Vacant land can provide social and ecological benefits to cities as they are informally used by people and spontaneously populated by animals and plant-life. However, planners and policy makers often frame vacant land as ‘empty’, ‘blank’ spaces, making it difficult to acknowledge informal and more-than-human …

Curious hands Research project Conference: Curious Hands Space+Sound in Learning MakingThe global pandemic and its aftermath have made it once again clear that ‘making with our hands’ is beneficial in numerous ways; it contributes to our physical and mental health, stimulates our creativity and intellect, …

verkennende bijeenkomst / Kick-off Beeldende kunst inzetten tegen burn-out (klachten) onder aios

This workshop is, at its core, a basic exercise in how we communicate and how we receive ‘truth’, in how we calibrate in-between, with consideration, to best meet the needs of the person on the receiving end. One person describes, the otherdraws. The describer makes an effort to convey to the other what …

Workshop Communicating and drawing with empathic regard

Tijdens deze 3-daagse workshop kwamen 14 deelnemers bijeen om, daartoe gefaciliteerd door Jan van Boeckel, verkenningen te doen naar wat het Noorse concept van Friluftsliv (leven in de buitenlucht) kan betekenen voor de Hanzehogeschool, en ook wat de relevantie is in het kader van de transitie naar …

Workshop met klei met 40 studenten van Alfa-college en Academie Minerva.

Workshop in wildpainting en presentatie over friluftsliv-concept.

Lezing op uitnodiging van The Shift in La Monnaie in Brussel, i.h.k.v. symposium.