News and Thoughts on Arnold Hoogerwerf

Leestip: Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:13:26 +0000

Zeer interessant artikel van Ted Chiang in The New Yorker. Boordevol interessante quotes. Een selectie:

Art is notoriously hard to define, and so are the differences between good art and bad art. But let me offer a generalization: art is something that results from making a lot of choices. […] If an A.I. generates a ten-thousand-word story based on your prompt, it has to fill in for all of the choices that you are not making. There are various ways it can do this. One is to take an average of the choices that other writers have made, as represented by text found on the Internet; that average is equivalent to the least interesting choices possible, which is why A.I.-generated text is often really bland. Another is to instruct the program to engage in style mimicry, emulating the choices made by a specific writer, which produces a highly derivative story. In neither case is it creating interesting art.

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:51:34 +0000

Proud of all my students who graduated in the last few weeks! And happy to be the owner of this beautiful and limited edition book by one of them (a side project of a bigger project including a short documentary on bicultural identity).

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:00:47 +0000

The more convincingly lifelike AI-generated text, images, audio, and now video become, the more I am drawn to tactile, analog, lo-fi, and more human forms of expression.

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:48:12 +0000

My sound walk mens maakt landschap maakt mens has been added to the catalogue of the excellent walk • listen • create platform.

Interactieve luisterbeleving mens maakt landschap maakt mens

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 22:57:51 +0000

Voor alle thuisblijvers: mijn interactieve luisterfietstocht mens maakt landschap maakt mens is nu beschikbaar en kan op eigen gelegenheid worden gefietst en of gewandeld.

Voor mij nu eerst vakantie, maar op 10 september ben ik zelf aanwezig bij Museum IJsselstein om een introductie te geven en in gesprek te gaan met deelnemers. Meer informatie op mijn website!

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:23:25 +0000

Can ActivityPub save the internet? (David Pierce, The Verge, yesterday)

I’m hopeful, and would answer yes! Owning your own domain name should be the norm:

“But the advice you’ll hear from most people in this space is this: own your own domain. Don’t be john@/mastodon.social or anna@/facebook.com. Have a space that is yours, that belongs to you, a username and identity that can’t disappear just because a company goes out of business or sells to a megalomaniac.”

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:02:58 +0000

Momenteel werk ik aan een interactieve geluidswandeling /-fietstocht, als vervolg op de tentoonstelling mens maakt landschap maakt mens in Museum IJsselstein.

En goed nieuws! Onze gelijknamige videoinstallatie zal nog tot eind januari 2023 te zien zijn, nu als onderdeel van de nieuwe tentoonstelling Vensters.

Beide projecten zijn gebaseerd op diverse gesprekken die we met deelnemende kunstenaars en historici hadden over de menselijke omgang met cultuurlandschap in verleden, heden en toekomst. Met bijdragen van Niels Stomps, Wumen Ghua, Esther Polak, Ivar van Bekkum en historicus Arjan van ’t Riet. Binnenkort meer!

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:15:35 +0000

On behalf of everyone at my shared workspace 7zes7vijf, I wish you all a merry Christmas and very happy new year!

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:05:07 +0000

Graduation of first class of students Ad Design Digital Media

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 17:56:03 +0000

I just finished the first part of the examination assessment of the first group of students from the new Associate Degree Design Digital Media (HKU - Utrecht University of The Arts). I’m very proud of all our students: their hard work has certainly paid off, especially in these difficult times!

Be sure to take a look at the online exhibition at exposure.hku.nl. The students will have a Q&A with visitors on Friday 26 june 2020 from 16:45 - 19:00, you’re cordially invited! More info can be found here.

