
Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde is a young 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.
Roosegaarde's work explores the dynamic relation between architecture, people and new media. His sculptures are a collision of technology and the human body. In this interaction the sculptures create a situation where visitor and (public) space become one.
Roosegaarde's projects have been shown at international exhibitions at V2, Netherlands Media Art Institute & 'Microwave' in Hong Kong and presented in Dazed & Confused, Tate Modern London and NRC Handelsblad.
Currently Daan is the creative director of Studio Roosegaarde, an independent artistic laboratory in which interactive artworks are created.
Interviews
2008 (selection)
Interview Architecture, Technology & Design Beijing, CN.
Interview Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian) Milano, ITA.
2007 (selection)
TV Interview Bright (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview NRC Handelsblad (Dutch) Rotterdam, NL.
Interview Emzin (Slovene) Ljubljana, SLO.
Interview Slash (English) New York, USA.
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 Daan Roosegaarde at WMMNA (English) London, UK.
Interview Bright (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch) Rotterdam, NL.
Interview Digicult (English) Milan, ITA.
Interview NRC Next (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Rails (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Items (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview WMMNA (English) London, UK.
Interview Virtueel Platform (English) Amsterdam, NL.
Exhibitions
2008 (selection)
'Dune' Quadrennial 2008 Riga, LV.
'Dune' Digital Art Lacda Los Angeles, USA.
'Dune' Elettrowave Livorno, ITA.
'Dune' Oerol Terschelling, NL.
2007 (selection)
'Flow 5.0' Kapelica Gallery Ljubljana, SLO.
'Dune 4.1' Microwave Hong Kong, CN.
'Dune 4.1' Lumineus Amersfoort, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Croisees d'Artistes Paris, FR.
'Dune 4.1' STRP Eindhoven, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Radiance Glasgow, UK.
'Dune 4.1' PICNIC Amsterdam, NL.
'Flow 5.0' TodaysArt The Hague, NL.
'Dune 4.1' TodaysArt The Hague, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Museumnacht Heerenveen, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Synch 2007 Athens, GRC.
'Dune 4.1' City of Architecture 2007 Rotterdam, NL.
'4D-Pixel' Kapelica Gallery Ljubljana, SLO.
'Wind 3.0' Museum Belvedere Heerenveen, NL.
2006 (selection)
'Flow 5.0' Triennale U3 Ljubljana, SLO.
'Dune 4.0' Netherlands Media Art Institute Amsterdam, NL.
'Liquid 2.0' Gogbot Media Art Festival Enschede, NL.
'Liquid 2.0' Five Days Off Montevideo, Amsterdam, NL.
'4D-Pixel' Melkweg Amsterdam, NL.
'4D-Pixel' Adaptables 2006 TU Eindhoven, NL.
'4D-Pixel' V2 Rotterdam, NL.
Publications
2008 (selection)
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.
Interview, Slash New York, USA.
Review, IdN Hong Kong, CN.
Review, HISE Ljubljana, SLO.
Interview, Bright Amsterdam, NL.
Interview, Algemeen Dagblad Rotterdam, NL.
2006 (selection)
Review, NRC Next Amsterdam, NL.
Interview, Items BIS publishers, Amsterdam, NL.
Review, Responsive environments V&A, London, UK.
Interview, Rails Amsterdam, NL.
Review, NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam, NL.
Publication, Game, Set and Match II Rotterdam, NL.
Review K magazine Moscow, RUS.
Commissions & collections
2007/ 2008
Private Collection Dune Lloyd, Rotterdam, 2008, NL.
Commision Dune 4.2 CBK, Rotterdam, 2007, NL.
Commision Flow 5.0 TodaysArt, Den Hague, 2007, NL.
Commision Dune 4.1 Synch festival, Athens, 2007, GRC.
Commision Dune 4.1 Rotterdam 2007 City of Architecture, Rotterdam, NL.
Before 2007
Commision Flow 5.0 Modern Galleria, Ljubljana, 2006, SLO.
