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
Very nice exhibition 'Uncharted' in Iselp in Brussels, curated by Camilla Colombo of Ohme. Pictured an intriguing work by Noémie Goudal.
#IselpBrussels #OhmeProjects
#IselpBrussels #OhmeProjects
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Very nice exhibition 'Uncharted' in Iselp in Brussels, curated by Camilla Colombo of Ohme. Pictured an intriguing work by Noémie Goudal.
#IselpBrussels #OhmeProjects
#IselpBrussels #OhmeProjects
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A fairly scary 24V in 1KV out power supply taken from a mass spectrometer.
#79 #OtherSemiconductors
#SystemsThatMatter
#79 #OtherSemiconductors
#SystemsThatMatter
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A fairly scary 24V in 1KV out power supply taken from a mass spectrometer.
#79 #OtherSemiconductors
#SystemsThatMatter
#79 #OtherSemiconductors
#SystemsThatMatter
Today I was introducing ArtScience approaches to a nice and interesting group of PhD candidates researching chirality-induced electron spin selectivity: I am more familiar with talking to artists about science than the other way around !
#ArtScience #CISS #CISSE #Ohme #BrIAS #ULB #SystemsThatMatter
#ArtScience #CISS #CISSE #Ohme #BrIAS #ULB #SystemsThatMatter
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today I was introducing ArtScience approaches to a nice and interesting group of PhD candidates researching chirality-induced electron spin selectivity: I am more familiar with talking to artists about science than the other way around !
#ArtScience #CISS #CISSE #Ohme #BrIAS #ULB #SystemsThatMatter
#ArtScience #CISS #CISSE #Ohme #BrIAS #ULB #SystemsThatMatter
Reposted by Joost Rekveld
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today we are revisiting some of these (golden ?) oldies.
#ArtScience #ArtAndScience #GyorgyKepes #SystemsThatMatter
#ArtScience #ArtAndScience #GyorgyKepes #SystemsThatMatter
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Today we are revisiting some of these (golden ?) oldies.
#ArtScience #ArtAndScience #GyorgyKepes #SystemsThatMatter
#ArtScience #ArtAndScience #GyorgyKepes #SystemsThatMatter
Very nice to be able to see some outcomes of the clay PCB workshop at Creative Coding Utrecht yesterday. This is a project on decolonizing hardware by Stefanie Wuschitz and Patrícia Reis, sourcing materials locally as much as possible.
#clayPCB #SystemsThatMatter
#clayPCB #SystemsThatMatter
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Very nice to be able to see some outcomes of the clay PCB workshop at Creative Coding Utrecht yesterday. This is a project on decolonizing hardware by Stefanie Wuschitz and Patrícia Reis, sourcing materials locally as much as possible.
#clayPCB #SystemsThatMatter
#clayPCB #SystemsThatMatter
Crystals in the mail ! Ten supposedly almost perfect cubic crystals similar to those used in the 1930s experiments that I am attempting to replicate/reenact.
#79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
#79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Crystals in the mail ! Ten supposedly almost perfect cubic crystals similar to those used in the 1930s experiments that I am attempting to replicate/reenact.
#79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
#79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
Revisiting the 'autonomously grown' images made by chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge in 1855.
#SystemsThatMatter
#SystemsThatMatter
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Revisiting the 'autonomously grown' images made by chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge in 1855.
#SystemsThatMatter
#SystemsThatMatter
Reposted by Joost Rekveld
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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First time using git directly to upload the results of a day of coding to a repository and it is so much more straightforward than the overcomplicated git plugin that I used before.
#79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
#79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
First time using git directly to upload the results of a day of coding to a repository and it is so much more straightforward than the overcomplicated git plugin that I used before.
#79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
#79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
Coming Friday, the 14th of November will see the launch of my book "Liberate the Machines!" at Creative Coding in Utrecht.
#LiberateTheMachines! #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter #MarloesDeValk #CreativeCodingUtrecht #MechanismsCommonToDisparatePhenomena
#LiberateTheMachines! #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter #MarloesDeValk #CreativeCodingUtrecht #MechanismsCommonToDisparatePhenomena
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Coming Friday, the 14th of November will see the launch of my book "Liberate the Machines!" at Creative Coding in Utrecht.
