alexandra crouwers
@acrwrs.bsky.social
Visual artist, artistic researcher. Responding to ecological collapse through digital space. Exhibited at Ludwig Museum (Budapest), Technische Sammlungen (Dresden). NL/BE
https://www.alexandracrouwers.com
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Friends! Enemies! It's been a while since my last newsletter, and I would like to share my recent adventures, including a philosophy x art conference, an AR installation, and the acquisition of my audio work on vinyl, The Compositor/Composing, by
the Middelheim Museum!
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the Middelheim Museum!
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October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Friends! Enemies! It's been a while since my last newsletter, and I would like to share my recent adventures, including a philosophy x art conference, an AR installation, and the acquisition of my audio work on vinyl, The Compositor/Composing, by
the Middelheim Museum!
mailchi.mp/4699e3ed14fe...
the Middelheim Museum!
mailchi.mp/4699e3ed14fe...
Tomorrow at 11h, Blunderen festival opens in Bunde, near Maastricht. I will give a talk and a workshop revolving around the Carboniferous era, and you can visit my AR installation (filmed below on The Plot, a regenerating little forest in The Netherlands).
www.bonnefanten.nl/nl/agenda/bl...
www.bonnefanten.nl/nl/agenda/bl...
October 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Tomorrow at 11h, Blunderen festival opens in Bunde, near Maastricht. I will give a talk and a workshop revolving around the Carboniferous era, and you can visit my AR installation (filmed below on The Plot, a regenerating little forest in The Netherlands).
www.bonnefanten.nl/nl/agenda/bl...
www.bonnefanten.nl/nl/agenda/bl...
Sunday, October 5th, my first ever augmented reality installation ‘opens’ as part of Blunderen festival, a coproduction of The Butterfly House and Bonnefanten museum Maastricht. An artistic information panel points to the browser-based work, Carbon Complex 👉www.carboncomplex.alexandracrouwers.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Sunday, October 5th, my first ever augmented reality installation ‘opens’ as part of Blunderen festival, a coproduction of The Butterfly House and Bonnefanten museum Maastricht. An artistic information panel points to the browser-based work, Carbon Complex 👉www.carboncomplex.alexandracrouwers.com
In the EU? Please take a moment to sign this petition. Because what kind of species are we, allowing this ruthless planetary pillaging to continue? Destroying so many nonhuman cohabitants’ lives and habitats? We must be mad, right?
act.greens-efa.eu/habitats?utm...
act.greens-efa.eu/habitats?utm...
Hands Off Nature - Stop the right from dismantling nature
Send an email to relevant EPP Members of the European Parliament who can make a difference.
act.greens-efa.eu
September 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In the EU? Please take a moment to sign this petition. Because what kind of species are we, allowing this ruthless planetary pillaging to continue? Destroying so many nonhuman cohabitants’ lives and habitats? We must be mad, right?
act.greens-efa.eu/habitats?utm...
act.greens-efa.eu/habitats?utm...
“AI is a lie” by @wesleygoatley.bsky.social
www.idler.co.uk/article/the-...
(read with a free account)
www.idler.co.uk/article/the-...
(read with a free account)
The AI Con | Idler
From our new issue – out now
www.idler.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“AI is a lie” by @wesleygoatley.bsky.social
www.idler.co.uk/article/the-...
(read with a free account)
www.idler.co.uk/article/the-...
(read with a free account)
Hallo! This short text is written out of frustration with the misunderstandings about what it means to have a digital art practice in the context of the traditional arts. The situation is based on my observations in Belgium. Allow me to explain:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
Digital art & the knowledge gap of the contemporary art world: an advice.
This short text is written out of ongoing frustration with the many misunderstandings about what it means to have a digital art practice in the context of the traditional fine arts. The situation is b...
www.linkedin.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Hallo! This short text is written out of frustration with the misunderstandings about what it means to have a digital art practice in the context of the traditional arts. The situation is based on my observations in Belgium. Allow me to explain:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
Some bronze age stops in our Sweden road trip up north: drawings that were ‘in use’ between 6,000 and 1,000 years ago - near the magnificent Flatruet (broken arrow points nearby suggest the drawings were shot at), and a beautiful stone ship (apprx. 4,000 years old) near Strömstad.
July 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Some bronze age stops in our Sweden road trip up north: drawings that were ‘in use’ between 6,000 and 1,000 years ago - near the magnificent Flatruet (broken arrow points nearby suggest the drawings were shot at), and a beautiful stone ship (apprx. 4,000 years old) near Strömstad.
Meanwhile, in Cannes, a @tezos.com 5x5 projection with my Tools (v004) for @digitalcoleman.art ‘s curation. Filmed by @aleksandra.art - sent by @ganbrood.bsky.social Looks fantastic like this, yay!
