Joost Rekveld
@joostrekveld.bsky.social
artist trying to learn from machines.
site: https://joostrekveld.net
research: https://labyratoire.joostrekveld.net
mastodon: https://assemblag.es/@joost_rekveld
location: BXL
site: https://joostrekveld.net
research: https://labyratoire.joostrekveld.net
mastodon: https://assemblag.es/@joost_rekveld
location: BXL
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The "Liberate the Machines!" book is starting to be available so I made a page for it even if it hasn't had a launch moment yet.
#LiberateTheMachines! #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter #AnalogComputing #MediaArchaeology
#LiberateTheMachines! #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter #AnalogComputing #MediaArchaeology
Second day of another very intensive and enriching tanbur and makamworkshop by Murat Aydemir, this time in Cologne (with the carnaval raging outside).
#Iştanbur #MuratAydemir #tanbur #makam
#Iştanbur #MuratAydemir #tanbur #makam
February 14, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Second day of another very intensive and enriching tanbur and makamworkshop by Murat Aydemir, this time in Cologne (with the carnaval raging outside).
#Iştanbur #MuratAydemir #tanbur #makam
#Iştanbur #MuratAydemir #tanbur #makam
Twenty years ago, when I was making my film #37, I read (most of) this fantastic book and it was very influential. Hélène Metzger wrote it in 1918, and I am not sure there is another book that goes as deeply (and respectfully) into the intellectual history of crystals.
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Twenty years ago, when I was making my film #37, I read (most of) this fantastic book and it was very influential. Hélène Metzger wrote it in 1918, and I am not sure there is another book that goes as deeply (and respectfully) into the intellectual history of crystals.
I still do not understand why everybody now seems to think that short book titles are better.
#LettresPhilosophiquesSurLaFormationSesSelsEtDesCrystauxEtSurLaGénérationEtLeMéchanismeOrganiqueDesPlantesEtDesAnimauàlOccasionDeLaPierreBelemniteEtDeLaPierreLenticulaireAvecUnMemoireSurLaTheorieDeLaTerre
#LettresPhilosophiquesSurLaFormationSesSelsEtDesCrystauxEtSurLaGénérationEtLeMéchanismeOrganiqueDesPlantesEtDesAnimauàlOccasionDeLaPierreBelemniteEtDeLaPierreLenticulaireAvecUnMemoireSurLaTheorieDeLaTerre
February 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I still do not understand why everybody now seems to think that short book titles are better.
#LettresPhilosophiquesSurLaFormationSesSelsEtDesCrystauxEtSurLaGénérationEtLeMéchanismeOrganiqueDesPlantesEtDesAnimauàlOccasionDeLaPierreBelemniteEtDeLaPierreLenticulaireAvecUnMemoireSurLaTheorieDeLaTerre
#LettresPhilosophiquesSurLaFormationSesSelsEtDesCrystauxEtSurLaGénérationEtLeMéchanismeOrganiqueDesPlantesEtDesAnimauàlOccasionDeLaPierreBelemniteEtDeLaPierreLenticulaireAvecUnMemoireSurLaTheorieDeLaTerre
This şarkı in makam hüseyni ("
Seyr ederken sebz-i sahn-ı gülşeni"), by the Armenian-Ottoman composer, singer, tanbur player Nikoğos Ağa Taşcıyan (1836 - 1885), is just delightful and I wonder why it is not played more often.
#NikoğosAğa #HüseyniMakamı #UdiArşakBey
#ArşakÇömlekciyan
Seyr ederken sebz-i sahn-ı gülşeni"), by the Armenian-Ottoman composer, singer, tanbur player Nikoğos Ağa Taşcıyan (1836 - 1885), is just delightful and I wonder why it is not played more often.
#NikoğosAğa #HüseyniMakamı #UdiArşakBey
#ArşakÇömlekciyan
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This şarkı in makam hüseyni ("
Seyr ederken sebz-i sahn-ı gülşeni"), by the Armenian-Ottoman composer, singer, tanbur player Nikoğos Ağa Taşcıyan (1836 - 1885), is just delightful and I wonder why it is not played more often.
