Living in Saudi Arabia from when I was a child, isolated from my peers in the Netherlands and with a lack of peers in the area where I lived, I was very glad when my parents had purchased an MSX computer. The games were very cool and quite unlike anything I had ever known before but eventually I got bored with them. Luckily I then discovered that computers can be told what to do: I discovered the joy of programming and creating my own pixelated worlds.
When I came back to the Netherlands I started drawing and painting a lot. After high school I played in some bands and became more and more obsessed with making music. After my first track release I took my chances and quit my study in biological psychology to pursue a career in music. During my study at the Utrecht School of Music and Technology I came to see how I could combine my interests in programming, drawing and music making into a coherent multimedial discipline.
Education
2007 - 2008 European Media Master of Arts - Composition in Context (EMMA CIC), Utrecht School of the Arts
2004 - 2007 Audio Design, Utrecht School of the Arts
1999 - 2002 Psychology, Radboud University (1999-2002)
1998 - 1999 Architecture, Delft University of Technology (1998-1999)
Performances / Exhibitions
06-10 Versum Live, ICAD, Washington DC, US / AV demo + presentation
05-10 De Bespeelbare Stad, Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL / Installation
05-10 Versum Live, Linux Audio Conference, Utrecht, NL / AV performance
04-10 Monolake Live Surround, Cité de la Musique, Paris, FR / Live video
04-10 Versum Live, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL / AV performance
02-10 Monolake Live Surround, Sonic Acts, Amsterdam, NL / Live video
11-09 Monolake Live Surround, Cynetart Festival, Dresden, DE / Live video
11-09 Versum Live, Bilt und Geräusch 2, Utrecht, NL / AV performance
10-09 Monolake Live Surround, Unsound Festival, Krakow, PL / Live video
10-09 Versum Live, Decomposing Structures, Nijmegen, NL / AV Performance
10-09 De Bespeelbare Stad, Cinekid Festival, Amsterdam, NL / Installation
10-09 T++ Video, Eat This Festival, Utrecht, NL / Live video
09-09 Monolake Live Surround, WMF, Berlin, DE / Live video
09-09 II, V2 Test_Lab, Rotterdam, NL / Installation
09-09 II, Ars Electronica, Linz, AT / Installation
07-09 Monolake Live Surround, Caixaforum Madrid, Madrid, SP / Live video
06-09 Versum Live, E-Pulse Previews, Breda, NL / AV performance
06-09 Versum Live, MIT Media Lab, Boston, US / AV performance + presentation
06-09 Versum Live, NIME, Pittsburgh, US / AV performance + presentation
05-09 Versum Live, ICAD, Copenhagen, DK / AV demo + presentation
05-09 Versum Live, Wolpop, Delft, NL / AV performance
05-09 Monolake Video, LiFE, St. Nazaire, FR / Live video
05-09 Monolake Video, BLOC, London, UK / Live video
04-09 Geluidsuniversum, Clash Festival, Groningen, NL / AV Installation
03-09 Monolake Video, Club Combo, Kaunas, LT / Live video
03-09 Monolake Video, Subclub, Glasgow, UK / Live video
01-09 Versum Live, Petersburg Project Space, Amsterdam, NL / AV performance
12-08 Versum Live, Transistor, Ruimte-X, Tilburg, NL / AV performance
11-08 De Bespeelbare Stad, Dieplink, Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL / Installation
11-08 De Bespeelbare Stad, Vuurdoop, Huis ad Werf, Utrecht, NL / Installation
10-08 Systeem Live, Huis aan de Werf, Utrecht, NL / AV performance and installation
10-08 Systeem Live, Das Bilt, Utrecht, NL / AV performance
09-08 De Bespeelbare Stad, Festival van Vlaanderen, Paleis van Justitie, Gent, BE / Installation
09-08 Systeem Live, Graduation expo, Beeld en Geluid, Hilversum, NL / AV performance and installation
09-08 Systeem, Media Art Friesland Festival, Leeuwarden, NL / Installation
08-08 De Bespeelbare Stad, Noorderzon Festival, Groningen, NL / Installation
07-08 Systeem (beta), Expanding expo, Moira, Utrecht, NL / Installation
05-08 Matseq, Parallel Spaces expo, Parplufabriek, Nijmegen, NL / Video screening
05-08 Matseq, Festival aan de Werf, Theater Kikker, Utrecht, NL / Video screening
02-08 Huisje Boompje Bol, 2
Turven Hoog, Schouwburg Almere, Almere, NL / Video for theatre (Hannah Jansen)
11-07 Creaturama, STRP Festival, Eindhoven, NL / Installation
11-07 De Bespeelbare Stad, Audio Office Festival, Groningen, NL / Installation
06-07 Matseq, Zaal 100, Amsterdam, NL / AV performance
05-07 Matseq, Utrechts Conservatorium, Utrecht, NL / AV performance
03-07 Index.html, EX-IS, Paard van Troje, Den Haag, NL / Live video
02-07 U Bent Hier, De Winkel van Sinkel, Utrecht, NL / Video installation
02-07 O_Rex Beta 1, The Game Is Up, Vooruit, Gent, BE / Sound and music for theatre (Crew)
10-06 Index.html, Zaal 100, Amsterdam, NL / Live video
04-06 Tokyo Stock Exchange, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, NL / Live audio
02-06 Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nicolai Kerk, Utrecht, NL / Live audio
01-06 Tokyo Stock Exchange, Theater Kikker, Utrecht, NL / Live audio
2000 until 2004 Producer and guitarist of the hooligan-rock-band Thom Revolver
Publications
Versum, Audiovisual Composing in 3D (short), Proceedings of NIME. Pittsburgh, 2009
Versum, Audiovisual Composing in 3D, Proceedings of ICAD. Copenhagen, 2009
Complexiteit, schoonheid en sublimiteit in systemen, Graduation thesis (Dutch). Hilversum, 2008