July 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Meanwhile, in Cannes, a @tezos.com 5x5 projection with my Tools (v004) for @digitalcoleman.art ‘s curation. Filmed by @aleksandra.art - sent by @ganbrood.bsky.social Looks fantastic like this, yay!
Cancelled OpenAI subscription today. I explored it as an aid for my thesis for a year, but over the last six months it became increasingly difficult to work with: sometimes it was excellent, but often it just went off rail.
& You don’t want that level of unpredictability in your military, right?
& You don’t want that level of unpredictability in your military, right?
July 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Cancelled OpenAI subscription today. I explored it as an aid for my thesis for a year, but over the last six months it became increasingly difficult to work with: sometimes it was excellent, but often it just went off rail.
& You don’t want that level of unpredictability in your military, right?
& You don’t want that level of unpredictability in your military, right?
Preparing for a studio visit tomorrow AND the presentation of the virtual sculpture Tools (v004) at the Flemish Royal Academy for Science and the Arts in Brussels next week.
I do seem to accumulate a lot of equipment, I noticed. I buy used mostly, and repurpose them for art. Artistic refurbishing!
I do seem to accumulate a lot of equipment, I noticed. I buy used mostly, and repurpose them for art. Artistic refurbishing!
May 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Preparing for a studio visit tomorrow AND the presentation of the virtual sculpture Tools (v004) at the Flemish Royal Academy for Science and the Arts in Brussels next week.
I do seem to accumulate a lot of equipment, I noticed. I buy used mostly, and repurpose them for art. Artistic refurbishing!
I do seem to accumulate a lot of equipment, I noticed. I buy used mostly, and repurpose them for art. Artistic refurbishing!
Hive mind of the interwebs! Can anyone tell me something about this vessel I found in an Antwerp thrift shop? It looks old, but I can’t find similar shapes to compare.
(I have a thing for old, basic pottery, so couldn’t resist taking this one home 😀)
#pottery
(I have a thing for old, basic pottery, so couldn’t resist taking this one home 😀)
#pottery
May 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Hive mind of the interwebs! Can anyone tell me something about this vessel I found in an Antwerp thrift shop? It looks old, but I can’t find similar shapes to compare.
(I have a thing for old, basic pottery, so couldn’t resist taking this one home 😀)
#pottery
(I have a thing for old, basic pottery, so couldn’t resist taking this one home 😀)
#pottery
Ecstasy & Orewoet
Museum PARCUM, Belgium
May 10 - November 9, 2025
Showing Fundamental Mechanics (2019-2020).
With works by Marina Abramović, Jeremy Shaw, Emma Talbot, Sylvie Fleury, Laure Prouvost, melanie bonajo, Tianzhuo Chen, Bogomir Doringer, Dome Wood, Alyson Sillon and Alexandra Crouwers.
Museum PARCUM, Belgium
May 10 - November 9, 2025
Showing Fundamental Mechanics (2019-2020).
With works by Marina Abramović, Jeremy Shaw, Emma Talbot, Sylvie Fleury, Laure Prouvost, melanie bonajo, Tianzhuo Chen, Bogomir Doringer, Dome Wood, Alyson Sillon and Alexandra Crouwers.
May 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ecstasy & Orewoet
Museum PARCUM, Belgium
May 10 - November 9, 2025
Showing Fundamental Mechanics (2019-2020).
With works by Marina Abramović, Jeremy Shaw, Emma Talbot, Sylvie Fleury, Laure Prouvost, melanie bonajo, Tianzhuo Chen, Bogomir Doringer, Dome Wood, Alyson Sillon and Alexandra Crouwers.
Museum PARCUM, Belgium
May 10 - November 9, 2025
Showing Fundamental Mechanics (2019-2020).
With works by Marina Abramović, Jeremy Shaw, Emma Talbot, Sylvie Fleury, Laure Prouvost, melanie bonajo, Tianzhuo Chen, Bogomir Doringer, Dome Wood, Alyson Sillon and Alexandra Crouwers.
Opening May 9, and running until November 9: ‘Ecstacy & Orewoet’ at museum PARCUM in Leuven (BE), about the ‘unio mystica’ in contemporary art and historical religious art.
www.abdijvanpark.be/en/exhibitio...
With 👁️
@bogomirdoringer.bsky.social , @domewood.bsky.social , Laure Provost, and more 🪜
www.abdijvanpark.be/en/exhibitio...