#NikoğosAğa #HüseyniMakamı #UdiArşakBey
#ArşakÇömlekciyan
Seyr ederken sebz-i sahn-ı gülşeni"), by the Armenian-Ottoman composer, singer, tanbur player Nikoğos Ağa Taşcıyan (1836 - 1885), is just delightful and I wonder why it is not played more often.
#NikoğosAğa #HüseyniMakamı #UdiArşakBey
#ArşakÇömlekciyan
Not the first time I'm late to a party, but those texts by Derrida from the early 1970s are really great.
#JacquesDerrida #Différance #SystemsThatMatter
#JacquesDerrida #Différance #SystemsThatMatter
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Not the first time I'm late to a party, but those texts by Derrida from the early 1970s are really great.
#JacquesDerrida #Différance #SystemsThatMatter
#JacquesDerrida #Différance #SystemsThatMatter
So far in this research project I have not produced any images or texts of note, but I did build a number of niche power supplies and thermostats. (This one is getting there).
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
So far in this research project I have not produced any images or texts of note, but I did build a number of niche power supplies and thermostats. (This one is getting there).
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
Somehow I didn't expect a 1907 book by Otto Lehmann on liquid crystals to have plenty of small and beautiful colour images.
#OttoLehmann #OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OttoLehmann #OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
February 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Somehow I didn't expect a 1907 book by Otto Lehmann on liquid crystals to have plenty of small and beautiful colour images.
#OttoLehmann #OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OttoLehmann #OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
Today we visited the marvelous Ghent University Museum with the students of the minor ArtScience at KASK.
#minorArtScience #gentsuniversiteitsmuseum
#minorArtScience #gentsuniversiteitsmuseum
February 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Today we visited the marvelous Ghent University Museum with the students of the minor ArtScience at KASK.
#minorArtScience #gentsuniversiteitsmuseum
#minorArtScience #gentsuniversiteitsmuseum
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
A very beautiful şarkı by Enderûni Ali Bey (1831-1899) in makam hüseyni.
#EnderuniAlibey #HüseyniMakamı
#udiArşakBey
#ArşakÇömlekciyan
#EnderuniAlibey #HüseyniMakamı
#udiArşakBey
#ArşakÇömlekciyan
February 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
A very beautiful şarkı by Enderûni Ali Bey (1831-1899) in makam hüseyni.
#EnderuniAlibey #HüseyniMakamı
#udiArşakBey
#ArşakÇömlekciyan
#EnderuniAlibey #HüseyniMakamı
#udiArşakBey
#ArşakÇömlekciyan
Because it is not far enough I had never been to the Pannenhuis metro stop in Brussels, but the escalator section did not disappoint.
#Pannenhuis #bxl
#Pannenhuis #bxl
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Because it is not far enough I had never been to the Pannenhuis metro stop in Brussels, but the escalator section did not disappoint.
#Pannenhuis #bxl
#Pannenhuis #bxl
DIY-ing this was perhaps not a great idea from the start, but once I was sure, I might as well finish it.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 PM
DIY-ing this was perhaps not a great idea from the start, but once I was sure, I might as well finish it.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
High time for some Iranian music, shocked by the ongoing violence, thinking of the courageous protesters.
#FakhriMalekpour #AhmadEbadi #NosratEbadi
#FakhriMalekpour #AhmadEbadi #NosratEbadi
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
High time for some Iranian music, shocked by the ongoing violence, thinking of the courageous protesters.
#FakhriMalekpour #AhmadEbadi #NosratEbadi
#FakhriMalekpour #AhmadEbadi #NosratEbadi
Things always take more time, but at least the measuring and displaying of temperatures up to 1200 C seems to now work in principle.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Things always take more time, but at least the measuring and displaying of temperatures up to 1200 C seems to now work in principle.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
In the mail this beautiful booklet by Ernst Haeckel on "Crystal Souls, Studies on Inorganic Life". Like cybernetics, but without the concept of feedback and 30 years too early; the text aims to close the gap between crystallography and psychology.
#ErnstHaeckel #KristallSeelen #SystemsThatMatter
#ErnstHaeckel #KristallSeelen #SystemsThatMatter
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
In the mail this beautiful booklet by Ernst Haeckel on "Crystal Souls, Studies on Inorganic Life". Like cybernetics, but without the concept of feedback and 30 years too early; the text aims to close the gap between crystallography and psychology.
