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Angelo Vermeulen
Angelo is a space systems researcher, biologist, and community artist. With his multidisciplinary background, he collaborates closely with practicing scientists, while also creating multimedia art installations, and building communities through design and co-creation. In 2013 he was crew commander of the NASA-funded HI-SEAS Mars simulation in Hawaii. Currently he is doing research on interstellar travel at Delft University of Technology. He has lived in many corners of the world, is a TED Senior Fellow, and loves computer games.
angelo@seads.network
Projects
Publications
The unique potential of hand-illustration to explore art and science interactions in the Engines of Eternity space art project; Wan, Arise; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Pereira, Frederico Sena; Verschuren, Jeroen; Faber, Nils; Maranan, Diego S.; Doninck, Karine Van; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; 74th International Astronautical Congress, 2023 October 2
Biomodd: the integration of art into transdisciplinary research practices; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Birsel, Zeynep; Maranan, Diego S.; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2023 May 20
The BUKAS Lab: Opening artscience exploration and futures literacy in the Global South; Maranan, Diego S.; Steyaert, Pieter; Vengua, Lucky; Casauay, Franchesca; Kuchner, Ulrike; Suplemento, Jerome; Holt, Amy; Peeters, Ann; Tournaye, Pim; Nasser, Mona; Gonzales, Yvette; Vermeulen, Angelo; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023
Co-creation towards the post-Anthropocene; Steyaert, Pieter; Vermeulen, Angelo; Holt, Amy; Maranan, Diego S.; Checola, Giusy; Nasser, Mona; Verschuren, Jeroen; Tournaye, Pim; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023
The universe as home: Exploring the tension between climate change and the space race through somatic experiences, speculative design, and interactive performance; Maranan, Diego S.; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Verschuren, Jeroen; Vermeulen, Angelo; Convergence: Seminar on Technological and Somatic Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Artistic Practices, 21 April 2023
Raderdieren, klonen, DNA en het in kaart brengen van menselijke ideologie in de ruimte [Rotifers, cloning, DNA and mapping human ideology in space]; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Maranan, Diego S.; Podium voor Bio-ethiek [Podium for Bioethics], 2023
Sex in Space: Consideration of uncontrolled human conception in emerging space tourism (Green paper for public consultation); Cullen, David C., ; Hudnall, Matthew C., ; Ali, Sheela, ; Behram, Steve S., ; Edelbroek, Egbert, ; Layendecker, Alexander, ; Marques, Rafael Elias, ; Mushtaq, Sumbal, ; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J., ; , 2023
Ēngines of Ēternity: An Artistic Inquiry Into Space Settlement Ideology Using Rotifer Experiments on Board the ISS; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Maranan, Diego; Wan, Arise; Verschuren, Jeroen; Sena, Frederico; Peeters, Ann; Faber, Nils; Mirzada, Fattana; Van Doninck, Karine; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022
Biomodd: hybrid practices for sustainability across art and science; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaer, Pieter; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA 2022), 4 Sept 2022
“As Above, So Below”: Promoting reciprocal learning and shared innovation on common-pool resource management between “living laboratories” for sustainable human settlements on Earth and in Space; Esteves, Ana Margarida; Vermeulen, Angelo; Nasser, Mona; Maranan, Diego S.; IASC 2021 Commons in Space Virtual Conference, 25 February 2021
Biodiversity Tower: A community art project by SEADS, Compostmeesters Willebroek & Kris Mys; Vermeulen, Angelo; , ; , ; 2019 Institute for Public Art (IPA) Research Network Meeting, 21 October 2019
Excavating abandoned artificial life: a case study in digital media archeology; Steyaert, Pieter; Vermeulen, Angelo; Maranan, Diego S.; POM: Politics of the Machine, 14 June 2019
Regenerative synthetic ecosystems and evolving asteroid starships: a cybernetic reframing of the politics, poetics and ethics of space colonization; Vermeulen, Angelo; Steyaert, Pieter; Maranan, Diego S.; POM: Politics of the Machine, 14 June 2019
RE/ME: An immersive installation for reimagining and resculpting bodily self-perception.; Maranan, Diego S.; Haines, Agi; Loesche, Frank; Clarke, Sean; Calora, Patricia; Vermeulen, Angelo; Steyaert, Pieter; Grant, Jane; POM: Politics of the Machine, 13 June 2019
Seeker: Co-Creating Diversified Futures; Vermeulen, A. C. J.; Nevejan, Caroline; Brazier, Frances; Studio Time: Future Thinking in Art and Design, 2018
Multispecies Roundtable for Climate Impact: A Speculative Proposal; Cajilig, Pamela; Maranan, Diego S.; Sy, Arlene; Salva, Oliver; Vermeulen, Angelo; Balance-Unbalance 2017, 22 August 2017
When Ideas Migrate: A Postcolonial Perspective on Biomodd [LBA2]; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; , August 2015