With 👁️
@bogomirdoringer.bsky.social , @domewood.bsky.social , Laure Provost, and more 🪜
May 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Opening May 9, and running until November 9: ‘Ecstacy & Orewoet’ at museum PARCUM in Leuven (BE), about the ‘unio mystica’ in contemporary art and historical religious art.
www.abdijvanpark.be/en/exhibitio...
With 👁️
@bogomirdoringer.bsky.social , @domewood.bsky.social , Laure Provost, and more 🪜
www.abdijvanpark.be/en/exhibitio...
With 👁️
@bogomirdoringer.bsky.social , @domewood.bsky.social , Laure Provost, and more 🪜
Kids! Podcast tip: I recently became mildly addicted to the @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social The Blindboy Podcast. Do yourself a favour; it’s the equivalent of a warm bath of associative thinking. Start with this one: podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/t...
You’ll become an expert in Irish mythologies 😀
You’ll become an expert in Irish mythologies 😀
How I humiliated myself in a Canteen full of Accountants
Podcast Episode · The Blindboy Podcast · 15/01/2025 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Kids! Podcast tip: I recently became mildly addicted to the @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social The Blindboy Podcast. Do yourself a favour; it’s the equivalent of a warm bath of associative thinking. Start with this one: podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/t...
You’ll become an expert in Irish mythologies 😀
You’ll become an expert in Irish mythologies 😀
☎️ The 2-frame gif ‘Emergency’ (2022) is part of the ‘Shifting Landscapes’ screening programme running April 4 - May 5 in Wintercircus, Ghent (BE). Curated by @dianedrubay.bsky.social with a.o. @memoakten.bsky.social @claudiabraileanu.bsky.social @kelly-richardson.bsky.social @cerensu.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
☎️ The 2-frame gif ‘Emergency’ (2022) is part of the ‘Shifting Landscapes’ screening programme running April 4 - May 5 in Wintercircus, Ghent (BE). Curated by @dianedrubay.bsky.social with a.o. @memoakten.bsky.social @claudiabraileanu.bsky.social @kelly-richardson.bsky.social @cerensu.bsky.social
May 9 opens ‘Ecstasy & Oerewoet’ at museum PARCUM in Leuven (Belgium), a transhistorical exhibition on the search for ‘unio mystica’ in art. My phone-based ‘Fundamental Mechanics’ are in it! Next to Marina Abramovic, Laure Provost, Melanie Bonajo, and many others. On view until November.
April 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
May 9 opens ‘Ecstasy & Oerewoet’ at museum PARCUM in Leuven (Belgium), a transhistorical exhibition on the search for ‘unio mystica’ in art. My phone-based ‘Fundamental Mechanics’ are in it! Next to Marina Abramovic, Laure Provost, Melanie Bonajo, and many others. On view until November.
I am so proud to have my virtual 3d sculpture ‘Tools (v003)’ be included in the Museum of Stone Tools, an initiative by prof. Mark Moore of the University of New England.
The Contemporary Art category also includes a digitally sharpened chert by Dov Ganchrow.
stonetoolsmuseum.com/artefact/eur...
The Contemporary Art category also includes a digitally sharpened chert by Dov Ganchrow.
stonetoolsmuseum.com/artefact/eur...
March 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I am so proud to have my virtual 3d sculpture ‘Tools (v003)’ be included in the Museum of Stone Tools, an initiative by prof. Mark Moore of the University of New England.
The Contemporary Art category also includes a digitally sharpened chert by Dov Ganchrow.
stonetoolsmuseum.com/artefact/eur...
The Contemporary Art category also includes a digitally sharpened chert by Dov Ganchrow.
stonetoolsmuseum.com/artefact/eur...
Hey kids! Check out my totally revamped website! I tried to keep it as lean as possible, but could not resist turning the landing page into a circus, with all the browser-based fun and what not. It even has a little shop!
Quick, go here: alexandracrouwers.com
Let me know what you think.
Quick, go here: alexandracrouwers.com
Let me know what you think.
March 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hey kids! Check out my totally revamped website! I tried to keep it as lean as possible, but could not resist turning the landing page into a circus, with all the browser-based fun and what not. It even has a little shop!
Quick, go here: alexandracrouwers.com
Let me know what you think.
Quick, go here: alexandracrouwers.com
Let me know what you think.
Today ends the Hydromedia: Seeing with Water group show at the Museum of Technology (Technische Sammlungen) in Dresden.
The exhibition includes my work ‘Nereda 2: a Hydromancy’ - which is also shown this weekend in London (see quoted posts).
www.alexandracrouwers.com/nereda-2-a-h...
The exhibition includes my work ‘Nereda 2: a Hydromancy’ - which is also shown this weekend in London (see quoted posts).
www.alexandracrouwers.com/nereda-2-a-h...