#ErnstHaeckel #KristallSeelen #SystemsThatMatter
#ErnstHaeckel #KristallSeelen #SystemsThatMatter
Reading Anne Alombert made me want to read more Derrida; super lucid as well as maddeningly obscure, but also adressing some of the main themes that attracted me to cybernetics.
#AnneAlombert #JacquesDerrida #SystemsThatMatter
#AnneAlombert #JacquesDerrida #SystemsThatMatter
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Reading Anne Alombert made me want to read more Derrida; super lucid as well as maddeningly obscure, but also adressing some of the main themes that attracted me to cybernetics.
#AnneAlombert #JacquesDerrida #SystemsThatMatter
#AnneAlombert #JacquesDerrida #SystemsThatMatter
Very happy I was able to see a small but precious exhibition of some of the 'pierres figurées' collected by Roger Caillois. At the École des Arts Joailliers in Paris.
#RogerCaillois #SystemsThatMatter
#RogerCaillois #SystemsThatMatter
January 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Very happy I was able to see a small but precious exhibition of some of the 'pierres figurées' collected by Roger Caillois. At the École des Arts Joailliers in Paris.
#RogerCaillois #SystemsThatMatter
#RogerCaillois #SystemsThatMatter
Due to previous life choices I find myself building this cute see-through oven prototype. A whole new level of fiddly: unfamiliar and funny materials and none of my familiar construction methods allowed due to risk of meltdown.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Due to previous life choices I find myself building this cute see-through oven prototype. A whole new level of fiddly: unfamiliar and funny materials and none of my familiar construction methods allowed due to risk of meltdown.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
Hoping to see some of you this Friday at the opening of the group exhibition Deep Fields at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Paris.
Curated by Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves & Olivier Schefer, in synergy with Stéphanie Pécourt.
cwb.fr/agenda/expos...
Curated by Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves & Olivier Schefer, in synergy with Stéphanie Pécourt.
cwb.fr/agenda/expos...
January 20, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Hoping to see some of you this Friday at the opening of the group exhibition Deep Fields at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Paris.
Curated by Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves & Olivier Schefer, in synergy with Stéphanie Pécourt.
cwb.fr/agenda/expos...
Curated by Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves & Olivier Schefer, in synergy with Stéphanie Pécourt.
cwb.fr/agenda/expos...
Today the mailman brought these two beautiful booklets, from 1907 and 1921. Both are by Otto Lehmann, the first scientist to study liquid crystals.
#OttoLehmann #liquidcrystals #SystemsThatMatter
#OttoLehmann #liquidcrystals #SystemsThatMatter
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Today the mailman brought these two beautiful booklets, from 1907 and 1921. Both are by Otto Lehmann, the first scientist to study liquid crystals.
#OttoLehmann #liquidcrystals #SystemsThatMatter
#OttoLehmann #liquidcrystals #SystemsThatMatter
Today we are playing this piece that is famous for a reason; the uşşak saz semaisi by Salih Dede (1823-1886).
#uşşakmakamı #salihdede #suphiezgi
#uşşakmakamı #salihdede #suphiezgi
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Today we are playing this piece that is famous for a reason; the uşşak saz semaisi by Salih Dede (1823-1886).
#uşşakmakamı #salihdede #suphiezgi
#uşşakmakamı #salihdede #suphiezgi
Today I learned some things about thermocouples and how to measure high temperatures. Hard to test anything at this stage though.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
January 16, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Today I learned some things about thermocouples and how to measure high temperatures. Hard to test anything at this stage though.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Being mainly a maker of films, it is quite rare that I get to ship a physical installation. My installation #71.1 from 2019 is now underway to Paris where it will be part of the 'Deep Fields' exhibition at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles.
#71.1 #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter
#71.1 #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Being mainly a maker of films, it is quite rare that I get to ship a physical installation. My installation #71.1 from 2019 is now underway to Paris where it will be part of the 'Deep Fields' exhibition at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles.
#71.1 #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter
#71.1 #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter