Bart Kuipers

infinite_loop

My code poem infinite_loop was published by Volume Poetry Read it here, and check out the latest edition of Volume, volume 3 issue 1!
Founding Lab

I’m proud to be a part of the summer school of the FOUNDING LAB this year in Linz, Austria: “a collaborative effort between the Institute of Digital Sciences Austria (IDSA) and Ars Electronica. Its aim is to identify, develop, and present new areas, approaches, and formats that address the challenges of digital transformation. “ As a…
Robots Reloaded

Together with visual artist and designer Omer Polak, I worked on the Robots Feast, a show of 50 robots, dancing a choreography, interacting, and serving food to a hungry audience at the Martini Festival. The work was a continuation of Omer’s early Dancing Dishes installation presented at the LaZuz design exhibition in 2019 and again…
The Sandwich Show

As a staff writer of the Dutch children’s television show The Sandwich Show (De Boterhamshow), I co-write episodes and brainstorm new story lines and characters. Look at episodes here
Social Chemistry / ABN Amro

Screenplay for short corporate movie. For production company 1Camera I wrote this short corporate movie for ABN Amro Bank to help communicate the corporation’s new basic principles to the personnel. Watch it here
The Uneventful Life of Hans Boorman

I wrote the screenplay for this 25 minutes short movie. An erratic romantic tragedy about life passing by. In the 1960s, Hans Boorman falls for the charms of a remarkable woman. Fifty years later, he decides to try and find her. Full cast and crew here
My interview with Chad Davidson on AGNI’s blog

For literary magazine AGNI, located in Boston, I interviewed author and poet Chad Davidson about his contribution for AGNI magazine 86, “Mutatis Mutandis” (read it here)
The Apple Core

“The Apple Core” (in Dutch “Het Klokhuis”) is an institute of Dutch children’s television and has been aired every week-day since 1988. Each episode is a mini-documentary about any topic that might be of interest for children between seven and twelve, from extraterrestrial life to bullying in school to medieval sword forging. The three parts…
Teaching in India

This year, like last year, I will teach the course “Creative Writing” at the UPES School for Design. We will focus on storytelling for designers of the master Graphic Design. The course is a collaboration between The University of Europe and UPES India.
Studio Smartass

From 2016 to 2021 I was a staff writer on the Dutch children’s live action show Studio Smartass (in Dutch “Studio Snugger”). In a glamorous show format, complete with lit staircase, and smoking, scientific concepts are examined by experts who sometimes seem to be way out there, and sometimes seem to talk complete nonsense. But…
On The Air

Last week I was a guest on Fetewei Tarekegn’s radio show The Minority Report. We discussed the sense and nonsense of dating in Berlin in the Tinder era. The Minority Report is a monthly show on Reboot FM hosted by Fetewei Tarekegn, recorded at Acud Macht Neu in Berlin.
Dancing dishes in Schloss Hollenegg

The past week I accompanied artist and designer Omer Polak to Schloss Hollenegg in Austria to work on his piece LaZuz for the design/art exhibition ADMENSM that opens next week. The piece consists of a number of dishes and cups that ‘dance’ on a dining table. To make this magic happen we used eight Thymio robots that I…
Not Just Hemingway

I talked about my favorite short story for the podcast Not Just Hemingway! The podcast of Dieuwke van Turenhout aims to popularize the short story format in The Netherlands, by showing how many great short stories there are from all around the world. I discussed the great short story “The chosen one” by Puerto Rican writer…
Nanotube

For the Nano Technology platform Nanotube of the University of Twente I developed a Youtube series about nano technology and its many futuristic possibilities. Watch the videos here!
Charlottesville article

For Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer I wrote a short article about the tragic events in Charlottesville. Read it here. Or read my extended blog post about my visit to Charlottesville one week after here.