Roos Groothuizen
@roosgr.bsky.social
Media Artist (she/her)
Founder of artist space .zip (@zipspace.bsky.social)
Part of art collective Telemagic
www.roos.gr
Founder of artist space .zip (@zipspace.bsky.social)
Part of art collective Telemagic
www.roos.gr
Thomas Walskaar interviewed me for his first Dead Web Club Podcast episode.
Listen to us yapping about reclaiming digital agency, unsexy extinct elephants (talking about you, Mastodon!) and carrying your digital front door to a birthday party.
buff.ly/U9lMrzu
Thanks @w4lz44r.bsky.social !
Listen to us yapping about reclaiming digital agency, unsexy extinct elephants (talking about you, Mastodon!) and carrying your digital front door to a birthday party.
buff.ly/U9lMrzu
Thanks @w4lz44r.bsky.social !
01 DWC Podcast - Roos Groothuizen
First episode of the Dead Web Club Podcast with guest Roos Groothuizen. We talk and discuss about social media,
Roos Groothuizen is a media artist who cares about digital human rights. In her own…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thomas Walskaar interviewed me for his first Dead Web Club Podcast episode.
Listen to us yapping about reclaiming digital agency, unsexy extinct elephants (talking about you, Mastodon!) and carrying your digital front door to a birthday party.
buff.ly/U9lMrzu
Thanks @w4lz44r.bsky.social !
Listen to us yapping about reclaiming digital agency, unsexy extinct elephants (talking about you, Mastodon!) and carrying your digital front door to a birthday party.
buff.ly/U9lMrzu
Thanks @w4lz44r.bsky.social !
Reposted by Roos Groothuizen
Mon, November 10 is Neocities Coding Night again!
Build your personal Neocities site, aka digital garden, and work on your html/css skills.
We start from 6pm at .zip (1e Pijnackerstraat 75)
Bring your own laptop and food
More info: zipspace.nl/agenda
Build your personal Neocities site, aka digital garden, and work on your html/css skills.
We start from 6pm at .zip (1e Pijnackerstraat 75)
Bring your own laptop and food
More info: zipspace.nl/agenda
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Mon, November 10 is Neocities Coding Night again!
Build your personal Neocities site, aka digital garden, and work on your html/css skills.
We start from 6pm at .zip (1e Pijnackerstraat 75)
Bring your own laptop and food
More info: zipspace.nl/agenda
Build your personal Neocities site, aka digital garden, and work on your html/css skills.
We start from 6pm at .zip (1e Pijnackerstraat 75)
Bring your own laptop and food
More info: zipspace.nl/agenda
Doomsday Dopamine Karaoke Machine reflects on how social media profits off our most extreme emotions, not caring about content but generating addictive dopamine instead. Sing karaoke while live news is streaming in the background.
Tonight is Museum Night in Amsterdam. See you there!
www.bigdada.nl
Tonight is Museum Night in Amsterdam. See you there!
www.bigdada.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Doomsday Dopamine Karaoke Machine reflects on how social media profits off our most extreme emotions, not caring about content but generating addictive dopamine instead. Sing karaoke while live news is streaming in the background.
Tonight is Museum Night in Amsterdam. See you there!
www.bigdada.nl
Tonight is Museum Night in Amsterdam. See you there!
www.bigdada.nl
I'm making a new work for Big Dada, opening Oct 31st at Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam.
Reflecting on how Instagram and other platforms are profiting from our most extreme emotions, you can sing your heart out at my karaoke, while streaming 24-h news.
More info: buff.ly/FUqbhow
Reflecting on how Instagram and other platforms are profiting from our most extreme emotions, you can sing your heart out at my karaoke, while streaming 24-h news.
More info: buff.ly/FUqbhow
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I'm making a new work for Big Dada, opening Oct 31st at Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam.
Reflecting on how Instagram and other platforms are profiting from our most extreme emotions, you can sing your heart out at my karaoke, while streaming 24-h news.
More info: buff.ly/FUqbhow
Reflecting on how Instagram and other platforms are profiting from our most extreme emotions, you can sing your heart out at my karaoke, while streaming 24-h news.