Total lockdown vs. herd immunity

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 08:03:06 +0000

So, yesterday was quite a surreal day over here in the Netherlands. It was the first, sunny day of ‘the ‘Covid19’ lockdown, the Dutch way’. Instead of a total lockdown like China, Italy and now Spain and France, the Netherlands are opting for a controlled spreading of the Corona virus throughout the population.
By taking less stringent measures, society will be less disrupted, but a lot of healthy, less vulnerable people (possibly up to 60% of the population) will get sick with mild symptoms of Corona over the next coming months.
— Lees op arnoldhoogerwerf.micro.blog/2020/03/17/total-lockdown-vs.html

Video and sound workshop on ‘Identity’ at Academy of Theatre and Dance Amsterdam

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:39:09 +0000

Had a great start of a new video and sound workshop at the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam. We had a brief discussion on the fine art of mass manipulation, and on the uncanny similarities between this fake news fragment from a few days ago and the famous ‘Lambeth Walk’ parody of Nazi propaganda during the Second World War.

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:07:28 +0000

My soon-to-be-former workspace is available for rent per june 1 2019. Spread the word!

https://deplaatsmaker.nl/huuraanbod/locaties/vlampijpateliers/35

Shell Shock sound installation at Eye Amsterdam

Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:55:41 +0000

I made a commissioned sound installation for the Shell Shock programme in Eye Filmmuseum! You’re welcome to experience it until 22 May 2019. It’s free, since the installation is at the entrance of Eye, but I highly encourage you to also visit one of the great talks, films and other events as part of Shell Shock, or the parallel exhibition A Tale of Hidden Histories.

More info can be found on the project page.

Moving Image Course at HKU

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:41:52 +0000

This week I started a new Moving Image course at the HKU Brede Basisopleiding (University of the Arts Utrecht). Here you can see the students creating a Light Modulator. It’s so nice to see young students getting enthusiastic by an art excercise developed almost 80 years ago at Moholy-Nagy’s New Bauhaus.

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:20:03 +0000

Looking back at a successful workshop with students from the Amsterdam Academy of Theatre and Dance!

Sat, 15 Sep 2018 07:44:21 +0000

I love the new hingeless strandbeest UMINAMI by Theo Jansen.

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:07:56 +0000

Slow motion in slow motion, through AI. Seems bad news for high speed camera manufacturers.

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:04:35 +0000

From now on, I will use this in my classes on continuity editing ?

Essence of the Indian soap opera. pic.twitter.com/7Fq1oJkSll

— Mr. Drinks On Me (@Mr_DrinksOnMe) June 11, 2018

Masterclass with Alvin Lucier

Sat, 01 Nov 2014 08:55:18 +0000

On Sunday, october 19th 2014, i was given the opportunity to attend a masterclass by Alvin Lucier at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. This very inspiring masterclass was part of the Alvin Lucier Festival and was organized by Sonic Acts. Mr. Lucier talked extensively about his work and we attended several of his compositions being performed across the museum. Several of my own projects were inspired by the ideas and work of Alvin Lucier.

Lecture on Niko Tinbergen during 'De Academie' (De NUTtige winkel)

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:37:03 +0000

On january 15, Alexander de Vree and i presented a lecture on Niko Tinbergen, his research on supernormal stimuli and human behaviour during De NUTtige winkel (an annual series of performances by Nieuw Utrechts Toneel) in Theater Kikker. The lecture was based on our research for De Meeuwen van Tinbergen and focused on the implications of research in behavioural biology in relation to economics and the economic crisis. A small part of the lecture also focused on his brother (and fellow Nobel Prize winner), the famous economist Jan Tinbergen.

Student film screenings at Filmin Festival

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:10:36 +0000

A selection of short films made by students of my video courses at Utrechts Centrum v.d. Kunsten will be screened at the Filmin festival on sunday june 10 2012. Filmin is a European project aimed at improving cultural exchange through the use of audiovisual media.

Location: PodiumWerkPlaats ( Burchtpoort 5  3452 MD Vleuten)

Student film screenings at UCK Festival

Tue, 10 May 2011 17:02:13 +0000

A selection of short films made by students of two of my video courses at Utrechts Centrum v.d. Kunsten will be screened at the UCK festival on may 21st 2011.

Exhibition "10 Jaar Vlampijpateliers"

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:00:40 +0000

From april 6-28 2011, i will present a digital portfolio of my work at the exhibition 10 jaar Vlampijpateliers, Stadhuis Utrecht. Opening hours: Monday - Friday from 9.00 - 17.00. Address: Korte Minrebroederstraat 2, Utrecht.

