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Alien Intergration
( meditation into a hyperscaler)
Chapelle - Grand Hospice, Brussels
Grootgodshuisstraat 7, 1000 Brussels.
Opening 14th of May at 19:00 till 21:00
With demonstrational sessions. Welcome!!!
Friday 15th and Saturday 16th of May - open 18h till 20h
Closed sessions 20h and 22h - 6 persons per session - in time slots of one hour
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Alien Intergration
(meditation into a hyperscaler ) 2025-2026
This project operates on a poetic license: a deliberate conflation of outer space and inner space, of astronaut and neuroscientist, of rational computation and intuitive consciousness. It tries to circle the rational black hole without being sucked in and taking an observant meditative position on technology and the enduring question of what it means to be human.
More text on this soon to be published.
โ(the) automagic stoolโ
November 2025
a new sculptural collaboration by Steven Jouwersma and Alban Karsten, co-curated and ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต by Timmy van Zoelen, shown 7 & 8 November at Superdeals, Brussels.โฃโฃโฃ
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As we approach Superdealsโ large display window, we see an archetypal office chair in a showroom setting, which serves as the basis for a new sculptural collaboration between Alban Karsten and Steven Jouwersma. Appendages such as wooden sculptural handles, sound, movement and painted elements are applied to this alleged piece of furniture, enabling Alban and Steven to merge both their art practices into one object.โฃโฃโฃ
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๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ขรง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข โ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช-๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด โ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐คโ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ โ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐คโ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง (๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค) โ ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ค๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด (๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค) โ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐บ.โฃโฃโฃ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ; ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐บ โ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ด: ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. โฃโฃโฃ
Thanks to @superdealsbrussels for support, @tiimmmy for a wonderful text (there is more) and all who came to see the show.
