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  • Petervan’s Delicacies – August 2026

    “Delicacies” is my incoherent, irregular, unpredictable collection of interesting sparks I came across online. Handpicked by a human, no robots, no AI. A form of tripping, wandering, dérivé, with some loosely undefined theme holding them together. Delicacies have no fixed frequency: I hit the publish button when there is enough material. That can be after a… Read more

  • Onbezoedeld/Uncontaminated – Poem

    De dag is nog fris. Onbezoedeld. Vol van nieuwe mogelijkheden. +++ The day is still fresh. Uncontaminated. Full of new possibilities. Read more

  • Vluchtig/Fleeting – Poem

    Vluchtig Vluchtig. Als ether. Als een tweet op het wee wee wee. Vervlogen nog voor geboren. Vervlogen illusies in een mist van leegheid. Vluchtig als een angstig dier. Op zoek naar voedsel vol betekenis. Fleeting Fleeting. Like ether. Like a tweet on the wee wee wee. Vanished even before being born. Vanished illusions in a… Read more

  • Petervan’s Ride – August 2026

    Petervan’s Musical Ride August 2026 – 37 songs only. Recent releases from ICA, De Staat, and Squirrel Flower. Oldies from William Orbit, Grauzone, and Andrew Wheaterall. Lots of experimental as well. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy Read more

  • New New Babylon Project – Sep 2026 update

    For a general introduction to the New New Babylon Project, please check out the project page. We are now in the grant phase. The deliverables for this phase are: I am trying to get the first two done, or at least well-developed, by year-end. AI-based Analysis I have been experimenting with Google’s NotebookML – now… Read more

  • My cousin Joost about Art and AI: less with more

    This is a repost of a LinkedIn article by Josie Gibson, summarizing a call about Art and AI with my cousin Joost, former senior curator at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels. Joost is an expert in the paintings of the Old Masters, and he also serves as a Vice President of the… Read more