Excited to share my most ambitious project yet: In Search of Ghost Affects, an immersive project that invites audiences into a somatic encounter mediated by responsive, creature-like sculptures that capture and transmit physiological signals between participants. Separated during the interaction, participants communicate through the sculptures’ translation of internal states, perceiving one another while becoming more aware of their own bodies.
The project is grounded in the idea that internal, often unconscious states continuously shape relations between bodies, technologies, and environments through ongoing feedback loops. Drawing on Karen Barad’s concept of intra-action and Brian Massumi’s notion of ghost affects, the work makes perceptible how relational forces emerge prior to conscious thought.
In Search of Ghost Affects is developed for a solo exhibition at Tetem in Enschede (21 October 2026 – 4 April 2027), the installation offers a public setting in which these otherwise invisible dynamics can be directly experienced.
The exhibition is designed as a ritualised journey built around three main elements: a wearable—a bracelet equipped with biosensors and control buttons—which detects each visitor’s physiological data; a central interactive sculpture that physically manifests this data in its body; and a spatial environment that facilitates and reflects traces of the interaction. The experience is structured as a series of embodied transitions rather than one main interaction. The exhibition space at Tetem will be transformed into a porous, fluid environment composed of layered translucent fabrics and soft architectural divisions. The spatial design guides participants through distinct stages: introduction, separation, calibration, interaction, and reunion.
The festive opening will take place on Oct. 23 at Tetem in Enschede, and I will also have a preview moment in my studio in September. If you would like to be invited to these events and stay updated on the process, subscribe to the mailing list so I can send you the invitations.
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