Marnix de Nijs

Marnix de Nijs (NL) is an artist who works on the body-machine relationship.

Marnix de Nijs

Marnix de Nijs, photo by Joey Kennedy

Marnix de Nijs is a Dutch artist whose work explores the dynamic clashes between bodies, machines and technology in contemporary society. Many of his artworks are interactive experience machines that play with the perception of image and sound. De Nijs’s work has been widely exhibited in the Netherlands and abroad. He has collaborated with artist Edwin van der Heide, Time’s Up, Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, ZKM, Technische Universität Darmstadt and, recently, Tsinghua University.

http://www.marnixdenijs.nl

Marnix de Nijs works' Physiognomic Scrutinizer and Mirror Piece are distributed by V2_Agency.

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Events
DEAF04 Exhibition
DEAF04 Exhibition
9
Nov 2004
22
Nov 2004

The DEAF04 exhibition was part of the 2004 Dutch Electronic Art Festival, with the theme "Affective Turbulence".

dot.nu media / sound
dot.nu media / sound
20
May 2000
21
May 2000

A sound and media program with freiband (NL), Starfish Pool (B), Henk Koolen (NL) and Marnix de Nijs (NL).

Wiretap 5.09 - Phantom Bodies
Wiretap 5.09 - Phantom Bodies
26
Sep 1999

A program about the relation between body and phantom body, and between body and machine, with Marnix de Nijs (NL), Phoebe Sengers (US) and Stahl Stenslie (NO).

Test_Lab: Tools for ARt
Test_Lab: Tools for ARt
16
Dec 2010

In this edition of Test_Lab we open the AR toolbox and thoroughly look at the various technologies that can be found inside. With live demonstrations of AR technologies and artworks.

ZONE V2_
ZONE V2_
11
Aug 2007
7
Oct 2007

An international exhibition in MOCA, Taipei with artworks related to the past DEAF themes "Machine Times", "Information is Alive" and "Interact or Die!."

V2_ op Wereld van Witte de With
V2_ op Wereld van Witte de With
11
Sep 2009
13
Sep 2009

V2_ presenteert tijdens het festival Wereld van Witte de With 2009 de installaties "Physiognomic Scrutinizer" van Marnix de Nijs en "probe" van Boris Debackere.

Translife - Media Art China 2011
Translife - Media Art China 2011
26
Jul 2011
16
Aug 2011

After the overwhelming success in 2008 of the media art exhibition Synthetic Times – 95,000 visitors in three weeks! – the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) decided to make it a recurring triennial event. The Chinese like to take the bull by ...

Interrupting Realities
Interrupting Realities
11
Apr 2007

Interrupting Realities was a seminar about artistic approaches to mixed reality. It took place during DEAF07, 2007.

Emotional Rescue Through Media
Emotional Rescue Through Media
30
Sep 2010

In a world over-saturated with data and virtuality, is emotional rescue possible through physical media? “Het Wilde Weten” invited the public to an evening of art works presentations, interactions and drinks.

International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
13
Oct 2010
16
Oct 2010

ISMAR is an international academic conference on Mixed and Augmented Reality in Seoul. In 2010 V2_ selected three artworks for the related exhibition; Boris Debackere was a keynote speaker.

Test_Lab: Better Than Reality
Test_Lab: Better Than Reality
11
Dec 2008

Virtual Reality's esthetic possibilities have changed enormously during recent years. By demonstrating state-of-the-art AR and VR artworks and by discussing those in the light of the promises made by early VR visionaries, Test_Lab: Better than ...

Electromagnetic Bodies
Electromagnetic Bodies
4
May 2006
4
Jun 2006

V2_ in collaboration with TENT. Center for Visual Art Rotterdam present Electromagnetic Bodies: Aether, Desire and Resonance in Art and Technology.

Synthetic Times - Media Art China 2008
Synthetic Times - Media Art China 2008
10
Jun 2008
3
Jul 2008

Organised by the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) of Beijing, "Synthetic Times - Media Art China 2008" is one of the major cultural exchange events that are taking place during the Olympic Games. The exhibition was conceptualized and ...