More info: buff.ly/FUqbhow
Who is really watching in Rotterdam?? I will give a presentation at @nieuweinstituut.nl on Oct 28 during Centre of BOLD Cities' Kick-Off Event 'Start Making Sense' -- a new university research on cameras in public space.
More info here: buff.ly/Y9vGaYE
thx @ingejanse.bsky.social
More info here: buff.ly/Y9vGaYE
thx @ingejanse.bsky.social
Kick-off: Start Making Sense | The New Team Science Project
Start Making Sense | Kick-off event | Register here!Start Making Sense | Kick-off eventFrom tram stops to business parks, and from residential streets to City Hall: cameras are appearing everywhere…
www.centre-for-bold-cities.nl
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Who is really watching in Rotterdam?? I will give a presentation at @nieuweinstituut.nl on Oct 28 during Centre of BOLD Cities' Kick-Off Event 'Start Making Sense' -- a new university research on cameras in public space.
More info here: buff.ly/Y9vGaYE
thx @ingejanse.bsky.social
More info here: buff.ly/Y9vGaYE
thx @ingejanse.bsky.social
Give @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social a home! 🏡 My super cool friends in Enschede have finally gotten the keys to a permanent place after an involuntary nomadic life. And of course nothing comes easy in the cultural world. Everything needs to be renovated and there is no money. Help them out by donating!
Sickhouse: Help ons nieuwe huis voor playful art te bouwen
Iedere euro die jij doneert draagt bij aan het openen van onze deuren zodat we exposities, films, concerten, game events, festivals, residencies, meet-ups en nog veel meer kunnen organiseren door het…
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October 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Give @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social a home! 🏡 My super cool friends in Enschede have finally gotten the keys to a permanent place after an involuntary nomadic life. And of course nothing comes easy in the cultural world. Everything needs to be renovated and there is no money. Help them out by donating!
Neocities Code-A-Thon was such a success, that we turned it into a monthly recurring event! 🌐
Join us every month to work on your personal site and master your HTML+CSS skills. 📶
More info: zipspace.nl/agenda
Some cool results from last event. By: nikilia.neocities.org & debizon.neocities.org
Join us every month to work on your personal site and master your HTML+CSS skills. 📶
More info: zipspace.nl/agenda
Some cool results from last event. By: nikilia.neocities.org & debizon.neocities.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Neocities Code-A-Thon was such a success, that we turned it into a monthly recurring event! 🌐
Join us every month to work on your personal site and master your HTML+CSS skills. 📶
More info: zipspace.nl/agenda
Some cool results from last event. By: nikilia.neocities.org & debizon.neocities.org
Join us every month to work on your personal site and master your HTML+CSS skills. 📶
More info: zipspace.nl/agenda
Some cool results from last event. By: nikilia.neocities.org & debizon.neocities.org
HONK HONK! 📢 @nastiacistakova.bsky.social and I are hosting another QUIZ. Join us October 11th at V2_, 8-9pm.
During Engage Festival 9-12 Oct, V2_ is organizing an event programme called Technologies of Solidarity. Passe-partout is €6. More info: buff.ly/SfA4HTh
Photo: Angeline Swinkels.
During Engage Festival 9-12 Oct, V2_ is organizing an event programme called Technologies of Solidarity. Passe-partout is €6. More info: buff.ly/SfA4HTh
Photo: Angeline Swinkels.
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
HONK HONK! 📢 @nastiacistakova.bsky.social and I are hosting another QUIZ. Join us October 11th at V2_, 8-9pm.
During Engage Festival 9-12 Oct, V2_ is organizing an event programme called Technologies of Solidarity. Passe-partout is €6. More info: buff.ly/SfA4HTh
Photo: Angeline Swinkels.
During Engage Festival 9-12 Oct, V2_ is organizing an event programme called Technologies of Solidarity. Passe-partout is €6. More info: buff.ly/SfA4HTh
Photo: Angeline Swinkels.
Reposted by Roos Groothuizen
.zipper Lou is organizing an unconference with Anouk Geenen, Julieta Matos Castaño and Gemeente Rotterdam around technology in public spaces, and how to make space for community-centered design.
