Projects & excursions

During the programme, you will learn new techniques and concepts independently – a skill that prepares you for the professional world. With this independence, you can respond to developments in art and technology, growing into a creator who works both independently and as part of creative teams. You will strengthen this attitude through special projects, internships and study trips. 

Hackathon

Every year, we organise a hackathon – an intensive and lively event where students dissect and reinvent technologies. The theme changes each year, from historical instruments from the Teylers Museum to live audiovisual performances using real-time software. Under high time pressure, first-year and senior students work side by side, and the long days always end with pizza. 

Project Month

During Project Month, students from all years collaborate on one shared theme, such as wavelength, energy or data. Experts give lectures, there are excursions, and the results are presented to the public. Where the hackathon is fast-paced and technical, Project Month is more reflective, offering more space for experimentation and research. 

Field research

In the second semester of the third year, you will work with an external partner to create new work in their context. Recently, students collaborated with chip manufacturer NXP on radar research and developed autonomous installations. The project concluded with a two-day exhibition in an abandoned factory, visited by both the public and the engineers who had supported the process. 

Excursions

Each year, you will visit places where technology and culture intersect – from Transmediale in Berlin to the beaches where undersea internet cables come ashore. Previous trips have also included data centres, mines, radio telescopes and the village of Nokia in Finland. During these excursions, you will collaborate, broaden your perspective and learn to critically examine our technology-driven world.