essay
Mystics of the Chthulucene
Cthulhu – H.P. Lovecraft’s science fiction monster – lurks under the surface of the ocean as an elemental deity. We must wonder what lurks beneath the surface of the systems known as AI.
interview
Terrestrial Technologies: An Interview with Patricia Domínguez
If you look beyond their corporate functionality, these bodies are all going to the Earth to be repaired from damage by a system that never stops.
essay
The mindless sc/troller
If the postmodern (digital) experience is a similarly disorienting experience to that of the modern flâneur, then is it possible to adopt the same approach to the web as to the city, where the mind can freely wander and transform?
check-in
Check-in with... Sara Koops
Ever wondered what boxing is all about, and what art might have to do with it? Sit back and enjoy this check-in with professional boxer Sara Koops, who participated in the Chapter 1NE Box clinic at Het HEM in 2019.
column
You Gotta Serve Somebody
“Hello” I typed, and it felt like flinging sound into a cave, testing to see if someone was there in the dark, some being of an undetermined image.
poetry
Between the columns we reckon with it all
All metal and grass, golden hour reeds upon the canals North Sea winds making small gods of us all
fiction
Cup Run Over
smiling my best smile I asked him what sort of work he was in, my eyes moving down to the cup in his hand.
video
POV: Time To Influence Your Targeted Ads
"Define your 'perfect future' in positive and using the present tense (ex: not ‘I would like to do’, but ‘I do’). Imagine that you have reached your goal overnight: tomorrow morning, how do you realise that the transformation has taken place?"
essay
Two Nights of Noise at Tivoli
By recounting his experiences of two formative concerts at Tivoli, essayist and performer Charlie Jermyn provides a poetic account on the raw power of sound and the music of everyday life. He connects the origin of noise music to Italian Futurism, a movement fascinated with dynamism and constant innovation, and appreciates the ongoing vitality of aging cultural icons amidst the decay of our time.
check-in
Check-in with... Maarten Spruyt
We sat down and looked back with Guest of Chapter 3HREE Maarten Spruyt, known for his work as a curator, art director and stylist, with an incredible knack for beauty and sensory perception. "I try to make exhibitions which make you look inwards, feel uncomfortable and sit with that for a moment."
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essay
POV:
Ginevra Petrozzi makes the case for a complicated relationship between ourselves and the artificial intelligence tools that guide us through our lives. The stories and myths we construct around the technologies we don’t understand can help us navigate the obscure and even violent power of artificial intelligence.
essay
Hospitality on demand
Can the concept of hospitality provide us with a critical lens to explore what kind of relationships socially engaged art institutions can build online ?
ears
Genius Loci by Brian d'Souza
Genius Loci by sound artist Brian d’Souza is the first artwork commissioned for The Couch.
interview
Re:Sounding
In 2022, researchers Pamela Jordan and Sergio González Cuervo brought their sonic archaeology project Re:Sounding to our site. "Het HEM presents potent questions, questions that wouldn't come up had we not been thinking about the space through sound, through our perception of it and the perception of the building’s original users."
fiction
Mademoiselle de Sade
"She cleaned him, made him pray; she ate him violently like a fat pig enjoying its last meal."
video
Director's Commentary: Morpher by Kévin Bray
In a beautifully timed spoken essay, Kévin dives into the theory behind the ever-shifting landscape he says he will continue developing over his whole life.
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poetry
Remember me, remember you
"It’s strange not seeing each other for a while. I know there isn’t any other way, but it’s strange. I hope I’ll still recognise you, after the renovation."
column
Noa’s Advice
There’s no such thing as a stupid [art] question - Noa knows it all.
