
Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde is an artist working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts AKI in Enschede and received a Master at the Berlage Institute, a Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam.
Currently Daan is the Creative Director of Studio Roosegaarde, an artistic laboratory for interactive projects which won the Dutch Design Award 2009.
Roosegaarde's work explores the dynamic relation between architecture, people and e-culture. In this interaction his sculptures create a situation of 'tactile high-tech' where visitor and (public) space become one.
Roosegaarde's interactive projects are internationally exhibited at V2_, Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo, Tate Modern London, YCAM Japan, National Art Center Tokyo, Venice Biennale 2009 and Victoria & Albert Museum London.
Exhibitions
2009 (selection)
'Dune' Lumiere Durham, UK.
'Dune' Kentucky Art Center Louisville, USA.
'Liquid Space 6.1' Oerol Terschelling, NL.
'Venus in Venice' Venice Biennale at DROPSTUFF Venice, ITA.
'Liquid Space 6.0' STRP Eindhoven, NL.
'Liquid Space 6.0' V2_ Rotterdam, NL.
'Flow 5.0' National Art Center Tokyo, JP.
2008 (selection)
'Liquid Space 6.0' YCAM Yamaguchi, Japan.
'Dune' La Triennale di Milano Milano, ITA.
'Flow 5.0' PICNIC Amsterdam, NL.
'Dune' International Festival of New Film Split, HR.
'Dune' Sculpture Quadrennial 2008 Riga, LV.
'Dune' BIP/ Elettrowave Livorno, ITA.
2007 (selection)
'Flow 5.0' Kapelica Gallery Ljubljana, SLO.
'Dune 4.1' Microwave International New Media Arts Hong Kong, CN.
'Dune 4.1' Lumineus Amersfoort, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Radiance Biennale Glasgow, UK.
'Dune 4.1' Synch Athens, GRC.
'Dune 4.1' City of Architecture 2007 Rotterdam, NL.
'Flow 5.0' and 'Dune 4.1' TodaysArt The Hague, NL.
Interviews
2009 (selection)
Frontpage article in newspaper Metro, Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Volkskrant 24/7, Amsterdam, NL.
Live at DWDD television 22/6, Amsterdam, NL.
Live at AVRO 'Opium' TV, Hilversum, NL.
Interview with Regine Debatty, Eindhoven, NL.
Interview Architectural Design AD, London, UK.
Interview STRP magazine, Eindhoven, NL.
Interview Bright, Amsterdam, NL.
2008 (selection)
Interview in KLM magazine (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview in Items (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview by Annet Dekker/ Montevideo (English) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Architecture, Technology & Design Beijing, CN.
Interview Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian) Milano, ITA.
2007 (selection)
Interview NRC Handelsblad (Dutch) Rotterdam, NL.
Interview Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch) Rotterdam, NL.
Interview MARK magazine (English) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Dazed & Confused (English) London, UK.
TV interview online (Dutch) AVRO Hilversum, NL.
2006 (selection)
Interview NRC Next (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Rails (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Review K magazine Moscow, RUS.
Overview of all articles
Publications
2009 (selection)
Review, Domus Milano, ITA.
Review, Blueprint Kuala Lumpur, MA.
Review, Lexus Nagoya, JP.
Review, AXIS Tokyo, JP.
2008 (selection)
Review, Rihan CC Shanghai, CN.
Review, Ottagona Milano, ITA.
Review, AtD Beijing, CN.
Review, LAB Ekaterinburg, RUS.
Review, IN OUT Shenzhen, CN.
Review, IlSole24Ore Milano, ITA.
Review, LE magazine Moscow, RUS.
Review, City of Architecture Rotterdam, NL.
Review, Digital Home Peking, CN.
2007 (selection)
Review, Spacecraft Berlin, DE.
Interview, Emzin Ljubljana, SLO.
Review, 4DSocial (cover) Wiley publishers, London, UK.
Interview, NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam, NL.
Interview, Algemeen Dagblad Rotterdam, NL.
Interview, Dazed and Confused London, UK.
