Within my employment by tinker imagineers, I was responsible for one major experiential show-zone of Chocolate Nation, a ‘Belgian chocolate experience’ in downtown Antwerp. We created a huge fictional machine to visualize the manufacturing process of chocolate; from bagged bean all the way to dripping melted chocolate. The creative process started with rough sketches of steampunk principles to visualize production steps. Resulting in a detailed animated 3D-model and a full 4 minute show simulation in Virtual Reality (VR). From there on the construction was a 1:1 conversion of my 3D-model to reality; an amazing process to behold. Employing a multitude of showtechniques such as light, 24-channel audio, smoke, scent, CGI projections and complex kinetics, we were able to deliver a very rich 4-minute experience to the visitor. Construction, showcontrol and av-hardware by Flink, sound design by Walvisnest. Video of the full visitor journey. © tinker imagineers

Within my employment at tinker imagineers, I was part of the core team behind the BBC Earth Experience. This immersive experience, with bespoke narration from David Attenborough, features breath-taking footage from Seven Worlds, One Planet, projected on multiple multi-angle screens using the very latest digital screen technology. My initial creative vision was that the monumental projection walls should be slanted towards visitors to create comfortable viewing angles. This approach resulted in a large sculptural landscape with exciting sightlines and an adventurous visitor experience. When further exploring the space, the visitor discovers smaller immersive zones dedicated to life in water and micro-life. This was an epic dream project to participate in - collaborating with the world's best creatives and technicians. Now open in Earl's Court, London since 30 March 2023, and opening another edition in Melbourne, Australia in October 2023. Watch the trailer or visit the website to book your tickets. © tinker imagineers

Within my employment by tinker imagineers, I was one of the core creatives behind museum Tirpitz in Denmark (architecture by BIG Architects). I was the experience designer of an epic 4D projection-mapping show in which the museum room darkens, and we take the audience on a 7-minute trip through 200.000 years of life around Denmark's western coast. My role was designing this experience, from paper-prototyping to storyboard to opening, and included the direction of actors, composers, technicians and visual-effects-artists. In 2020 the museum already welcomed its 750.000th visitor! Watch a short interview with me here. © tinker imagineers

Within my employment by tinker imagineers, I was one of the core creatives behind museum Tirpitz in Denmark. I was the exhibition/experience designer of the most amazing object in their collection; a huge canon bunker from WOII that could had shot its 600 kg grenades into warships 50 kilometres away! We emphasize the feeling of being inside a war-machine with careful lighting and interactive sound-design. Using interactive projections we show ghostly appearances of the machine that was not yet finished when the war ended, and tell all supporting stories through an audioguide. © tinker imagineers

Within my employment by tinker imagineers, I was the lead spatial designer on a 500 m² experiential space, located inside the T2 training campus. We concepted a 3-hour interactive live-show, focused on getting kids (age 10 - 18) excited about STEM (Science Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). We designed an interactive creative workshop space; a kind of science center 3.0 meets scifi cleanroom meets minecraft. Central in the space an abstracted metropolis emerges and the surrounding pixelated landscape houses five thematic workstations. The game-play is focussed on improving the fictional city's quality by employing modern technological solutions. While problem-solving, the audience learns about creating solar panels, designing a smart grid and programming a kinetic floor amongst others, using a combination of tactile and digital exhibits. After finishing our design process, the project was tendered internationally. Subsequently, we collaborated with the talented teams of the Yipp (interaction design), Bruns (construction), and Ata Tech (hardware and lighting). Video of construction. Video of the visitor experience. © tinker imagineers

In a few years, an entirely new Natural History Museum will open its doors in Copenhagen. Tinker Imagineers won the international tender to design almost 4.900 m2 of exhibitions, that cover the entire history of our planet, from its formation to the present day. I was part of the winning competition team and became member of the core creative team as one of the museum's lead exhibition designers. The new museum will open it's doors in the coming years. © tinker imagineers

Within my employment by tinker imagineers, I was lead (experience) designer of the renewed Airborne Experience, which is an 800m² immersive exhibition that was originally designed by my colleagues in 2009. The renewal encompassed some new scenographic areas, more cinematic lighting and better articulated human figures. But most noticable a completely new AV-approach with an ambitious 60-channel sound design and more immersive use of projected media. After experiencing a rough trip aboard a glider plane, the visitors disembark into the panoramic Dutch landing meadows. Soon they experience how the initial optimism turns into heavy fighting as they hit into resistance when trying to take the Arnhem bridge. The visitors behold the horrors of the final resistance that took place in the area around the museum itself. Finally they join the soldiers when fleeing back over the Rhine river... Construction by Kloosterboer Decor, AV hardware/showcontrol and lighting design by Rapenburg Plaza, sound design by Walvisnest, animation market garden by Lieke Milder. © tinker imagineers

