When rain hits the windscreen, I see tracks alpha particles trace in cells. When I pull the plug in the bath tub, I stay to watch the little whirlpool. When I sit at the kitchen table, I play with the glasses to see the caustics. At a candle light dinner, I stare into the flame. Sometimes at night, I find myself behind the computer. When I finally blink, a mess of code is drawing random structures on the screen. I spend the rest of the night staring.
During daytime, a physics PhD working as a medical physics expert in a supra-regional hospital in Belgium. Together with a team of radiation oncologists, physicists and nurses I turn medical data into effective treatments for cancer patients.
During nighttime, a creative coder, on the fine line between art and science, between utility and aesthetics. Working with Processing since 2004, creative coding fuels my curiosity in physical, biological and computational systems.
Bridging disciplines, I’m frequenly involved in turning diverse sources of data into artistic visualizations, from tiny contributions like decoding CERN experimental results for Ruben Van Leer’s award-winning dance movie Symmetry, to more involved collaborations such as visualizing classified mine layouts for Frederik De Wilde’s blacker-than-black M1ne #1 sculpture and in another collaboration with the same artist, Safecast radiation measurements for the short film Sievert Rising.
My HE_Mesh library for the creation and manipulation of polygonal meshes in Processing has gained a small following and sees use in generative, sculptural and architectural explorations.
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