Biomodd: A Case Study In Combining Online Learning With On-Site New Media Art Practice; Librero, Al Francis; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; 25th Asian Association of Open Universities Conference, 2011 September 29
Biomodd as Paradox; Engelen, Sara; Wynants, Marleen; Vermeulen, Angelo; Maranan, Diego; We Can Change the Weather: 100 Cases in Energy Efficacy to Start Doing So, 2010
Biomodd: A Living Game Computer As Social Sculpture; Vermeulen, Angelo; ISEA2008: 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art, 2008 July 26
Biomodd: the integration of art into transdisciplinary research practices; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Birsel, Zeynep; Maranan, Diego S.; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2023 May 20
The BUKAS Lab: Opening artscience exploration and futures literacy in the Global South; Maranan, Diego S.; Steyaert, Pieter; Vengua, Lucky; Casauay, Franchesca; Kuchner, Ulrike; Suplemento, Jerome; Holt, Amy; Peeters, Ann; Tournaye, Pim; Nasser, Mona; Gonzales, Yvette; Vermeulen, Angelo; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023
Co-creation towards the post-Anthropocene; Steyaert, Pieter; Vermeulen, Angelo; Holt, Amy; Maranan, Diego S.; Checola, Giusy; Nasser, Mona; Verschuren, Jeroen; Tournaye, Pim; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023
The universe as home: Exploring the tension between climate change and the space race through somatic experiences, speculative design, and interactive performance; Maranan, Diego S.; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Verschuren, Jeroen; Vermeulen, Angelo; Convergence: Seminar on Technological and Somatic Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Artistic Practices, 21 April 2023
Raderdieren, klonen, DNA en het in kaart brengen van menselijke ideologie in de ruimte [Rotifers, cloning, DNA and mapping human ideology in space]; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Maranan, Diego S.; Podium voor Bio-ethiek [Podium for Bioethics], 2023
Sex in Space: Consideration of uncontrolled human conception in emerging space tourism (Green paper for public consultation); Cullen, David C., ; Hudnall, Matthew C., ; Ali, Sheela, ; Behram, Steve S., ; Edelbroek, Egbert, ; Layendecker, Alexander, ; Marques, Rafael Elias, ; Mushtaq, Sumbal, ; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J., ; , 2023
Ēngines of Ēternity: An Artistic Inquiry Into Space Settlement Ideology Using Rotifer Experiments on Board the ISS; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Maranan, Diego; Wan, Arise; Verschuren, Jeroen; Sena, Frederico; Peeters, Ann; Faber, Nils; Mirzada, Fattana; Van Doninck, Karine; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022
Biomodd: hybrid practices for sustainability across art and science; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaer, Pieter; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA 2022), 4 Sept 2022
“As Above, So Below”: Promoting reciprocal learning and shared innovation on common-pool resource management between “living laboratories” for sustainable human settlements on Earth and in Space; Esteves, Ana Margarida; Vermeulen, Angelo; Nasser, Mona; Maranan, Diego S.; IASC 2021 Commons in Space Virtual Conference, 25 February 2021
Biodiversity Tower: A community art project by SEADS, Compostmeesters Willebroek & Kris Mys; Vermeulen, Angelo; , ; , ; 2019 Institute for Public Art (IPA) Research Network Meeting, 21 October 2019
Excavating abandoned artificial life: a case study in digital media archeology; Steyaert, Pieter; Vermeulen, Angelo; Maranan, Diego S.; POM: Politics of the Machine, 14 June 2019
Regenerative synthetic ecosystems and evolving asteroid starships: a cybernetic reframing of the politics, poetics and ethics of space colonization; Vermeulen, Angelo; Steyaert, Pieter; Maranan, Diego S.; POM: Politics of the Machine, 14 June 2019
RE/ME: An immersive installation for reimagining and resculpting bodily self-perception.; Maranan, Diego S.; Haines, Agi; Loesche, Frank; Clarke, Sean; Calora, Patricia; Vermeulen, Angelo; Steyaert, Pieter; Grant, Jane; POM: Politics of the Machine, 13 June 2019
Seeker: Co-Creating Diversified Futures; Vermeulen, A. C. J.; Nevejan, Caroline; Brazier, Frances; Studio Time: Future Thinking in Art and Design, 2018
Multispecies Roundtable for Climate Impact: A Speculative Proposal; Cajilig, Pamela; Maranan, Diego S.; Sy, Arlene; Salva, Oliver; Vermeulen, Angelo; Balance-Unbalance 2017, 22 August 2017
When Ideas Migrate: A Postcolonial Perspective on Biomodd [LBA2]; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; , August 2015
Biomodd: A Case Study In Combining Online Learning With On-Site New Media Art Practice; Librero, Al Francis; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; 25th Asian Association of Open Universities Conference, 2011 September 29
Biomodd as Paradox; Engelen, Sara; Wynants, Marleen; Vermeulen, Angelo; Maranan, Diego; We Can Change the Weather: 100 Cases in Energy Efficacy to Start Doing So, 2010
Biomodd: A Living Game Computer As Social Sculpture; Vermeulen, Angelo; ISEA2008: 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art, 2008 July 26