After moving to Saudi Arabia when I was a child, isolated from my peers in the Netherlands and with a lack of peers where I lived, I was very glad when my parents had purchased an MSX computer. Though the games were very cool I eventually 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 virtual worlds.
When I came back to the Netherlands I started drawing and painting a lot. I also played in some bands while growing 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 Master Composition in Context, Utrecht School of the Arts
2004 - 2007 Bachelor Audio Design, Utrecht School of the Arts
1999 - 2002 Psychology, Radboud University (1999-2002)
1998 - 1999 Architecture, Delft University of Technology (1998-1999)
Selected performances
05-12 Monolake Live Video, Kino Siska, Ljubjana, SI
04-12 Versum Live, Modulations, San Francisco, US
04-12 Versum Live, Greenhouse (you rock!), Boston, US
04-12 Monolake Live Video, Unsound, New York, US
03-12 Versum Live, Save, Moscow, RU
03-12 Monolake Live Video, 5 Days Off, Amsterdam, NL
03-12 Monolake Live Video, Fabric, London, UK
02-12 Monolake Live Video, Berghain, Berlin, DE
01-12 Versum Live, M4_U convention, Leicester, UK
12-11 Flying Lotus Live Video, State X New Forms, The Hague, NL
12-11 Versum Live, Freemote Festival, Utrecht, NL
11-11 Versum Live, Pluto Festival, Opwijk, BE
09-11 Monolake Live Video, TodaysArt, The Hague, NL
05-11 Monolake Live Video, DEMF, Detroit, US
05-11 Monolake Live Video, Maria, Berlin, DE
01-11 Versum Live, Fiber Festival, Amsterdam, NL
11-10 Monolake Live Video, STRP, Eindhoven, NL
10-10 Versum Live, Freemote Festival, Utrecht, NL
10-10 Monolake Live Video, EMPAC, Troy, US
09-10 Monolake Live Video, Decibel Festival, Seattle, US
06-10 Versum Live, ICAD, Washington DC, US
04-10 Monolake Live Video, Cité de la Musique, Paris, FR
04-10 Versum Live, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL
02-10 Monolake Live Video, Sonic Acts, Amsterdam, NL
10-09 Monolake Live Video, Unsound Festival, Krakow, PL
09-09 Monolake Live Video, WMF, Berlin, DE
06-09 Versum Live, MIT Media Lab, Boston, US
06-09 Versum Live, NIME, Pittsburgh, US
05-09 Versum Live, ICAD, Copenhagen, DK
05-09 Monolake Video, BLOC, London, UK
05-07 Matseq, Utrechts Conservatorium, Utrecht, NL
03-07 Index.html, EX-IS, The Hague, NL
04-06 Tokyo Stock Exchange, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, NL
2000 until 2004 Producer and guitarist of the hooligan-rock-band Thom Revolver
Selected installations
04-12 Fundamental Forces 02, MAK (Soundframe Festival), Vienna, AT
03-12 Tweetscapes, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
01-12 Versum I, M4_U convention, Leicester, UK
11-11 Fundamental Forces 00, Cynetart, Dresden, DE
10-11 Fundamental Forces 00, Musikprotokoll, Graz, AT
10-11 Sounding Universe, KidsOdeGand, Ghent, BE
09-11 Versum III, Game-City, Den Bosch, NL
06-11 Sounding Universe, Nacht v. Kunst en Wetenschap, Groningen, NL
02-11 Fundamental Forces 00, Club Transmediale, Berlin, DE
10-10 De Bespeelbare Stad, Festival van Vlaanderen, Gent, NL
09-10 Sounding Universe, Discovery Festival, Amsterdam, NL
08-10 Sounding Universe, Noorderzon, Groningen, NL
09-09 Versum II, Ars Electronica, Linz, AT
11-08 De Bespeelbare Stad, Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL
10-08 Systeem, Huis aan de Werf, Utrecht, NL
09-08 De Bespeelbare Stad, Festival van Vlaanderen, Gent, BE
11-07 Creaturama, STRP Festival, Eindhoven, NL
Recognitions
2012 Prix Ars Electronica, Award of Distinction for Tweetscapes
2009 Artist in Residence at V2_Lab, for realisation of the installation II
2009 Startstipendium by Fonds BKVB, grant
Guest lecturer
Music and Technology, HKU, Hilversum, NL
Berklee College of Music, Boston, US
CCRMA, San Francisco, US
Sound Studies, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, DE
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