Review, MARK magazine Amsterdam, NL.
Review, IdN Hong Kong, CN.
Interview, Bright Amsterdam, NL.
Interview, Algemeen Dagblad Rotterdam, NL.
2006 (selection)
Review, NRC Next Amsterdam, NL.
Interview, Items BIS publishers, Amsterdam, NL.
Publication, Game, Set and Match II Rotterdam, NL.
Commissions & collections
Commission Venus for Venice Venice Biennale, June 2009, ITA.
Commission Liquid Space 6.1 Atelier Oerol, Terschelling, 2009, NL.
Commission Liquid Space 6.0 Museum YCAM, Yamaguchi, 2008, JP.
Commission Dune 4.2 CBK, Rotterdam, 2007/ 2008, NL.
Commission Flow 5.1 Tauw, Deventer, 2008, NL.
Art Collection Dune Lloyd (private), Rotterdam, 2008, NL.
Commission Flow 5.0 TodaysArt, The Hague, 2007, NL.
Commission Dune Synch festival, Athens, 2007, GRC.
Commision Dune 4.1 Rotterdam 2007 City of Architecture, Rotterdam, NL.
Commission Flow 5.0 Modern Galleria, Ljubljana, 2006, SLO.
Commission Dune 4.0 Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, 2006.
Art Collection House Rabobank, Eindhoven, 2005, NL.
Commission Spiral ABT advisors in building technology, Velp, 2003, NL.
Art Collection 22 Beds Royal Auping, Deventer, 2003, NL.
Artistic statement Daan Roosegaarde
"Our interactive artworks explore the dynamic relation between architecture, people and e-culture. In this research the sculptures are a materialized collision of technology and the human body. Through the use of new media the sculptures trigger human senses to make a sensual engagement with their environment.
For example interactive landscape 'Dune' enhances the daily behavior of people, reacting to their sound and motion as they pass by in the evening. Here the visitor changes into a participant; a direct influence on the identity of the interactive artwork. Fused into an intelligent and sensible environment, the artwork becomes an extension of our collective, social skin."
Related activities
Education
2003-2005, Berlage Institute Postgraduate in Architecture, Rotterdam, NL.
2001-2003, AKI Academy of Fine Arts (cum laude), Enschede, NL.
2000-1998, Acadamy of Fine Arts Arnhem, NL.
2009
Lecture at IDEA Festival Louisville, USA.
Lecture at University of Kentucky Lexington, USA.
Lecture at NEXT at Innovation Lab Aarhus, DM.
Lecture at Aalborg University Aalborg, DM.
Lecture at Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, NL.
Lecture at TU Delft Stylos Delft, NL.
2008
Workshop at eARTS with V2 Shanghai, CN.
Award W3 Silver Hollywood, USA.
Lecture at Willem de Kooning Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture at Arup Amsterdam, NL.
Lecture at AIR Openbaar Ontwerp Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture at International Festival of New Film Split, HR.
Lecture at IFest Barcelona, ES.
Lecture at UN Studio Amsterdam, NL.
Lecture at Havenkwartier Deventer, NL.
Lecture at HKU Utrecht, NL.
2007
Lecture at Microwave International New Media Arts, HongKong, CN.
Lecture at Dutch Design conference Ljubljana, SLO.
Lecture at Softspace Tate Modern, London, GB.
Lecture at Museumnight Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL.
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Daan Roosegaarde is an artist working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts AKI in Enschede and received a Master at the Berlage Institute, a Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam.
Currently Daan is the Creative Director of Studio Roosegaarde, an artistic laboratory for interactive projects which won the Dutch Design Award 2009.
Roosegaarde's work explores the dynamic relation between architecture, people and e-culture. In this interaction his sculptures create a situation of 'tactile high-tech' where visitor and (public) space become one.
Roosegaarde's interactive projects are internationally exhibited at V2_, Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo, Tate Modern London, YCAM Japan, National Art Center Tokyo, Venice Biennale 2009 and Victoria & Albert Museum London.