March 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Today ends the Hydromedia: Seeing with Water group show at the Museum of Technology (Technische Sammlungen) in Dresden.
The exhibition includes my work ‘Nereda 2: a Hydromancy’ - which is also shown this weekend in London (see quoted posts).
www.alexandracrouwers.com/nereda-2-a-h...
The exhibition includes my work ‘Nereda 2: a Hydromancy’ - which is also shown this weekend in London (see quoted posts).
www.alexandracrouwers.com/nereda-2-a-h...
A quick update on recent and upcoming exhibitions, screenings and projects: both online and in physical spaces! 🥳
Do subscribe if you like the content - I make these irregularly, only 4-6 times a year or so.
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Do subscribe if you like the content - I make these irregularly, only 4-6 times a year or so.
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Alex/andra Crouwers | Newsletter | March 2025
Ongoing and upcoming digital and real-world exhibitions, an Instagram live interview and more in my latest newsletter!
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March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A quick update on recent and upcoming exhibitions, screenings and projects: both online and in physical spaces! 🥳
Do subscribe if you like the content - I make these irregularly, only 4-6 times a year or so.
mailchi.mp/0443a1b7f937...
Do subscribe if you like the content - I make these irregularly, only 4-6 times a year or so.
mailchi.mp/0443a1b7f937...
Had a talk on my work yesterday on Instagram live with @officeimpart.bsky.social ‘s Johanna Neuschäffer and @dianedrubay.bsky.social on the occasion of ‘Down the Silicon Meadow’ - on view until June on down-the-silicon-meadow.common.garden
15 minute interview 👇
www.instagram.com/reel/DHEGAk1...
15 minute interview 👇
www.instagram.com/reel/DHEGAk1...
March 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Had a talk on my work yesterday on Instagram live with @officeimpart.bsky.social ‘s Johanna Neuschäffer and @dianedrubay.bsky.social on the occasion of ‘Down the Silicon Meadow’ - on view until June on down-the-silicon-meadow.common.garden
15 minute interview 👇
www.instagram.com/reel/DHEGAk1...
15 minute interview 👇
www.instagram.com/reel/DHEGAk1...
Using this first Flashes post to announce an Instagram live interview happening tomorrow between me and Diane Drubay and Office Impart gallery (Berlin) on the occasion of our group show ‘Down the Silicon Meadow’! Tune in at 4PM CET (16h) and listen to me ramble about deep history.
March 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Using this first Flashes post to announce an Instagram live interview happening tomorrow between me and Diane Drubay and Office Impart gallery (Berlin) on the occasion of our group show ‘Down the Silicon Meadow’! Tune in at 4PM CET (16h) and listen to me ramble about deep history.
🔔❕ Recommendation! ‘Det Digit’ (Netherlands, 1935-2024) was a pioneer in digital fabulation, traveling across the world (and to Mars) through messageboards and self-built websites. Working on the artworld’s sideline, her work was finally recognised with this survey:
underbelly.nu/product/det-...
underbelly.nu/product/det-...
Dwaze Verrukking | Foolish Delight - Underbelly
One of the first female digital and internet artists in the Netherlands! Det Digit (1935-2024) combined technology and art to explore themes of chaos, structure, nature and technology
underbelly.nu
March 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🔔❕ Recommendation! ‘Det Digit’ (Netherlands, 1935-2024) was a pioneer in digital fabulation, traveling across the world (and to Mars) through messageboards and self-built websites. Working on the artworld’s sideline, her work was finally recognised with this survey:
underbelly.nu/product/det-...
underbelly.nu/product/det-...
International women’s day and my mother’s 80th birthday 🥳
My mom who
- started beekeeping aged 75
- has a wonderful ecological garden with native plants, trees and herbs
- bakes the best pancakes
- can crack a joke
- tells stories about animals (especially squirrels)
- loves to thriftshop
♥️🍀
My mom who
- started beekeeping aged 75
- has a wonderful ecological garden with native plants, trees and herbs
- bakes the best pancakes
- can crack a joke
- tells stories about animals (especially squirrels)
- loves to thriftshop
♥️🍀
March 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
International women’s day and my mother’s 80th birthday 🥳
My mom who
- started beekeeping aged 75
- has a wonderful ecological garden with native plants, trees and herbs
- bakes the best pancakes
- can crack a joke
- tells stories about animals (especially squirrels)
- loves to thriftshop
♥️🍀
My mom who
- started beekeeping aged 75
- has a wonderful ecological garden with native plants, trees and herbs
- bakes the best pancakes
- can crack a joke
- tells stories about animals (especially squirrels)
- loves to thriftshop
♥️🍀