Date: 23 Oct 25, 18.15–21.15h
Location: het Timmerhuis, Rotterdam
RSVP via mail to hello@zipspace.nl
Date: 23 Oct 25, 18.15–21.15h
Location: het Timmerhuis, Rotterdam
RSVP via mail to hello@zipspace.nl
September 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
.zipper Lou is organizing an unconference with Anouk Geenen, Julieta Matos Castaño and Gemeente Rotterdam around technology in public spaces, and how to make space for community-centered design.
Date: 23 Oct 25, 18.15–21.15h
Location: het Timmerhuis, Rotterdam
RSVP via mail to hello@zipspace.nl
Date: 23 Oct 25, 18.15–21.15h
Location: het Timmerhuis, Rotterdam
RSVP via mail to hello@zipspace.nl
Still looking for a game to play this weekend? I've uploaded all the files of the Blue Dungeon to the world wide web. I made the game for GOGBOT's symposium, organised by Planetart and Sickhouse. Happy weekend!
buff.ly/nKIpO5K
buff.ly/nKIpO5K
The Blue Dungeon — Roos Groothuizen
The Blue Dungeon I’ve made a table-top world building game called The Blue Dungeon. It’s rules are based on The Ground Itself by Everest Pipkin. The Blue...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Still looking for a game to play this weekend? I've uploaded all the files of the Blue Dungeon to the world wide web. I made the game for GOGBOT's symposium, organised by Planetart and Sickhouse. Happy weekend!
buff.ly/nKIpO5K
buff.ly/nKIpO5K
FInd me at GOGBOT's symposium this Saturday!
I'm running The Blue Dungeon, a small world-building tabletop game that I wrote for #GOGBOT, that questions the future of social media in a medieval high fantasy setting 😏
More: buff.ly/GgEF2Jh
I'm running The Blue Dungeon, a small world-building tabletop game that I wrote for #GOGBOT, that questions the future of social media in a medieval high fantasy setting 😏
More: buff.ly/GgEF2Jh
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
FInd me at GOGBOT's symposium this Saturday!
I'm running The Blue Dungeon, a small world-building tabletop game that I wrote for #GOGBOT, that questions the future of social media in a medieval high fantasy setting 😏
More: buff.ly/GgEF2Jh
I'm running The Blue Dungeon, a small world-building tabletop game that I wrote for #GOGBOT, that questions the future of social media in a medieval high fantasy setting 😏
More: buff.ly/GgEF2Jh
Nastia and I hosted our post-chaos knowledge-meets-airhorn quiz at many places, but The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science was a first last Thursday. ⚡
During IS HET KUNST OF MAG HET WEG? we quizzed the audience on artists who turned websites, surveillance footage and memes into art pieces.
During IS HET KUNST OF MAG HET WEG? we quizzed the audience on artists who turned websites, surveillance footage and memes into art pieces.
September 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Nastia and I hosted our post-chaos knowledge-meets-airhorn quiz at many places, but The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science was a first last Thursday. ⚡
During IS HET KUNST OF MAG HET WEG? we quizzed the audience on artists who turned websites, surveillance footage and memes into art pieces.
During IS HET KUNST OF MAG HET WEG? we quizzed the audience on artists who turned websites, surveillance footage and memes into art pieces.
Ars Electronica was last week, and it was a blast. Model Collapse was visited bij 9000 people!
Thank you Tetem for the incredible production - as well as Telemagic's Cyanne van den Houten and Ymer Marinus.
Pictures by Tom Mesic
Thank you Tetem for the incredible production - as well as Telemagic's Cyanne van den Houten and Ymer Marinus.
Pictures by Tom Mesic
September 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ars Electronica was last week, and it was a blast. Model Collapse was visited bij 9000 people!
Thank you Tetem for the incredible production - as well as Telemagic's Cyanne van den Houten and Ymer Marinus.
Pictures by Tom Mesic
Thank you Tetem for the incredible production - as well as Telemagic's Cyanne van den Houten and Ymer Marinus.
Pictures by Tom Mesic
Steun @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social in hun rechtszaak tegen Meta (en de profilering die ze toepassen op hun social media platforms)!
