HKU University of the Arts Utrecht

PROJECTS 2022

Feeding the City

Vivian Erdtsieck

The project proposes converting littered cigarette butts into a medium for mycelium.

Ageing Ice

Nadine Kroon, Eline Flick, Storm van Gils, Mijs Both

Ageing Ice depicts the issue of warming temperatures melting the permafrost by recreating the phenomenon in an art installation.

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a symbiosis between humans and moss

Salina Neefjes

To create a closer relationship between humans and moss, the team created a mixture of glycerin and agar agar to allow moss to grow on skin.

Instructors 2022

Karin Vlug

Karin Vlug graduated in 2014 from ArtEZ as a fashion designer and completed the master Crossover Creativity at the HKU. She is a design researcher fascinated by new materials and the way products are made. Since 2014 she has initiated interdisciplinary research projects collaborating with partners like industrial designers, material developers, research institutes, and industrial partners.
Through design prototyping and researching, we develop new production methods for textile objects. This includes: 3D production around molds of textile objects with new biobased materials. With project UNSEAM, together with Bas Froon, we developed a textile shape-changing technology without sewing: using digital technologies and material properties. Aside from her studio activities she is a lecturer. visit www.karinvlug.com

Shirley Niemans

Shirley Niemans works at the Centre for Creative Technology at HKU and is part of the Art, Technology, and Ecology project group. She developed and ran Lab Pastoe, a new experimental space for materials research and crossovers between techniques, and currently works on the redevelopment of the HKU Biolab. She holds a BA in interactive art and music (KABK and KC, The Hague), and an MA in New Media and Digital Culture. After 10 years of teaching and developing education around research through making, she is happy to be back in Art School and being part of the developments around bioArt, biodesign, and new lab environments.