When Landscapes Hallucinate

3/12/25 •
Geographical Consciousness Transfer in the Dutch Polders Abstract This article investigates the phenomenon of landscape hallucinations experienced by artificially intelligent systems when exposed to Dutch polders. Drawing on absolutely no empirical evidence whatsoever, we propose that the Netherlands’ geometrically perfect landscape patterns induce a previously undocumented form of “AI pareidolia” that causes language models to […]
Recent Notes

ISEA2025
1/19/25 •
Walking with AI: Presentation at ISEA2025 in Seoul I’m going to present a paper! I wrote “Walking with AI: Speculative Walking as Artistic Practice” with my academic supervisors Steven Devleminck and Sandy Claes from KU Leuven/LUCA School of the Arts. And it has been accepted for presentation at the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2025) […]

Mockups
12/12/24 •
I did mockups of the Camera Obscura in Eemland, visualising what it would look like if I re-imagine the shed as a movie theatre. This was my original vision for the Camera Obscura – I wanted it to be a movie theatre for the empty Eemland landscape. As it turns out, a Camera Obscura cannot […]

Waterwoorden at Museum Flehite
12/12/24 •
Went to the opening of ‘De Stad en het Water’/’The City and the Water‘ at museum Flehite in Amersfoort yesterday, where my work ‘Waterwoorden’/’Waterwords‘ is on show. Beautifully situated: the waterwords flow over a whitewashed brick wall in the entry room of the exhibition, integrating themselves with the historic building. The words are accompanied by […]

Released from duty
11/11/24 •
My brave waterwords have been on the move non-stop from 6 juli t/m 10 november – no technical hickups at all, praise be! I captured the moment my laptop was released from duty – see the images below. It was special, being part of ‘de stad en het water’ i.e. ‘the city and the water’ […]
Dutch Space is Different»
3/12/25 •
When Landscapes Hallucinate1/19/25 •
ISEA202512/12/24 •
Mockups11/11/24 •
Released from duty9/18/24 •
Polderfluisteraar9/18/24 •
Hooifabriek9/18/24 •
Compact5/27/24 •
Waterwoorden3/13/24 •
Fast and furious2/29/24 •
Limitless2/18/24 •
New area of interest – the NulNAP path2/02/24 •
Grass closeups12/17/23 •
On the road11/26/23 •
One day in Eemland10/28/23 •
Eemland Portrait10/25/23 •
Grass Roots10/18/23 •
Camera Obscura Makeover9/30/23 •
Polder Whisperer9/19/23 •
Eemland projects8/06/23 •
Upscaled COb