excuse for weekly visits to) Waag. Very
For the movie ‘De Bellinga’s – Vakantie op Stelten’ I have been designing and puppeteering robot ‘Luca’ on set. Luca is a 7th family member, looking after their home while the family is on holiday. On set, the robot interacts
Sonnevanck theatre is developing a play in which robot Ravi is one of the stars. Ravi is going to be controlled by a challenging mix of live control input, pre-recorded sequences and autonomous behaviour. More information on Sonnevanck’s website. The
A very intensive but also satisfying collaboration (again) with Remie Bakker (Manimalworks) finished last summer, this time for Sevdaliza’s incarnation ‘Raving Dahlia’. She appears for the first time in the videoclip ‘homunculus – oh my god’ (around the 4.00 minute
The project ‘Foundscape orchestra’ has received an earlier grant by the Stimuleringsfonds and has been realised in the ‘Drukpershal’ in Enschede. The project focuses on the sonification of the big hall with ceramic objects, pneumatics, tappers, strings and other creative
In the 5th episode of ‘Anna’s Brain’s’ I collaborated on a self-driving bicycle. Thierry van Raaij provided a lot of welding and bike reconstruction, Joseph Groot Kormelink software for ‘autonomy’. I’m most proud of a working lean-to-yaw coupling (as Arend