Teaser for upcoming live show at Paradiso as part of a night by Science and Cocktails, on. the topic of EMERGENCE.
'๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฆ': I will be playing a new audiovisual commission on September 15 at Paradiso for The Science and Cocktails Foundation- made in collaboration with scientists, on the topic of emergence!
This week I was in residence at TETEM in Enschede, and was able to research and prototype for a few projects- for upcoming droplet projectors as well as my Tidal Computing project!
My water work recently mainly dealt with bodies of water far from home. This one's closer - starting an artistic sound research project on the Sloterplas with Ildi Horvath, a stone's throw from where I live. Despite the mweh weather, we heard fish sounds, insect larvae, etc.
Some pictures of last month playing ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ด at @rewirefestival.bsky.social. Itโs refreshing to rely solely on sound after having done so many A/V in recent years! Thanks to all who came out on the Sunday, at the end of what was an excellent edition of Rewire! ๐ท by Sabine van Nistelrooij
Last week I had a great time collaborating with Marjolijn Boterenbrood on Floodlight, at @mediamatic-net.bsky.social. Her practice feels close to my own, and making this together felt like a meeting of worlds. A wonderful residency week and presentation at Mediamatic. vimeo.com/1179889027
Floodlight (2026)
In 2023, a malfunction at the IJmuiden sluices briefly made visible what Amsterdam already knows: the city sits below the sea. The water couldn't be pumped out. For a moment, the future arrived early....
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For the last semester I was a โchallenge partnerโ within the TU/e Art&Tech course through the Amarte x TU/e program. A group of students from different studies worked around the context of my practice, in the end making this work. Thanks Vasilis, Vlad, Isa & Ben.
Happy to share that ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ has received support from Stimuleringsfonds through their Grounding the Cloud program. In the coming year, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ will reimagine digital infrastructures as a part of living ecosystems. Read more: www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/toekenningen...
First DJ set in like, a decade, at Kiosk radio in Brussels last weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgQj6vUIHx8
Anterior Insula w/ Mark IJzerman @ Kiosk Radio 25.10.2025
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'Flounder Maps' is now out on digital+streaming! Had a wonderful release party last weekend at Ateliers Claus, sharing the stage with Zyggurat, LY Foulidis & Stan Maris & Marรญa Solo & Aidons Antoine!
My debut album Flounder Maps is out digitally Oct 28! Weโre celebrating with a release show in Brussels (Ateliers Claus) on Oct 25 together with Le Pacifique Records & Anterior Insula. Join us if youโre around ๐ค ๐๏ธ https://tinyurl.com/lacfmps ๐ง https://tinyurl.com/flmps
Coming up next week: Playing at Simultan in Romania with Sรฉbastien Robert, also presenting the installation Watershed (Final Call). Also next week: playing ALL EYES ON with Sophia Bulgakova in Vienna at CIVA! But before all that, playing DRIFT LIVE! https://www.filmfestival.nl/evenement/drift-live
๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ (๐ง๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ) is now on view at Rijksmuseum Twenthe, until February! Wonderful exhibition with works by Jan Robert Leegte, Eady van Acker, melanie bonajo, Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukรกcs, Jurre Latour, Sputniko! & Charles Stankievech!
I am thrilled to announce that my debut album ๐๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ releases October 28th through Anterior Insula & Le Pacifique! Pre-order now on Bandcamp (markijzerman.bandcamp.com/album/flound...) - streaming drops October 28th, with vinyl coming this fall.
Just returned from Bucharest where I installed this new work, the outcome of a residency in the Romanian Delta in both June 24/25. vimeo.com/1114170676
Watershed (Final Call) (vertical video)
The Danube Delta serves as a natural final filter, where river meets sea in a complex process of purification and transformation. While decades of environmentalโฆ
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A great time in the Danube Delta this week with Qolony researching local plankton, pollution coming from upstream et cetera. Grateful for everyone we met along the way! Now off to make a new Watershed workโฆ
Thanks for visiting ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ (๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐) during my solo exhibition at PIER-2!
๐ต ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ (๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐) is the outcome of my residency atย @pier2air! More river/estuary-dripping-microorganism-works are to come!
๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ (๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐) is the outcome of my residency at PIER-2 in Kaohsiung. Now on view, until the 8th of June! More info on my website :)
Nearing the end of my residency in Taiwan! Exhibition is opening this Saturday! Residency recap 2/2
Nearing the end of my residency in Taiwan! Exhibition is opening this Saturday! Residency recap 1/2
Working with marine sciences professor Yuan-Pin Chang on submerging part of my artwork here in Taiwan!
Two weeks ago, Sebastien and I premiered Another Deep (single-channel AV performance) at Rewire. Thanks to all! Co-produced with BEK, V2_, CHRONIQUES, GMEM, and Multiplica, with support from many partners. Initiated during Arctic Circle Residency. https://vimeo.com/1076078567?share=copy#t=0
Another Deep (2025) - Singlechannel A/V Performance
Another Deep is an immersive audiovisual installation and live performance by Sรฉbastien Robert and Mark IJzerman, transporting you to the ocean depths nearโฆ
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In residence in Taiwan at PIER-2 AIR until half Junen
Newsletter full of updates! On our Another Deep premiere at CHRONIQUES, upcoming shows, a new publication, my upcoming album and a Taiwan residency! https://shorturl.at/lvcpJ
Thanks to everyone who visited Another Deep at TEC ART in the last few days- tomorrow is the last day!
Another Deep at TEC Art during Rotterdam Art Week is open!
"In a world where voices compete but rarely connect..." I edited a Norient publication w/ essays, short fiction, & sound pieces by Zeynep Burรงa Oral, Lutivni Majanja, @forensicarchi.bsky.social, @markijzerman.bsky.social & more in collab w/ @rewirefestival.bsky.social norient.com/where-sound-...
Where Sound Becomes Witness | norient.com
In a world where voices compete but rarely connect, deepening divides and ecological crises demand urgent attention, Where Sound Becomes Witness asks: how can listening and sounding become acts of col...
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