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Pieter Steyaert
Pieter Steyaert is an artist and transdisciplinary researcher who explores collaborations within artistic and scientific communities. His work particularly focuses on the context of astrophysics and exoplanets. Pieter is one of the co-founders of SEADS and has worked on a wide range of Biomodd, Seeker and Ēngines of Ēternity projects in Europe, the USA and SE Asia. He leads the development of tools and platforms that support the global SEADS community.
Pieter is fascinated by the possibilities, ethics, and shortcomings of the techno-realm. He shares and explores insights as an educator and researcher. His interests include artificial life, data-driven experience design, and art-science interactions. Pieter conducts research at CHAMELEON, an exoplanet research group which is affiliated with both the University of Antwerp and the University of Copenhagen. His research aims to use artistic methodologies to advance scientific ideation and research.
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ARTIFEX: Exoplanet Atmosphere Visualization; Steyaert, Pieter; Braam, Marrick; Balduin, Thorsten; Marshall, Oriel; Maranan, Diego; Bruun, Jesper; EVA London 2024: Electronic Visualisation & the Arts, 8 July 2024
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
The spread of systematic review methodologies in new disciplines; Nasser, Mona; Maranan, Diego S.; Birsel, Zeynep; Kuchner, Ulrike; Steyaert, Pieter; 3rd Evidence-Based Research Conference, 6-7 October 2022
Meta-futurism: an immersive workshop with science fiction elements to facilitate a conversation on climate change and space exploration; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Maranan, Diego; Knight, Jacqui; Gonzalez, Yvette Marie; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022
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
Diversifying the concept of analogue missions to explore and evaluate new concepts for future space missions; Nasser, Mona; Esteves, Ana Margarida; Maranan, Diego; Peeters, Ann; Steyaert, Pieter; 32rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, 2021-10-25
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
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
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
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
The spread of systematic review methodologies in new disciplines; Nasser, Mona; Maranan, Diego S.; Birsel, Zeynep; Kuchner, Ulrike; Steyaert, Pieter; 3rd Evidence-Based Research Conference, 6-7 October 2022
Meta-futurism: an immersive workshop with science fiction elements to facilitate a conversation on climate change and space exploration; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Maranan, Diego; Knight, Jacqui; Gonzalez, Yvette Marie; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022
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
Diversifying the concept of analogue missions to explore and evaluate new concepts for future space missions; Nasser, Mona; Esteves, Ana Margarida; Maranan, Diego; Peeters, Ann; Steyaert, Pieter; 32rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, 2021-10-25
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
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
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