Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery
@joostvervoort.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Transformative Imagination, Utrecht University. Infrastructures of mystery. Games & transformative politics. Developing ALL WILL RISE: @allwillrise.bsky.social. Singer in @terzijdehorde.bsky.social. Insta: @joost.vervoort_artwork
Working on new thinking with Rosa Lewis about building infrastructures of living mystery. What societal infrastructures can help make space for people's sovereignty, for their desires, and for their connection to mystery? How do sovereignty, desire, and mystery power the path to a better world?
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Working on new thinking with Rosa Lewis about building infrastructures of living mystery. What societal infrastructures can help make space for people's sovereignty, for their desires, and for their connection to mystery? How do sovereignty, desire, and mystery power the path to a better world?
This message has been spreading online. It is indeed unprecedented to see Utrecht University use the word 'boycott'. Let's see if it entails any changes to current policies. If action can meet discourse, this would be a great step for UU in taking moral responsibility, and an example for others.
September 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This message has been spreading online. It is indeed unprecedented to see Utrecht University use the word 'boycott'. Let's see if it entails any changes to current policies. If action can meet discourse, this would be a great step for UU in taking moral responsibility, and an example for others.
Very proud to say that I made the cover art for the singular UK-based metal band Conjurer. Conjurer are a major force in metal, and when they asked me to do their artwork, I was very honored, and a bit nervous about the project. So happy with the result and the whole process.
August 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Very proud to say that I made the cover art for the singular UK-based metal band Conjurer. Conjurer are a major force in metal, and when they asked me to do their artwork, I was very honored, and a bit nervous about the project. So happy with the result and the whole process.
Playing the Demon's Souls remake and Phalanx is just Internal Family Systems as a boss
July 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Playing the Demon's Souls remake and Phalanx is just Internal Family Systems as a boss
Harry Potter and the cursed TERF vibe
July 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Harry Potter and the cursed TERF vibe
Doing London things
July 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Doing London things
Supported!
June 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Supported!
LOL at the Elden Ring vibes people are picking up
June 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
LOL at the Elden Ring vibes people are picking up
People are loving it! <3 <3 <3
June 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
People are loving it! <3 <3 <3
OMG they've made our protagonist Kuyili cosy:
June 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
OMG they've made our protagonist Kuyili cosy:
Students in my course Global Transformation Project made some scenarios, which reminded me of something, so I gave them some feedback:
June 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Students in my course Global Transformation Project made some scenarios, which reminded me of something, so I gave them some feedback:
'In fifteen minutes I only got a glimpse of the systems. But that glimpse definitely tasted like more. This is an original, thematically daring game that you really should keep an eye on.' @ign.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
'In fifteen minutes I only got a glimpse of the systems. But that glimpse definitely tasted like more. This is an original, thematically daring game that you really should keep an eye on.' @ign.com
'You choose from techniques such as 'appeal to emotion', or you bring in someone's past. The stronger the evidence, the more powerful your argument. Sounds complicated and it was.' @ign.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
'You choose from techniques such as 'appeal to emotion', or you bring in someone's past. The stronger the evidence, the more powerful your argument. Sounds complicated and it was.' @ign.com
'During my play session I crashed a PR pitch from an oil company that had polluted a river. During such a confrontation you have to complete missions: convince someone, refute a lie, or exert moral pressure.' @ign.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
'During my play session I crashed a PR pitch from an oil company that had polluted a river. During such a confrontation you have to complete missions: convince someone, refute a lie, or exert moral pressure.' @ign.com
'You don't do this with weapons, but with words, evidence and strategy. You lead a team of activists and lawyers, collect information and confront the perpetrators through strategic debates.' @ign.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
'You don't do this with weapons, but with words, evidence and strategy. You lead a team of activists and lawyers, collect information and confront the perpetrators through strategic debates.' @ign.com
'The mere fact that this project comes from former developers of Guerrilla and Riot makes you curious, and fortunately the game lives up to those expectations. In All Will Rise you take on the powers that are destroying our planet in exchange for profit.' @ign.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
'The mere fact that this project comes from former developers of Guerrilla and Riot makes you curious, and fortunately the game lives up to those expectations. In All Will Rise you take on the powers that are destroying our planet in exchange for profit.' @ign.com
Wow!! Sjaak Stechman from @ign.com wrote about All Will Rise at INDIGO 2025. ''Let's start with the most striking game I've played: All Will Rise by Speculative Agency.' So fucking cool. Translated review below. @allwillrise.bsky.social nl.ign.com/outbound/157...
May 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Wow!! Sjaak Stechman from @ign.com wrote about All Will Rise at INDIGO 2025. ''Let's start with the most striking game I've played: All Will Rise by Speculative Agency.' So fucking cool. Translated review below. @allwillrise.bsky.social nl.ign.com/outbound/157...
I would totally go to see this lineup live:
May 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I would totally go to see this lineup live:
100+k people march against genocide in Gaza in the Hague. Biggest Dutch march in 20 years. Amazing.
May 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
100+k people march against genocide in Gaza in the Hague. Biggest Dutch march in 20 years. Amazing.
Visited the Gaza protest encampment at Utrecht University tonight. Good to see the university isn't sending police in to kick the shit out of students. Good atmosphere, lots going on.
May 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Visited the Gaza protest encampment at Utrecht University tonight. Good to see the university isn't sending police in to kick the shit out of students. Good atmosphere, lots going on.
Retro adding some film reviews on Letterboxd and just remembering how angry Rosemary's Baby made me.
May 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Retro adding some film reviews on Letterboxd and just remembering how angry Rosemary's Baby made me.
Came up with a new creature in a random chat with a friend: an ungoblin. Imagine everything you know about goblins: high energy, cackling, michievous and so on. Now inverse that: an ungoblin. Especially fun if you imagine the inverse of the Labyrinth goblins.
May 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Came up with a new creature in a random chat with a friend: an ungoblin. Imagine everything you know about goblins: high energy, cackling, michievous and so on. Now inverse that: an ungoblin. Especially fun if you imagine the inverse of the Labyrinth goblins.
Empathy is Satanic now, apparently. Empathy = metal as fuck? Yes?
April 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Empathy is Satanic now, apparently. Empathy = metal as fuck? Yes?
Amazing and a great honor to have ALL WILL RISE be part of the official selection at the London Games Festival. Thanks everyone for playing our 'drag the powerful to court for destroying the planet, but make it vibey as hell' game! @allwillrise.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Amazing and a great honor to have ALL WILL RISE be part of the official selection at the London Games Festival. Thanks everyone for playing our 'drag the powerful to court for destroying the planet, but make it vibey as hell' game! @allwillrise.bsky.social
On the way to the Amsterdam protest against fascism. See you there.
March 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
On the way to the Amsterdam protest against fascism. See you there.