Exhibitions
2009 (selection)
'Dune' Lumiere Durham, UK.
'Dune' Kentucky Art Center Louisville, USA.
'Liquid Space 6.1' Oerol Terschelling, NL.
'Venus in Venice' Venice Biennale at DROPSTUFF Venice, ITA.
'Liquid Space 6.0' STRP Eindhoven, NL.
'Liquid Space 6.0' V2_ Rotterdam, NL.
'Flow 5.0' National Art Center Tokyo, JP.
2008 (selection)
'Liquid Space 6.0' YCAM Yamaguchi, Japan.
'Dune' La Triennale di Milano Milano, ITA.
'Flow 5.0' PICNIC Amsterdam, NL.
'Dune' International Festival of New Film Split, HR.
'Dune' Sculpture Quadrennial 2008 Riga, LV.
'Dune' BIP/ Elettrowave Livorno, ITA.
2007 (selection)
'Flow 5.0' Kapelica Gallery Ljubljana, SLO.
'Dune 4.1' Microwave International New Media Arts Hong Kong, CN.
'Dune 4.1' Lumineus Amersfoort, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Radiance Biennale Glasgow, UK.
'Dune 4.1' Synch Athens, GRC.
'Dune 4.1' City of Architecture 2007 Rotterdam, NL.
'Flow 5.0' and 'Dune 4.1' TodaysArt The Hague, NL.
Interviews
2009 (selection)
Frontpage article in newspaper Metro, Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Volkskrant 24/7, Amsterdam, NL.
Live at DWDD television 22/6, Amsterdam, NL.
Live at AVRO 'Opium' TV, Hilversum, NL.
Interview with Regine Debatty, Eindhoven, NL.
Interview Architectural Design AD, London, UK.
Interview STRP magazine, Eindhoven, NL.
Interview Bright, Amsterdam, NL.
2008 (selection)
Interview in KLM magazine (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview in Items (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview by Annet Dekker/ Montevideo (English) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Architecture, Technology & Design Beijing, CN.
Interview Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian) Milano, ITA.
2007 (selection)
Interview NRC Handelsblad (Dutch) Rotterdam, NL.
Interview Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch) Rotterdam, NL.
Interview MARK magazine (English) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Dazed & Confused (English) London, UK.
TV interview online (Dutch) AVRO Hilversum, NL.
2006 (selection)
Interview NRC Next (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Rails (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Review K magazine Moscow, RUS.
Overview of all articles
Publications
2009 (selection)
Review, Domus Milano, ITA.
Review, Blueprint Kuala Lumpur, MA.
Review, Lexus Nagoya, JP.
Review, AXIS Tokyo, JP.
2008 (selection)
Review, Rihan CC Shanghai, CN.
Review, Ottagona Milano, ITA.
Review, AtD Beijing, CN.
Review, LAB Ekaterinburg, RUS.
Review, IN OUT Shenzhen, CN.
Review, IlSole24Ore Milano, ITA.
Review, LE magazine Moscow, RUS.
Review, City of Architecture Rotterdam, NL.
Review, Digital Home Peking, CN.
2007 (selection)
Review, Spacecraft Berlin, DE.
Interview, Emzin Ljubljana, SLO.
Review, 4DSocial (cover) Wiley publishers, London, UK.
Interview, NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam, NL.
Interview, Algemeen Dagblad Rotterdam, NL.
Interview, Dazed and Confused London, UK.
Review, MARK magazine Amsterdam, NL.
Review, IdN Hong Kong, CN.
Interview, Bright Amsterdam, NL.
Interview, Algemeen Dagblad Rotterdam, NL.
2006 (selection)
Review, NRC Next Amsterdam, NL.
Interview, Items BIS publishers, Amsterdam, NL.
Publication, Game, Set and Match II Rotterdam, NL.
Commissions & collections
Commission Venus for Venice Venice Biennale, June 2009, ITA.
Commission Liquid Space 6.1 Atelier Oerol, Terschelling, 2009, NL.