Commision Dune 4.0 Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, 2006, NL.
Art Collection House Rabobank, Eindhoven, 2005, NL.
Commision Spiral ABT advisors in building technology, Velp, 2003, NL.
Art Collection 22 Beds Royal Auping, Deventer, 2003, NL.
Artistic statement
"The work from Studio Roosegaarde explores the dynamic relation between architecture, people and new media. 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."
"Our 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 work. Fused into an intelligent and sensible environment, the artwork becomes an extension of our collective skin." Daan Roosegaarde
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.
2008
Lecture at UN Studio Amsterdam, NL.
Lecture at Havenkwartier Deventer, NL.
Lecture at HKU Utrecht, NL.
2007
Lecture at Pecha Kucha Moroso Milano, ITA.
Lecture at Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong, CN.
Lecture at Dutch Design conference Ljubljana, SLO.
Lecture at Softspace Tate Modern, London, GB.
Lecture at Museumnight Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture at AKI academy of Fine Art, Enschede, NL.
External advisor for ArtEZ, Enschede, NL.
2006
Lecture Pecha Kucha Night at Nightclub Off Corso, Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture mediasociateit Twente Enschede, NL.
Lecture Bouwen met Staal Kersten Europe, Wanssum, NL.
Presentation foundation SBR Schiedam, NL.
Lecture Game, Set and Match II conference, TU Delft, NL.
Lecture and tutor at workshop 'Cool baroque' AKI, Enschede, NL.
Lecture and tutor at workshop 'Sonic Spaces' ArtEZ, Zwolle, NL.
Co-editor MVRDV, publication KM3 Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, NL.
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Daan Roosegaarde is a young 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.
Roosegaarde's work explores the dynamic relation between architecture, people and new media. His sculptures are a collision of technology and the human body. In this interaction the sculptures create a situation where visitor and (public) space become one.
Roosegaarde's projects have been shown at international exhibitions at V2, Netherlands Media Art Institute & 'Microwave' in Hong Kong and presented in Dazed & Confused, Tate Modern London and NRC Handelsblad.
Currently Daan is the creative director of Studio Roosegaarde, an independent artistic laboratory in which interactive artworks are created.
Interviews
2008 (selection)
Interview Architecture, Technology & Design Beijing, CN.
Interview Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian) Milano, ITA.
2007 (selection)
TV Interview Bright (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview NRC Handelsblad (Dutch) Rotterdam, NL.
Interview Emzin (Slovene) Ljubljana, SLO.
Interview Slash (English) New York, USA.
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 Daan Roosegaarde at WMMNA (English) London, UK.
Interview Bright (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch) Rotterdam, NL.
Interview Digicult (English) Milan, ITA.
Interview NRC Next (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Rails (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview Items (Dutch) Amsterdam, NL.
Interview WMMNA (English) London, UK.
Interview Virtueel Platform (English) Amsterdam, NL.
Exhibitions
2008 (selection)
'Dune' Quadrennial 2008 Riga, LV.
'Dune' Digital Art Lacda Los Angeles, USA.
'Dune' Elettrowave Livorno, ITA.
'Dune' Oerol Terschelling, NL.
2007 (selection)
'Flow 5.0' Kapelica Gallery Ljubljana, SLO.
'Dune 4.1' Microwave Hong Kong, CN.
'Dune 4.1' Lumineus Amersfoort, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Croisees d'Artistes Paris, FR.
'Dune 4.1' STRP Eindhoven, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Radiance Glasgow, UK.
'Dune 4.1' PICNIC Amsterdam, NL.
'Flow 5.0' TodaysArt The Hague, NL.
'Dune 4.1' TodaysArt The Hague, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Museumnacht Heerenveen, NL.
'Dune 4.1' Synch 2007 Athens, GRC.
'Dune 4.1' City of Architecture 2007 Rotterdam, NL.
'4D-Pixel' Kapelica Gallery Ljubljana, SLO.
