The project Rosa van Koningsbruggen did during the Talent Pressure Cooker deals with different steps of decomposition of plastic and how we can use it, in and after these steps. What is time? How to make time visible? The only thing that is certain is...
From chaos to regularity. The flow is an ambivalent symbol between ephemeral and constant, violent or relaxing. Geometrically speaking, it is mostly turbulent and chaotic. “There is another way where flows are regular and laminar, parallel and reversible.” Simon Raffy explains and hints at the...
Stalagmites and crystals fascinate designer Isaac Monté. That’s why he started to experiment with methods of growing and using artificial crystals and to create different sizes and colors of crystals. “I have been researching a variety of dying techniques to change the color of the crystals.” Isaac...
Can fish hear? Mandy den Elzen became fascinated by the anatomy of fish when she was passing by a fish stall at the market. The gills of the fish, which are composed of comb-like filaments of tissue, the gill lamellae, intrigued her. She wondered about...
Eco-friendly ceramics. Marloes started to appreciate ceramics during her stay in Japan. The variety in colors and clay used in the ceramics fascinated her. She started to study ceramics and learned about the down side of ceramics when it comes to eco-friendliness. In a society...
At the beginning of 2016, Margherita Pevere (33) developed an artistic research project on the earthquake in the Italian region Friuli in 1976 and how it disrupted local communities. For this project, she collaborated with Hommelette, an Italian cultural association for cinema studies: “I manipulated...
“When I was a child I used to go outside after it had rained and wished that I could capture that smell and keep it forever,” Arushi Agrawal says. It was this childhood wish that inspired her to start with her Talent Pressure Cooker project...