Architects Carlos Loperena and Alexandros Vaitsos are two members of DECA Architecture collective that is stationed in Greece. They welcome me warmly with a rich introduction of how the two met and reunited years after college. Back in 2001, Carlos…
A conversation with Haseeb Ahmed about the research phase of his residency. Based in Brussels for his S+T+ARTS project, Haseeb Ahmed wants to explore the journey that pharmaceuticals take from the point of human consumption and excretion to water streams…
A conversation with Joshua Stein about the first phase of his S+T+ARTS residency. As the founder of Radical Craft, a research and design studio that combines architecture, art and urbanism, US-based artist Joshua Stein has spent his first few S+T+ARTS4WATER-months…
A conversation with Mark IJzerman about the first phase of his S+T+ARTS residency After making an artificial intelligence installation that invites visitors to communicate with ‘the North Sea’, and a video in which humans are anthropologically observed from the perspective…
Today I talk with ST+ARTS4WATER artists Robertina Šebjanič and Marjan Žitnik, who are working on a project called “Zero Pollution Adriatic”.Together they investigate the pollution in the Adriatic sea: the levels, volumes, sources and hopefully the solutions. With Dubrovnik (CR)…
Thursday 27th of January the group of experts involved with Draught in Waterland and Biodiversity in Port of Rotterdam met at V2_Lab. For many it was the first opportunity to meet ‘in real life’ (due to Covid restricitions), a few…
This is the manual for using our STARTS4Water internal Journal. Its goals are: Keeping track of progress of STARTS4Water Residencies Networking between Residencies Reflection on research methods and innovativeness All above should facilitate the reporting phases of the STARTS4Water project The…
In November the Center for Genomic Gastronomy began work on their STARTS4Water residency: DROUGHT IN WATERLAND, commissioned by V2_and co-funded by STARTS4Water. To get familiar with the area they conducted interviews with experts (an engineer, a policy maker and a…
A few organisations work around this topic and we had the chance to exchange with Teun Spek, who works for the Veluwe Waterboard, responsible for water management and groundwater system in this area. Teun was born in the Veluwe and…
Last week Mark IJzerman started working on his STARTS4Water residency on Biodiversity in the Rotterdam Port, commissioned by V2_and co-funded by STARTS4Water. To get familiar with the area, he went to the port area for the first time with…