Teken de petitie hier: www.bitsoffreedom.nl/campagnes/st...
Teken de petitie hier: www.bitsoffreedom.nl/campagnes/st...
Steun onze rechtszaak tegen Meta!
Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.
www.bitsoffreedom.nl
September 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Steun @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social in hun rechtszaak tegen Meta (en de profilering die ze toepassen op hun social media platforms)!
Teken de petitie hier: www.bitsoffreedom.nl/campagnes/st...
Teken de petitie hier: www.bitsoffreedom.nl/campagnes/st...
Super proud to share that I'm joining 'I Spy with my AI' as a research artist this upcoming year - a research on AI, bodily integrity and biometric surveillance. Led by researcher Rosa Wevers (Hanze University) and @impakt-nl.bsky.social. Made possible with the SIA grant.
9 aanvragen Artistiek en Ontwerpend Onderzoek toegekend
Onlangs heeft Regieorgaan SIA 9 aanvragen binnen de financieringsregeling Artistiek en Ontwerpend Onderzoek toegekend. Onderzoeken die van start gaan spelen in op actuele en urgente ontwikkelingen op…
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September 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Super proud to share that I'm joining 'I Spy with my AI' as a research artist this upcoming year - a research on AI, bodily integrity and biometric surveillance. Led by researcher Rosa Wevers (Hanze University) and @impakt-nl.bsky.social. Made possible with the SIA grant.
I’m hosting an event at .zip again!
Join us for Neocities code-a-thon. Polish your html&css skills and let’s all build a cool personal site. More info: buff.ly/Dxom3qW
Join us for Neocities code-a-thon. Polish your html&css skills and let’s all build a cool personal site. More info: buff.ly/Dxom3qW
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I’m hosting an event at .zip again!
Join us for Neocities code-a-thon. Polish your html&css skills and let’s all build a cool personal site. More info: buff.ly/Dxom3qW
Join us for Neocities code-a-thon. Polish your html&css skills and let’s all build a cool personal site. More info: buff.ly/Dxom3qW
Telemagic is at Ars Electronica! Find Model Collapse in the room connected to the staircase (when you go down towards the Bunker). Thanks team Tetem 💥
September 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Telemagic is at Ars Electronica! Find Model Collapse in the room connected to the staircase (when you go down towards the Bunker). Thanks team Tetem 💥
Reposted by Roos Groothuizen
Join our code-a-thon at .zip this Sep 17th. Html newbies & pros welcome! We’ll serve vegan soup :)
More info at: zipspace.nl/Neocities-Co...
More info at: zipspace.nl/Neocities-Co...
September 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Join our code-a-thon at .zip this Sep 17th. Html newbies & pros welcome! We’ll serve vegan soup :)
More info at: zipspace.nl/Neocities-Co...
More info at: zipspace.nl/Neocities-Co...
My friend @zeno4ever.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy is organizing Hackfest in Enschede this Sep 13th - a gathering for hackers and tinkerers to show off their cool builds.
Last year, we turned the smart doorbell jumpscare kit into a bumper car 🏎️ .
They're still looking for participants! hackfest.nl
Last year, we turned the smart doorbell jumpscare kit into a bumper car 🏎️ .
They're still looking for participants! hackfest.nl
August 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My friend @zeno4ever.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy is organizing Hackfest in Enschede this Sep 13th - a gathering for hackers and tinkerers to show off their cool builds.
Last year, we turned the smart doorbell jumpscare kit into a bumper car 🏎️ .
They're still looking for participants! hackfest.nl
Last year, we turned the smart doorbell jumpscare kit into a bumper car 🏎️ .
They're still looking for participants! hackfest.nl
Telemagic's model.collapse is currently on show at the @noorderlichtphoto.bsky.social Biennial in Groningen. ✨
model.collapse is a multi-dimensional archive containing texts and visuals on AI's birth, design, needs and future.
model.collapse is a multi-dimensional archive containing texts and visuals on AI's birth, design, needs and future.