Teaser for 'De Meeuwen van Tinbergen'

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:05:38 +0000

I created a video teaser for my upcoming project ‘De Meeuwen van Tinbergen’, about the life and work of Nobel Prize laureate Niko Tinbergen (1907-1988).

‘De Meeuwen van Tinbergen’ will be an interdisciplinary project in cooperation with Cowboy bij Nacht, Staatsbosbeheer, Museum Boerhaave Leiden, Institute of Biology (Leiden University) and Oerol Festival Terschelling. More information can be found on the project blog demeeuwenvantinbergen.wordpress.com

[Announcement] Open Vlampijpateliers - 13, 14 november 2010

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:49:14 +0000

I will exhibit a small kiosk with a portfolio of my work in front of my atelier

Address:
Vlampijpstraat 50
3534 AR Utrecht

[Announcement] First public presentation of 'De Meeuwen van Tinbergen' at Uitfeest Utrecht 2010

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:10:10 +0000

On september 12, a first public presentation will be held of my upcoming project ‘De Meeuwen van Tinbergen’ during Uitfeest Utrecht 2010, the start of the cultural season in Utrecht.

Once every hour, on the city hall square, Cowboy by Nacht will present a ‘concert for seagulls’, presented through an 8-channel surround sound installation, placed around the square. In between these short interventions (inspired by Hitchcock’s “The Birds”), we will invite the audience to take part in a little video-interview, while they get a special treatment by a make-up artist.

'Gidsenproject' at Oerol 2010

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:21:56 +0000

I was invited to take part in the ‘Gidsenproject’ of this year’s Oerol Festival. More info can be found here (in Dutch).

I also was invited by Dutch television channel AVRO, to review two small projects at the festival. The results can be seen below:

Nomination for BNG WorkSpace Project Prize 2010

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:12:37 +0000

I got nominated for the BNG WorkSpace Project Prize 2010, organized by Filmhuis Den Haag / ZAAL5, with a project proposal for an interactive light installation named ‘A Close Encounter of The First Kind’ (for which i’m still seeking funding).

WORKSPACE is the annual project competition through which ZAAL5 seeks out talented filmmakers and artists working with film, new (interactive) media, video installations, performance and visuals. ZAAL5 is the in-house project space for media arts at Filmhuis Den Haag. This multifunctional room is dedicated to programmes and projects using moving images that are not displayed in regular film halls.

[Announcement] Preview of 'Geen Familie' at Toonkamer Utrecht

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:34:13 +0000

Cowboy bij Nacht will present a preview of their new theatre performance Geen Familie in the beautiful old Pastoefabriek in Utrecht, september 13, 2009.
Geen Familie will have its premiere on nov 12, 2009 at Huis a.d. Werf, Utrecht.

(Announcement) '24H Panorama' at the 6th International Environmental Short Film Festival, Istanbul (TR)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:46:57 +0000

My short film 24H Panorama will be screened at the International Environmental Short Film Festival, taking place from june 5-10 2008 in Istanbul (Turkey). My film is scheduled on the 8th of june at 20.30 hrs. Other selected dutch films (from Peter Delpeut, Erik Urlings, Frank van den Engel and Froda Kuipers) will be screened as well on this festival.

[Announcement] 'Muisman Opnemen' at Festival a/d Werf 2008

Sun, 25 May 2008 20:30:16 +0000

From may 25 - 28, Cowboy bij Nacht will present their latest performance Muisman Opnemen at Festival a/d Werf 2008 in Utrecht. Daily at 21.15 hrs, Wednesday May 28th also at 17.00 hrs.

Cimatics Masterclass Live A/V, Brussels (2007/2008)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:23:48 +0000

This week I am attending the fourth and last week of the Cimatics Masterclass Live A/V 2007/2008 in Brussels. Cimatics is a Brussels based international platform for Live A/V. This Masterclass consists of a series of 4 workshops with lectures from different internationally renowned media artists / theorists (amongst others Marc Amerika, Lab[au], Yves de Mey, Jerry Galle, Brendan Byrne & Ana Carvalho, Boris Debackere). The practical part is all about collaboration: 10 selected artists, working in different fields of media-art (and with backgrounds ranging from choreography to architecture) form groups and collaborate with each other, with the aim of creating an audiovisual performance project.