Commission Liquid Space 6.0 Museum YCAM, Yamaguchi, 2008, JP.
Commission Dune 4.2 CBK, Rotterdam, 2007/ 2008, NL.
Commission Flow 5.1 Tauw, Deventer, 2008, NL.
Art Collection Dune Lloyd (private), Rotterdam, 2008, NL.
Commission Flow 5.0 TodaysArt, The Hague, 2007, NL.
Commission Dune Synch festival, Athens, 2007, GRC.
Commision Dune 4.1 Rotterdam 2007 City of Architecture, Rotterdam, NL.
Commission Flow 5.0 Modern Galleria, Ljubljana, 2006, SLO.
Commission Dune 4.0 Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, 2006.
Art Collection House Rabobank, Eindhoven, 2005, NL.
Commission Spiral ABT advisors in building technology, Velp, 2003, NL.
Art Collection 22 Beds Royal Auping, Deventer, 2003, NL.
Artistic statement Daan Roosegaarde
"Our interactive artworks explore the dynamic relation between architecture, people and e-culture. In this research the sculptures are a materialized collision of technology and the human body. Through the use of new media the sculptures trigger human senses to make a sensual engagement with their environment.
For example interactive landscape 'Dune' enhances the daily behavior of people, reacting to their sound and motion as they pass by in the evening. Here the visitor changes into a participant; a direct influence on the identity of the interactive artwork. Fused into an intelligent and sensible environment, the artwork becomes an extension of our collective, social skin."
Related activities
Education
2003-2005, Berlage Institute Postgraduate in Architecture, Rotterdam, NL.
2001-2003, AKI Academy of Fine Arts (cum laude), Enschede, NL.
2000-1998, Acadamy of Fine Arts Arnhem, NL.
2009
Lecture at IDEA Festival Louisville, USA.
Lecture at University of Kentucky Lexington, USA.
Lecture at NEXT at Innovation Lab Aarhus, DM.
Lecture at Aalborg University Aalborg, DM.
Lecture at Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, NL.
Lecture at TU Delft Stylos Delft, NL.
2008
Workshop at eARTS with V2 Shanghai, CN.
Award W3 Silver Hollywood, USA.
Lecture at Willem de Kooning Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture at Arup Amsterdam, NL.
Lecture at AIR Openbaar Ontwerp Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture at International Festival of New Film Split, HR.
Lecture at IFest Barcelona, ES.
Lecture at UN Studio Amsterdam, NL.
Lecture at Havenkwartier Deventer, NL.
Lecture at HKU Utrecht, NL.
2007
Lecture at Microwave International New Media Arts, HongKong, CN.
Lecture at Dutch Design conference Ljubljana, SLO.
Lecture at Softspace Tate Modern, London, GB.
Lecture at Museumnight Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL.
Links
AD about Daan
Virtueel Platform NL
Interview by Digicult (Italy)
Blend about Daan
Bright about Daan
Off_Corso about Daan
Sustainable about Daan
Walter Amerika about Daan
Daan at club WATT
Mediamatic about Daan
VPRO about Daan
Daan at Tate Modern
Rails about Daan
ilSole24Ore about Daan
Items about Daan
Interview on WMMNA
NRC Next about Daan
AVRO about Daan
Daan at Linz
Daan in USA
Daan in Hong Kong
The Flow of Public Space by Annet Dekker
Video report of Venice Biennale
Daan at Idea Festival USA
Videos
AD about Daan
Virtueel Platform NL
Interview by Digicult (Italy)
Blend about Daan
Bright about Daan
Off_Corso about Daan
Sustainable about Daan
Walter Amerika about Daan
Daan at club WATT
Mediamatic about Daan
VPRO about Daan
Daan at Tate Modern
Rails about Daan
ilSole24Ore about Daan
Items about Daan
Interview on WMMNA
NRC Next about Daan
AVRO about Daan
Daan at Linz
Daan in USA
Daan in Hong Kong
The Flow of Public Space by Annet Dekker
Video report of Venice Biennale
Daan at Idea Festival USA
Videos
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