'Wind 3.0' Museum Belvedere Heerenveen, NL.
2006 (selection)
'Flow 5.0' Triennale U3 Ljubljana, SLO.
'Dune 4.0' Netherlands Media Art Institute Amsterdam, NL.
'Liquid 2.0' Gogbot Media Art Festival Enschede, NL.
'Liquid 2.0' Five Days Off Montevideo, Amsterdam, NL.
'4D-Pixel' Melkweg Amsterdam, NL.
'4D-Pixel' Adaptables 2006 TU Eindhoven, NL.
'4D-Pixel' V2 Rotterdam, NL.
Publications
2008 (selection)
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.
Interview, Slash New York, USA.
Review, IdN Hong Kong, CN.
Review, HISE Ljubljana, SLO.
Interview, Bright Amsterdam, NL.
Interview, Algemeen Dagblad Rotterdam, NL.
2006 (selection)
Review, NRC Next Amsterdam, NL.
Interview, Items BIS publishers, Amsterdam, NL.
Review, Responsive environments V&A, London, UK.
Interview, Rails Amsterdam, NL.
Review, NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam, NL.
Publication, Game, Set and Match II Rotterdam, NL.
Review K magazine Moscow, RUS.
Commissions & collections
2007/ 2008
Private Collection Dune Lloyd, Rotterdam, 2008, NL.
Commision Dune 4.2 CBK, Rotterdam, 2007, NL.
Commision Flow 5.0 TodaysArt, Den Hague, 2007, NL.
Commision Dune 4.1 Synch festival, Athens, 2007, GRC.
Commision Dune 4.1 Rotterdam 2007 City of Architecture, Rotterdam, NL.
Before 2007
Commision Flow 5.0 Modern Galleria, Ljubljana, 2006, SLO.
Commision Dune 4.0 Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, 2006, NL.
Art Collection House Rabobank, Eindhoven, 2005, NL.
Commision Spiral ABT advisors in building technology, Velp, 2003, NL.
Art Collection 22 Beds Royal Auping, Deventer, 2003, NL.
Artistic statement
"The work from Studio Roosegaarde explores the dynamic relation between architecture, people and new media. 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."
"Our 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 work. Fused into an intelligent and sensible environment, the artwork becomes an extension of our collective skin." Daan Roosegaarde
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.
2008
Lecture at UN Studio Amsterdam, NL.
Lecture at Havenkwartier Deventer, NL.
Lecture at HKU Utrecht, NL.
2007
Lecture at Pecha Kucha Moroso Milano, ITA.
Lecture at Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong, CN.
Lecture at Dutch Design conference Ljubljana, SLO.
Lecture at Softspace Tate Modern, London, GB.
Lecture at Museumnight Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture at AKI academy of Fine Art, Enschede, NL.
External advisor for ArtEZ, Enschede, NL.
2006
Lecture Pecha Kucha Night at Nightclub Off Corso, Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture mediasociateit Twente Enschede, NL.
Lecture Bouwen met Staal Kersten Europe, Wanssum, NL.
Presentation foundation SBR Schiedam, NL.
Lecture Game, Set and Match II conference, TU Delft, NL.
Lecture and tutor at workshop 'Cool baroque' AKI, Enschede, NL.
Lecture and tutor at workshop 'Sonic Spaces' ArtEZ, Zwolle, NL.
Co-editor MVRDV, publication KM3 Rotterdam, NL.
Lecture Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, NL.
Links
AD about Daan
Interview on VP
Interview by Digicult (Italy)
Blend about Daan
Bright about Daan
Axis Stuifmeel about Daan
Off_Corso about Daan
Sustainable about Daan
Walter Amerika about Daan
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 Hong Kong
Videos
AD about Daan
Interview on VP
Interview by Digicult (Italy)
Blend about Daan
Bright about Daan
Axis Stuifmeel about Daan
Off_Corso about Daan
Sustainable about Daan
Walter Amerika about Daan
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 Hong Kong
Videos
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