(Announcement) Exhibition 'Narratives in Space // Spatial Narrations' at ACEC site, Ghent (BE)

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:14:10 +0000

From february 15th - february 19th 2008, i will present a new video from my ‘Time Sketch’ series at exhibition Narratives in Space // Spatial Narrations in Ghent (BE). This installation exhibition is organised by Ghent based foundation Existentie, a platform that brings together artists, arts critics and curators. The past couple of months, i’ve been involved in ‘Labo 5’, a series of meetings, lectures and presentations organised by Existentie, aimed at bridging the gap between art theorists and art practitioners. This ‘Narratives…’ installation exhibition is one of the results of this Labo. Artists Participating: Arnold Hoogerwerf (NL) Guido van der Werve (NL) Judit Hettema (NL) Katja Mater (NL) Keren Cytter (NL/ISR) Lucas Lenglet (NL) Lucie Renneboog (BE) Pieter Vermeersch (BE) Stefan Serneels (BE) Curator: Imke Ruigrok (NL) 15/02/08: 20h OPENING 16/02/08 - 17/02/08: 14h<20h 18/02/08 - 19/02/08: 16h<20h Address: ACEC DOK NOORD 4 HAL 20, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

(Announcement) '24H Panorama' at the 16th International Festival Séquence Court Métrage (FR)

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:03:12 +0000

24H Panorama will be screened at the ‘Festival International Séquence Court Métrage’ in Toulouse (France). It will be part of the compilation programme “The World Under Construction”, scheduled on saturday december 1st, at 19h00 in Cinémathéque de Toulouse.

A Video-based Motion Tracking System

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:02:54 +0000

On october 2nd 2007, a modified version of the motion tracking system i originally developed for my Lightroom project, will be used in an interactive sound-installation of Werner Urban at the Kinderboekenbal 2007 at Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam. For those interested i will share here a little bit of the technical backgrounds of this system.

Hardware The system consists of a firewire camera (from UniBrain), with a wide-angle lens (Marshall Electronics), an omnidirectional infra-red illuminator (homemade, for very dark lighting conditions) connected via an 11 mtr. long firewire cable (also from UniBrain) to a computer. This computer is running a softwarepatch (written in the Max/Jitter programming environment). I usually place the camera directly above the scene being tracked, so that the barrel distortion of the wide angle lens isn’t too annoying. It can track and report up to 8 different positions simultaneously (thanks to the excellent external object for Jitter written by Randy Jones: 2up.jit.centroids). These coordinates can then be used for triggering all sorts of actions in Max. In the case of the original project it triggered a matrix of 64 lights and the spatialization of sound in a quadraphonic speaker setup.

(Announcement) Cowboy Bij Nacht @ Uitfeest Utrecht 2007

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:32:34 +0000

Cowboy Bij Nacht will present short excerpts from two upcoming theatre shows at Uitfeest 2007, marking the beginning of the cultural season. At Huis a.d. Werf, ‘Maandag of Dinsdag’ will be playing at 13.30 and 14.30 (Premiere will be october 25 2007 at Huis aan de Werf). At the Ganzenmarkt (Stadhuisplein), on every whole hour, there will be a short excerpt titled ‘Ondergetekende’. The premiere of this new performance is scheduled somewhere in spring 2008. I will make music for both pieces.

(Announcement) Reprise: ‘Scenes From My Backyard’

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:51:21 +0000

From april 1-17 2007, Scenes From My Backyard will be exhibited once more at the videowall of the Stadschouwburg in Utrecht. Lucasbolwerk 24, Utrecht From 20.30 hrs. until late.

(Announcement) New Website!

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:50:03 +0000

Welcome to my slowly ever-expanding website (which is still under construction, though). As i add more articles, this site will function as an online portfolio of my work. For now, I’m in the process of adding textual information about my projects. Later on, i will add documentation.