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Orange flame
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The highpoint of the roughly 120 readings, lectures and public speaking gigs I've undertaken was in Toomler. Maybe Lowlands. Maybe Crossing border.
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Digitalisme
To promote my book On/OFF, I published a podcast running for 17 episodes on Digitalisme featuring experts on various elements of digital tech and its consequences for society.
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What if we would have temples for offline breaks? In 2018, I pitched a new sort of temple to the Amsterdam municipality and to Westergasfabriek, where your smartphone would be your ticket into a temple of luscious green wonder and quiet.
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I tried to connect Ai Wei Wei's Studio to The Ocean Cleanup by introducing emotionally resonating storytelling based on characters. We called it: "Dawn of the plastic river dragons". Wei Wei was on board. A big dream cherished. But we'll make it work some day.
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"Korting Kijken"
One of the first TV commercials I concepted & directed was on spec: Korting Kijken. A webcam based game that would give you discounts based on how long you were glued to the screen.
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Dear Anton Corbijn,
When my debut novel "Everything smells like chocolate" about a failing musician was republished I asked Anton Corbijn for a cover photo for the mid price edition. I wrote a cheeky letter because humor breaks barriers and there may be no photographer more important for musicians than Anton Corbijn. It worked.
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Sid vs. Hellofresh
I once told Hellofresh to sod off by writing a rant in 45 mins. It was read 550K+ times, and led to various newspapers and tv shows, including our late night show Zondag Met Lubach picking up on my initiative and chastising this very invasive company.
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AWS's Green Wall
Could I get AWS to help out with the logistics of the Geat Green Wall of Africa? Nope, at least not yet.
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A scifi called ADAM
While studying at the Dutch film academy, I wrote & directed this short film and sold it to NBC Universal.
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Scan the scanners!
Supporting the election campaign for the municipality of Amsterdam, I helped develop a campaign with activist Ancilla Tilia, Geenstijl and other creatives by scanning the parking-scan cars of Amsterdam. We reached national coverage, and even got 2% of the vote. Sadly, it was 181 votes (!) short of obtaining a seat in the council. Argh, we said. And then we drank a bottle of rum.
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Invited by the great people of True Ideas, I made my first ever brand film for Sparta 14 years ago, pitching it as a 21st century version of a Bert Haanstra documentary. Still amazed by the quality of the auditive landscape made by Michiel de Boer