Research on Arnold Hoogerwerf

Mens maakt landschap maakt mens

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:53:27 +0000

Mens maakt landschap maakt mens

Curatorial project

Audiovisual Installation

From 16 July – 25 September 2022, I presented a new curatorial project *mens maakt landschap maakt mens*at Museum IJsselstein (MIJ). In cooperation with investigative journalist Dennis l’Ami, this project focuses on the history and future of the ‘Groene Hart’ area in The Netherlands, more specifically on how the historical development of this man-made landscape has shaped a collective identity.

Realtime Motion Design

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 18:18:58 +0000

The supernormal - Artist-in-residence / Book Project

Thu, 06 Jul 2017 08:30:56 +0000

The supernormal

Artist-in-residence

Book project

From september 2017 - february 2018, i have been working at NIAS (Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences) as part of a fellowship offered by the KNAW and the Akademie van Kunsten. I worked on my upcoming project The supernormal, a more theoretical follow-up of my interdisciplinary art project De meeuwen van Tinbergen.

Besides doing more research on the effects of Niko Tinbergen’s concept of the supernormal stimulus on human behaviour in general, I focused on the implications of this kind of scientific knowledge on art, art theory and art education.

Pecking the red dot

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 08:26:05 +0000

Pecking the red dot

a theatrical lecture

To celebrate the 65th anniversary of Behaviour and the 40th anniversary of Niko Tinbergen’s Nobel Prize, Dutch theatre company Cowboy bij Nacht and behavioural biologist Carel ten Cate will team up to deliver a special theatrical lecture about the life and work of Niko Tinbergen (1907 - 1988).

Inspired by Tinbergen’s work with herring gulls and his classic experiments on supernormal stimuli, this lecture will provide a brief account of Tinbergen’s experiments on the begging responses of Herring gull chicks, illustrated with a short movie and pictures of Tinbergen’s old notes. Tinbergen’s original data on the famous experiment on the colour of the spot on the lower mandible differ from the well-known textbook figure showing the strongest response to a red spot.

De meeuwen van Tinbergen

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:57:18 +0000

De meeuwen van Tinbergen

Theatre performance

exhibition

bird excursion

lecture

De meeuwen van Tinbergen was een interdisciplinair kunstproject over supernormale prikkels en het leven en gedachtegoed van Niko Tinbergen (1907 – 1988), dat plaatsvond van 2010 - 2013. Het project vormde een eerbetoon aan deze Nederlandse gedragsbioloog, vogelaar, schrijver, tekenaar, filmer en Nobelprijswinnaar en bestond uit een proloog in 2011 en deze theatervoorstelling, tentoonstelling en excursie in 2012. Daarnaast werden in het academische jaar 2012 - 2013 een reeks theatrale lezingen georganiseerd rondom supernormale prikkels en menselijk gedrag op Nederlandse Universiteiten. De meeuwen van Tinbergen werd daarmee een interdisciplinair project op het kruispunt van kunst, natuur en wetenschap.

Lecture Performance on supernormal stimuli with Bas Haring

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:08:45 +0000

On march 12 2012, I will present a lecture performance about supernormal stimuli in cooperation with philosopher Bas Haring and actor/director Alexander de Vree. This presentation is part of the project De meeuwen van Tinbergen and will take place within the scope of the Art and Science Month of art society De Kring in Amsterdam. More information can be found here (in Dutch)