#LiberateTheMachines! #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter #MarloesDeValk #CreativeCodingUtrecht #MechanismsCommonToDisparatePhenomena
#LiberateTheMachines! #DialoguesWithMachines #SystemsThatMatter #MarloesDeValk #CreativeCodingUtrecht #MechanismsCommonToDisparatePhenomena
A very interesting (first) visit to the crazy large nano-electronics research complex of imec in Leuven.
#imecLeuven #79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
#imecLeuven #79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A very interesting (first) visit to the crazy large nano-electronics research complex of imec in Leuven.
#imecLeuven #79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
#imecLeuven #79 #OtherSemiconductors #SystemsThatMatter
And look what I found for zero money at the Basler Bücher Brocky.
#Goethe #FarbenLehre #SystemsThatMatter
#Goethe #FarbenLehre #SystemsThatMatter
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
And look what I found for zero money at the Basler Bücher Brocky.
#Goethe #FarbenLehre #SystemsThatMatter
#Goethe #FarbenLehre #SystemsThatMatter
In the mail from Shenzen/Fenggang/凤岗镇: scary-looking HV connectors.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In the mail from Shenzen/Fenggang/凤岗镇: scary-looking HV connectors.
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#OtherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
I am reviving my email newsletter after a year of silence ! If you subscribe here, you may be just in time for the upcoming one:
www.joostrekveld.net?page_id=1423
#SystemsThatMatter
www.joostrekveld.net?page_id=1423
#SystemsThatMatter
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I am reviving my email newsletter after a year of silence ! If you subscribe here, you may be just in time for the upcoming one:
www.joostrekveld.net?page_id=1423
#SystemsThatMatter
www.joostrekveld.net?page_id=1423
#SystemsThatMatter
Very interesting paper from 1983, for Tuesday's 'Vibrant Matter' seminar.
#VibrantMatterSeminar #SystemsThatMatter
#VibrantMatterSeminar #SystemsThatMatter
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Very interesting paper from 1983, for Tuesday's 'Vibrant Matter' seminar.
#VibrantMatterSeminar #SystemsThatMatter
#VibrantMatterSeminar #SystemsThatMatter
This set of tanbur strings already looked ancient when I bought it in the early 2000s, in Şemsi Yastıman Saz Evi in Istanbul, a store that I remember felt like an institution and which doesn't exist anymore. Now the question is: are ancient unused strings still new strings ?
#ŞemsiYastımanSazEvi
#ŞemsiYastımanSazEvi
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This set of tanbur strings already looked ancient when I bought it in the early 2000s, in Şemsi Yastıman Saz Evi in Istanbul, a store that I remember felt like an institution and which doesn't exist anymore. Now the question is: are ancient unused strings still new strings ?
#ŞemsiYastımanSazEvi
#ŞemsiYastımanSazEvi
Coming Tuesday, my (very) short film 'VRFLM' from 1994 will be shown in Paris at Cinéma Luminor Hotel de Ville. The great-looking programme is entitled "Composter : Jardins cosmiques et Édens pollués", put together by Teresa Castro and Alice Leroy for Lightcone.
#VRFLM #SystemsThatMatter
#VRFLM #SystemsThatMatter
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Coming Tuesday, my (very) short film 'VRFLM' from 1994 will be shown in Paris at Cinéma Luminor Hotel de Ville. The great-looking programme is entitled "Composter : Jardins cosmiques et Édens pollués", put together by Teresa Castro and Alice Leroy for Lightcone.
#VRFLM #SystemsThatMatter
#VRFLM #SystemsThatMatter
In a week time, I will be presenting my approach to research as part of the fall lecture series on practice-based artistic research of the Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) of the HGK Basel.
Everybody welcome !
#idce #hgkbasel #artisticResearch #SystemsThatMatter
Everybody welcome !
#idce #hgkbasel #artisticResearch #SystemsThatMatter
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In a week time, I will be presenting my approach to research as part of the fall lecture series on practice-based artistic research of the Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) of the HGK Basel.
Everybody welcome !
#idce #hgkbasel #artisticResearch #SystemsThatMatter
Everybody welcome !
#idce #hgkbasel #artisticResearch #SystemsThatMatter
Those cheerful blotches go very well with the cover design but are not actually part of it. I suppose it is coffee, but given the semiconducting substances discussed in the book there is always the potential for something more toxic.
#otherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#otherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Those cheerful blotches go very well with the cover design but are not actually part of it. I suppose it is coffee, but given the semiconducting substances discussed in the book there is always the potential for something more toxic.
#otherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
#otherSemiconductors #79 #SystemsThatMatter
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
