Petervan Studios is the melting pot of three Petervan studios: The Art Studio, The Interventions Studio, and The Projects Studio. The Studios have the following methods, dynamics, and outcomes in common:
- Methods: Collisions – Layering – Activations – Speculations
- Dynamics: Translating – Unsnapping – Reframing
- Outcomes: Interventions – Interruptions – Provocations
The three studios share the motivation and desire for societal, moral, and aesthetic advancement.
Opening Petervan Solo Exhibition > June-August 2026
I am delighted to announce the opening of my second virtual exhibition, featuring a selection of physical and digital works created between 2023 and 2026. The exhibition will be on view from 1 June to 31 August 2026. Click on the image below to enter the exhibition on the Kunstmatrix platform. The 3D gallery can…
Petervan’s Ride – May 2026
Petervan’s Musical Ride May 2026 – 62 songs. As usual, mostly recent releases, including those by Mouse on Mars (with Lee “Scratch” Perry), Yu Su, and Hyperstellar. Oldies from Pink Floyd, Mekons, and Nightbus. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!
Time for slow non-events
Short trailer for my video installation “Clothesline”. A call for attention to the non-event and slowness. The installation runs peacefully at a human heartbeat speed of 60 BPM. Based on a static video of a clothesline in the wind. Repetitive ambient soundscape in Ableton Live, combined with Videosync transformations. Installation produces endless random video and…
Petervan’s Delicacies #184 > March-May 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…
Petervan’s Ride – April 2026
Petervan’s Musical Ride April 2026 – 52 songs. As usual, mostly recent releases, including those by De Staat, Demmers, and Tiga. Oldies from Cream, Ultravox, and Africa Bambaataa. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!
Vloeibaar/Liquid – Poem
Ik wil vloeibaar worden,zodat ik pas in een emmer,of in een wilde golf,of verdeeld over de spattenvan een fontein Ik wil vloeien zonder vorm,langs randen die mij niet kennen,mij voegen naar elke handdie mij probeert te dragen,en toch nergens blijven Ik wil oplossen in regen,vallen zonder herinnering,verdwijnen in de aardeen weer opstijgen als damp,onzichtbaar maar…
AI-powered humanoid wins international competition
It’s been a while. Some of you have written, others have probably assumed I disappeared into one of my own unfinished experiments. For years, my studio was a place of images, projections, strange XR environments, and long nights chasing ideas that rarely behaved. But somewhere along the way—perhaps during retirement, perhaps during one of those…
Petervan’s Ride – March 2026
Petervan’s Musical Ride March 2026 – 49 songs. As usual, mostly recent releases, including those by Kim Gordon, The Black Crowes, and De Beren Gieren. Oldies from Talk Talk, Sextile, and Angine De Poitrine. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!
Petervan’s Delicacies #183 > Jan-Feb 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…
Petervan’s Ride – February 2026
Petervan’s Musical Ride February 2026 – 38 songs. As usual, mostly several recent releases, including those by Bruno Mars, Park Hye Jin, and Mitski. Oldies from Massive Attack, Jan Jelinek, and Marie Davidson. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!
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