Engagement

A person can be fully committed to understand a specific text, to play a game, to build a place up to a point that the self more or less vanishes in this passionate attention. Engagement is more and more connected to notions of authenticity. One can be as authentic on a piece of land as on Facebook. Engagement is a qualifying factor for authentity in on- and offline worlds.

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The multitude of impressions is fascinating and enriching, as long as your rate of watching, listening and analyzing is sufficiently high.

This is something that can be learned. You become more adept at screening things superficially and…
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The world comes increasingly close.

You can step right into the centre of important events.
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Having a general overview is out of the question.

You will never be able to see everything, so you learn to wander around a bit in different worlds…
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There is no end to the amount of information that’s available, but there are limits to how much we can process.

Our knowledge and experience are able to grow as long as we remain receptive, and as long as we can…
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Projects of survival

'Blue Shift [LOG. 1]' is a Darwinian installation piece that was realized together with…
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[7] Open sourcing

The Biomodd project itself has also taken an open source nature. For instance, instructions for…
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[6] Juxtaposing the local and the global

Each Biomodd version reflects the cultural and social conditions in which it was created and is a…
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[5] Collaboration and co-creation

We work with teams and every individual within the group is empowered to add something substantial…
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[4] Digital games and game culture

Biomodd highlights the social nature of gaming and game culture.
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[3] Case modding

The idea of case modding is approached as a form of expanded sculpture. In this sculptural approach…
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[2] E-waste and its creative reuse

Electronic waste is one of the most problematic consequences of digital technology.
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[1] Symbiosis between biology and technology

In Biomodd, nature and technology are not juxtaposed but rather fused into imaginative hybrid…
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Failure and survival

Nature and technology are our means to re-structure the tangible world. 'Nature' is understood here…
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Dynamics and self-organization

Creating frameworks where things can happen, beyond expectations, beyond control.
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Sustainable leadership: an idea buzzing in my head

The role of art, especially music nowadays, could be crucial to convey a positive message and boost…
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Designing the water-cycle

With the Blopp we decided that in our future we wouldn't want to purify all the available water to…