Giga: Hi, Moniek. It feels meaningful that at a certain moment, we were both connected to HDK-Valand. You were completing your PhD and your beautiful book, Leaving Dry Land: Water, Heritage and Imaginary Agency, right around the same moment I … read more
Thomas: Hi Giga, you and I know each other from when you were a master’s student at the design program at HDK-Valand in Gothenburg, Sweden. For those who don’t know you, where are you in life right now—both geographically and … read more
The third edition of the Confluence of European Water Bodies will take place in the Netherlands, from 21 – 24 September 2025. Famous author Robert Macfarlane will open the Confluence, Sunday afternoon September 21 2025 in De Balie Amsterdam, with … read more
APPLY NOW: RESEARCH STUDIO June 02-06 2025TU Dresden, GermanyChair of Digital Cultures Sensing Pasts, Casting Futures Located in eastern Germany, the regions of Ore Mountains and Lusatia were heavily exploited for uranium mining and lignite (brown coal) extraction, respectively. Decades of … read more
“Pollution, contamination, forever chemicals… What have we done?! OMG! I need a glass… Welcome to the Haunted Waters Bar—a growing collection of contaminated waters. Here, you’ll find a menu featuring a variety of water samples from around the world, submitted … read more
The Confluence of European Water Bodies is coming together this October at Ocean Space in Venice, bringing together more than 25 grassroots communities of artists, activists, lawyers and ecologists, representing seas, lakes, rivers, lagoons and glaciers from all over Europe. … read more
Five months have passed since successfully defending my PhD dissertation titled “Leaving Dry Land: Water, Heritage and Imaginary Agency” at the University of Gothenburg’s Centre for Critical Heritage Studies. When I embarked on my PhD journey, I did not realise … read more