Author: tijmen

I am an artist, technology critic and privacy designer who helps citizens, designers and policymakers understand opportunities and challenges in our…

In this game the goal is to fool a face recognition algorithm by making funny faces. At the start of the…

This interactive documentary explores how face recognition technology is used, and lets you experience it yourself. You can find out how…

Together with Privacy Company I am working on a Privacy Label. It offers an easy to understand summary of a privacy…

I coined the term “social cooling” to help a wider audience understand the long-term negative side-effects of living in a data…

Your social media posts are continuously being analyzed by specialized companies, such as Cambridge Analytica. For example, if you use a…

Are algorithms more neutral than people? No. Algorithms can have hidden biases. This makes them a popular way to hide power…

Early 2017 I was master of ceremony at the Masterclass Netpolitics. Over the course of seven evenings participants explore the complex interrelation…

While working at Knowledgeland I was part of the Open Cultuur Data team. Knowledgeland has for years organized a yearly course on…

This Happened is series of evenings about design processes which are organized the world over. The idea is to look into the…

While working at Virtual Platform, the Dutch institute for digital culture, I developed an event in which young talent could connect to…

The 3D print pen allows you to lift of from the paper, and draw into the air. This is possible because,…

As drones became popular consumer items, reports of them invading privacy also skyrocketed. In this lighthearted workshop Ruben Pater and I…

In 2014 het Nieuwe Instituut remembered the start of the first world war in 1914. I curated a small exhibit about the…