Close to my place of birth, a very ambitious creative project was initiated; the immersive art maze Doloris Meta Maze. Berlin based art collective Karmanoia were the creative lead on this 400m² permanent art installation, in which I got involved after an open call for artists. I ended up creating one of the 40 rooms; a subtle experience in which the guests witness a flock of fireflies living inside a peaceful forest. It was very satisfying to design, build, program and compose music for my permanent site-specific artwork. The visual aspect is generated live; even when spending hours inside my room you will not see the same ‘firefly dance’ twice. The Meta Maze is a truly unique art-experience - I strongly recommend visiting. Thanks to Stroom Den Haag for financial support.

For electronic band Yukon Club I developed live generative visuals by creative coding inspired by their music. I created my own VJ software from the ground up, which also contains an interface for creating a semi-automatic synch lightshow, controlled over DMX. On stage I am the 4th band-member; playing my system live to generate both the visuals and the lighting on the spot, resulting in a holistic spontaneous AV-spectacle. Video of our live show on 3FM national radio.

Nachtgloed was an innovative site-specific projection installation for ‘Into the Great Wide Open’, a small (7.000 visitors) but very popular Dutch festival. Using animated projections we effectively turned a forest into a huge 3D-display and breathed the forest to life. Combining the illuminated trees with calming soundscapes, we immersed the audience into surreal atmospheres. Collaboration with Gregor van Egdom, who was responsible for the projection-system and logistics.

Fedde van Erk, Sander van Hooijdonk and I designed a float for world’s largest and UNESCO-protected flower parade in Zundert. Using theatrical devices like sound and the illusion of light we recreated the childhood memory of having a monster below your bed. A team of over 100 volunteers of district Klein Zundert constructed the design in a towering size of 9 metres tall and dressed the float with thousands of dahlia-flowers.

I was invited by The Artbutchers to create a site-specific installation for De Aanschouw, a series of weekly mini-exhibitions since 2001 (!) in Rotterdam. I am always experimenting to find surprising ways to combine my disciplines. The process of creating ‘Perpetuum 100’, was an action-reaction between video and motors, resulting in this ‘kinetic video sculpture’.

My studio-workshop is a laboratory without rules. A space where I can experiment, follow my curiosity and inspiration, and express myself in a wide variety of mediums.

I am regularly supporting installation artist Mickey Yang in realizing complex immersive installations. Many of her projects are time-based - involving multi-channel video, multi-channel audio and carefully synchronized kinetic elements. This video shows the project ‘Upaya’ and it's making-of video, and this video shows ‘Closed Eyes’.

Museum Catharijneconvent, our state museum of religious art, hosted a 6-month exhibition on how Pieter Bruegel's art shaped the modern archetype witch. Part of the exhibition-design by Platvorm, was a room in which visitors could join a witch on a nightly broomstick flight above the city of Utrecht. I took the project from there to create a themepark-worthy experience; creating a stereoscopic film, composing a soundtrack and engineering electronics to add synchronized 4D wind-effects and showlighting.

A collaboration with Theatre of Wrong Decisions - a collective that responds to sensitive issues in today’s world through short videos based on sculptures by Ingrid Rollema, underlined by still-relevant quotes by Shakespeare. In Groningen we took the opportunity to make a large video-installation inside the Tschumi-pavilion - a unique pavilion for public display of video-art. Projection technology provided by BeamSystems.

The permanent exhibition ‘Papiria’ in the children’s books museum is a vivid, atmospheric experience. Six thematic caves, like the cave of love, adventure, and silliness, contain artefacts and RFID-controlled games. Employed by design-studio Platvorm I participated in the materialisation of the design. Next to my work as junior spatial designer, I evolved to be 3d-2d workflow specialist, which involved writing a proprietary Vectorworks script in order to accurately design the 2 kilometres ‘ribbon’ of prints that went onto the sawa-landscape. The exhibition received the Cinekid ‘Best New Media production’ award.

Inside the Bartholomeus hospice in downtown Utrecht, guests are invited to step aboard our timemachine. The adventure takes them through 650 years of history, starting in 1367, when the first stones of the hospice were laid. The animation, with surround sound and synchronized showlighting, is composed out of parts of many archival paintings and photos. The project was a great collaboration with a talented team: illustrator/animator Hilde Buiter, composer Robert Jung, voice-over by Ingmar Heytze and show-technology by Flink. The permanent exhibition was opened by queen Maxima, so she was the first to take a ride in our experience.

My experience in computer graphics comes of great use when designing. It gives me the ability visualize the audience experience, and to create engaging imagery to sell and communicate my ideas. I also offer these skills on freelance basis.