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.
Petervan’s Ride – September 2026
Petervan’s Musical Ride September 2026 – 51 songs. Recent releases from Amelie Lens, Oscar Later, and Lambrini Girls. Oldies from Alana Dante, Red Zebra, and Silver Apples. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!
What is worth measuring?
In my latest post, I introduced you to the work of NOOR, who is creating a new sport. I suggested that her work could open up a much broader inquiry: How do we create a new way of becoming? With that background, I would like to dive a little deeper into other aspects of her…
Inspiration: NOOR is creating a new sport
At a recent family gathering, I learned that the grandchild of one of my nieces is studying at the School of Arts (KASK) in Ghent and is expected to complete her final master’s degree in 2027. I found out she was working on a project called “How to Create a New Sport”. You can find…
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…
Onbezoedeld/Uncontaminated – Poem
De dag is nog fris. Onbezoedeld. Vol van nieuwe mogelijkheden. +++ The day is still fresh. Uncontaminated. Full of new possibilities.
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…
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
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: An AI-Based Analysis of Supporting, Contradictory, and Complementary Resources An artistic XR rendering of a New New Babylon on top of an existing city or city…
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…
Petervan’s Ride – July 2026
Petervan’s Musical Ride July 2026 – 52 songs. Mostly recent releases, including those by The Rolling Stones, Madonna, and Rhythm & Sound. Oldies from The Scene, Kavinsky, and Right Said Fred. Lots of experimental as well. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy
