Michiel Huijsman
Michiel Huijsman studied art, photography, and graphic design at the Minerva Academy in Groningen. He works as an artist, researcher, and independent curator. He is the initiator of various long-term collaborative art projects in public spaces. He has realized several large light installations and interactive art projects in outdoor spaces, including Wally Public Artificial Light (1996–2002), Vondelpark Oehoe (2001), InnerCityWally (2002), Greenlight (2005), The White Tube (2007), and Gloei! (2013-present).
Together with Renate Zentschnig, Huijsman is co-founder and co-director of Soundtrackcity, an organization dedicated to artistic research into sound. Founded in 2009, Soundtrackcity develops new listening practices and new forms of media art, initiates participatory research projects with local communities, and produces listening guides and artist-made audio walks. He regularly advises cities such as Antwerp and Rotterdam and other government organizations on the subject of sound in public spaces. Together with Marcel Cobussen, he wrote the Sonic Inspiration Guide. For Soundtrackcity, Huijsman produced the Sonic Aggregator, a work of art in which visitors find an ideal listening environment to carefully observe and compare urban auditory spaces.
Audiowalk developed as part of the Leiden European City of Science Festival.
- Geluidsonderzoek Wilderszijde GR1
Wilderszijde, a neighborhood currently under development in the municipality of Lansingerland, is subject to significant noise pollution. This report focuses specifically on one section of Wilderszijde, Groenwijk 1.
Launch of audiowalk developed as part of the Leiden European City of Science Festival.
- Feyenoord City/Getijdenpark - een onderzoek naar de geluidsbeleving
The report provides an initial impetus to further consider—from the perspective of sound and sound perception—the design, choice of materials, and positioning of landscape elements (residences, roads, vegetation, walking and cycling routes, structures, etc.) regarding the Getijdenpark and Feyenoord City.
- Ruimte in de Rijnhaven: Een onderzoek naar de geluidsbeleving
Advisory project on the auditory redesign of a public area on the south bank of Rotterdam.
- Hoor de Hofbogen
The Rotterdam Hofbogen is part of the former Hofplein Line, once connecting Rotterdam, The Hague, and Scheveningen. Hoor de Hofbogen (Hear the Hofbogen) analyzes the current soundscape and offers recommendations for how the park and its surroundings should sound after redevelopment. Its core message: without the right sonic atmosphere, the park will not function as the municipality intends.
- Hoe klinkt het Hofplein
This report is about sound, about sound in and around the Hofplein, about how the Hofplein sounds now and about how it could sound.
- The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sonic Methodologies edited by Michael Bull and Marcel Cobussen
Edited volume offering a wide ranging, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary investigation and analysis of the ways in which researchers use a broad range of methodologies in order to pursue their sonic investigations.
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