How can artists and scientist experiment with technology rooted in regenerative practices? This evening we will celebrate the launch of the Det Digit Art House, with an in-depth programme on the legacy of pioneering artist Det Digit, regenerative technology and digital art.
Det Digit (1935-2024) was one of the first digital artists in the Netherlands. Her digital work spans four decades from the 1980s into the 2020s and has, from the start, involved interactions with early internet pioneers and scientists worldwide, resulting in digital and also spatial creations in her studio in a forest in Knegsel, near Eindhoven. Marleen Stikker, director of Waag Futurelab and one of the early internet pioneers herself, interviewed Det Digit already before De Digitale Stad and Waag Futurelab were founded.
An important question for Det Digit was how digital art can influence the physical and natural world, and vice versa. That question has become even more relevant today. This evening we will explore how digital technology, nature and the roots of the two connect and intertwine. Marleen Stikker will reflect on the work of Det Digit, in a conversation with her children Bas and Maartje Raijmakers. Ola Bonati, researcher at Waag Futurelab, will speak with artist Leo Scarin on how digital artists can work with regenerative principles. A recently published book, Foolish Delights, on the work of Det Digit will be presented and for sale too.
This event marks the launch of a new partnership of Waag Futurelab and Det Digit Art House in Knegsel, a new location for artistic residencies.
Programme
| 19:30 - 19:45 hrs | Welcome & introduction |
| 19:45 - 20:30 hrs | The work of Det Digit. With Bas Raijmakers, Marleen Stikker and Maartje Raijmakers |
| 20:30 - 21:15 hrs | How do digital artists work with regenerative principles? With Ola Bonati and Leo Scarin |
| 21:15 - 22:00 hrs | Drinks |
About Det Digit Art House
Det Digit Art House is the former living and working space of artist Det Digit. After her passing in 2024, it was transformed into a place for creating new connections and generating knowledge between the arts, design and science, as a site where autonomous or applied artists can live and work for a defined period.
Accessibility
If you are tight on funds and want to participate in this event, please get in touch with thieu [@] waag [dot] org.
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