July 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Telemagic's model.collapse is currently on show at the @noorderlichtphoto.bsky.social Biennial in Groningen. ✨
model.collapse is a multi-dimensional archive containing texts and visuals on AI's birth, design, needs and future.
model.collapse is a multi-dimensional archive containing texts and visuals on AI's birth, design, needs and future.
Waarom is de gemeentelijke bewakingscamera onze "Big Brother-vijand", maar hangen we massaal slimme deurbellen op?
In mijn interview met @danhf.bsky.social gingen we daar op in via het ontstaan van het neo-liberalisme, 1984 en Mission Impossible. www.someoneisatyourfrontdoor.com/de-entrepene...
In mijn interview met @danhf.bsky.social gingen we daar op in via het ontstaan van het neo-liberalisme, 1984 en Mission Impossible. www.someoneisatyourfrontdoor.com/de-entrepene...
De entrepeneur achter een gesloten deur — een interview met Dan Hassler-Forest
Roos Groothuizen interviewt dr. Dan Hassler-Forest over de verbinding tussen slimme deurbellen, neoliberalisme en Hollywood's zelfredzaamheidsideaal.
www.someoneisatyourfrontdoor.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Waarom is de gemeentelijke bewakingscamera onze "Big Brother-vijand", maar hangen we massaal slimme deurbellen op?
In mijn interview met @danhf.bsky.social gingen we daar op in via het ontstaan van het neo-liberalisme, 1984 en Mission Impossible. www.someoneisatyourfrontdoor.com/de-entrepene...
In mijn interview met @danhf.bsky.social gingen we daar op in via het ontstaan van het neo-liberalisme, 1984 en Mission Impossible. www.someoneisatyourfrontdoor.com/de-entrepene...
Ever came across those "creepy smart doorbell compilations" on YouTube? @lauraodbeke.bsky.social wrote about their lore in her essay "The Misanthropy of Doorbell Horror" for Someone is at your Front Door.
Read it at:
Read it at:
The Misanthropy of Doorbell Horror — an interactive essay by Laura op de Beke
An interactive scrollytelling essay where Dr. Laura op de Beke examines how smart doorbells embody classic horror media tropes, such as the misanthropic gaze, peeping, and off-screen dread.
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July 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Ever came across those "creepy smart doorbell compilations" on YouTube? @lauraodbeke.bsky.social wrote about their lore in her essay "The Misanthropy of Doorbell Horror" for Someone is at your Front Door.
Read it at:
Read it at:
Volkskrant techredacteur Simoon Hermus ging voor "Someone is at your Front Door" op zoek naar de menselijke kant van de slimme deurbel. Over het schuren tussen wet, burger en politie wordt veel geschreven, maar hoe denkt je vrouw nu anders over je nu er een slimme deurbel is? Lees: buff.ly/Xw9ETRU
July 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Volkskrant techredacteur Simoon Hermus ging voor "Someone is at your Front Door" op zoek naar de menselijke kant van de slimme deurbel. Over het schuren tussen wet, burger en politie wordt veel geschreven, maar hoe denkt je vrouw nu anders over je nu er een slimme deurbel is? Lees: buff.ly/Xw9ETRU
Reposted by Roos Groothuizen
.zip is officially an association (vereniging) ✨ It feels very official now!
July 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
.zip is officially an association (vereniging) ✨ It feels very official now!
A smart doorbell just for your cat? Or one with an adjustable camera-arm... or what about a smart doorbell that compliments you while you walk by?
--> Some of the concepts created at The Smartest Doorbell workshops at @publicspaces.net and @waag.bsky.social on June 13&14. More info: buff.ly/szaSmfa
--> Some of the concepts created at The Smartest Doorbell workshops at @publicspaces.net and @waag.bsky.social on June 13&14. More info: buff.ly/szaSmfa
July 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A smart doorbell just for your cat? Or one with an adjustable camera-arm... or what about a smart doorbell that compliments you while you walk by?
--> Some of the concepts created at The Smartest Doorbell workshops at @publicspaces.net and @waag.bsky.social on June 13&14. More info: buff.ly/szaSmfa
--> Some of the concepts created at The Smartest Doorbell workshops at @publicspaces.net and @waag.bsky.social on June 13&14. More info: buff.ly/szaSmfa