Thijs Biersteker
Awarness artist to create sustainable digital work on topics of climate change, pollution and nature

artworks

WITHER x UNESCO (2021)

A slice of rainforest disappearing at the Amazon deforestation rate
- in collaboration with UNESCO

ECONARIO

Showing how our political choices today, impact biodiversity tomorrow
- in collaboration with Natural History Museum, London

WITHER x BARBICAN

A slice of rainforest disappearing on the rate of deforestation (at Barbican Centre, London)
- in collaboration with UNESCO

 

ECONTINUUM (2020)

An invitation back into the ecosystem
– In collaboration with Stefano Mancuso

GASP (2023)

Enlarging the  particles around us to reveal the largest threats to humanity.
– In collaboration with World Health Organisation

FUNGAL FACULTY (2023)

This AI-powered mushroom artwork aims to rewire our perception of intelligence
– In collaboration with Computational Intelligence Group, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

 

VOICE OF NATURE (2018)

Using data coming from living trees to give them a voice in climate change
– In collaboration with Delft Technical University

 

MB>CO2 (2022)

Uncovering the hidden impact of the internet

 

PLASTIC REFLECTIC (2016)

Interactive mirror reflecting you in pieces of real ocean plastic

 

POLLUTIVE ENDS (2019)

Showing the impact of one single cigarette butt

 

WE HARVEST WIND (2021)

Changing the world with wind energy
- in collaboration with Polestar

 

SYMBIOSIA (2019)

Uncovering the communication between trees and their environment
– In collaboration with Stefano Mancuso

 

ECONARIO at COP15

Showing how our political choices today, impact biodiversity tomorrow
- in collaboration with Natural History Museum, London

 

SHADED SEAS (2020)

Interactive ocean plastic at your fingertips

 

DARK DISTORTIONS (2020)

Uncovering dark matter
– In collaboration with ESA and Henk Hoekstra

 

IDEMUNDA (2024)

end 2024 at de Groote Museum, Amsterdam

 

WITHER (2020)

A slice of rainforest disappearing at the Amazon deforestation rate

 

VOICE OF NATURE Fagus Sylvatica Atropunicea - 1902 (2022)

coming June 2022 at Museum Arnhem

 

MIND OVER MATTER (2018)

Keeping the world in balance using our collective brainwaves
– In collaboration with David Carson

 

EXTENDED NATURE (2024)

Coming mid 2024

 

RUN LIKE A REFUGEE (2015)

Run like a refugee from Iran to the Netherlands in VR

 

THE COVER THAT JUDGES YOU (2015)

Using face recognition to detect judgement

 

PERISCOPISTA (2015)

Giving back collected festival data in an interactive mist cloud