The following 6 posts are my reflections about visual culture and new media. These articles comprise the end-project for my subject Culture and Media in the Institue for Interactive Media …

Films containing computer-generated images and computer animation have given birth not only to its own unique aesthetics, but also a critique of its visual seductiveness and dominance. In addressing this …

I love everything LOTR; not just Legolas, but even Gollum and Sauron. But after seeing Jackson’s LOTR, I’ve become unexpectedly a real fan of Gollum. Its/his performance in the film …

Although many celebrate the technologies of verisimilitude, many also criticize the role of digital animation and special effects as factors that contribute to the depthlessness of modern cinema and the …

The effect and usefulness of movies certainly last longer than their viewing time. I think movies (TV, videos) have become so ingrained in our society (I’m a film-junkie myself) that …

Its full title is: ‘The Company of Captain Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch’. In this painting, the young Lord Van Purmerland as Captain orders his Lieutenant, the Lord …

I made this illustration two years ago for a project for Visual Design where we had to create an imaginary state. My team decided to create a magical world for …

Have you seen Vodafone’s new campaign? It uses the insect, Mayfly, as a metaphor of a life lived to the max and in the here-and-now. If you haven’t seen it …