Book launch aRt&D: Research and Development in Art
Book launch aRt&D: Research and Development in Art
4
Jun 2005

On the occasion of the latest book publication by V2_Publishing, "aRt&D: Research and Development in Art," V2_ presents a discussion and live cinema performance on Saturday 4 June. "aRt&D" discusses how the art practice changed over the last few ...

The Art of Immersive Spaces
The Art of Immersive Spaces
11
Nov 2004

Seminar on immersive environments, part of the conferences program of DEAF04.

DEAF_00 Exhibition
DEAF_00 Exhibition
14
Nov 2000
26
Nov 2000

Exhibition of the Dutch Electronic Art Festival of 2000, the theme was Machine Times.

DEAF07 Exhibition
DEAF07 Exhibition
10
Apr 2007
29
Apr 2007

Exhibition of interactive installations, video's and other electronic art, part of "Interact of Die!" the 2007 Dutch Electronic Art Festival.

Works
Spatial Sounds
Spatial Sounds

"Spatial Sounds (100dB at 100km/h)" (2000-2001) is an interactive audio-installation by Marnix de Nijs and Edwin van der Heide (NL). [Work distributed by V2_Agency]

Exploded Views 2.0
Exploded Views 2.0

Exploded Views 2.0 (2011) is an interactive installation by Marnix de Nijs (NL). [Work distributed by V2_Agency]

Panoramic Acceleration
Panoramic Acceleration

"Panoramic Acceleration" (1999) is an interactive installation by Marnix de Nijs.

Beijing Accelerator
Beijing Accelerator

"Beijing Accelerator" (2006) by Marnix de Nijs is an interactive installation.

15 minutes of Biometric Fame
15 minutes of Biometric Fame

"15 minutes of Biometric Fame" (2011) is an interactive robotic installation by Marnix de Nijs (NL). [Work distributed by V2_Agency]

Run Motherfucker Run
Run Motherfucker Run

"Run Motherfucker Run" (2001/2004) by Marnix de Nijs is an interactive chase-movie. The visitor finds himself on a treadmill being threatened. In front of him the picture to which he is running is projected and behind him the picture of the ...

Physiognomic Scrutinizer
Physiognomic Scrutinizer

Interactive installation (2009-2010) by Marnix de Nijs (NL). [Work distributed by V2_Agency]

Exercise in Immersion 4
Exercise in Immersion 4

"Exercise in Immersion 4" - short "EI4" - is an interactive, augmented reality art game by Marnix de Nijs.

Mirror Piece
Mirror Piece

The mirror version (2010) of the work "Physiognomic Scrutinizer" by Marnix de Nijs (NL). [Work distributed by V2_Agency]

Documents
Physiognomic Scrutinizer
Physiognomic Scrutinizer

Longer description of the interactive installation by Marnix de Nijs.

Laser Measurement System Object For Max
Laser Measurement System Object For Max

Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) instruments provide a fast and accurate way to track objects in 2 dimensions. V2_Lab's v2_max.sick.lms100 object for Max5 makes the SICK's Laser Measurement System LIDAR available inside this popular media ...

Exercise in Immersion 4
Exercise in Immersion 4

Exercise in Immersion 4 is an ‘art-game’ devised by the Rotterdam media-artist, Marnix de Nijs and further developed in collaboration with V2_lab. His presentation at Deaf 07 saw the 'first public participation trials".

Exercise in Immersion 4.1
Exercise in Immersion 4.1

Marnix de Nijs’ research continues his earlier investigation into immersive experiences. The relationship between the real world and the virtual one is explored and brought into focus; the two are literally mixed in the “real world” in a ...

Physiognomic Scrutinizer
Physiognomic Scrutinizer

V2_Lab contributed to the latest work of Marnix de Nijs. Artm Baguinski developed a tool that is used to match visitors facial features and characteristics with one of the 150 pre-selected persons in the database.

Interview with Marnix de Nijs about EI4 [nl]
Interview with Marnix de Nijs about EI4 [nl]

Interview door Arie Altena met de Nederlandse kunstenaar artist Marnix de Nijs over de ontwikkeling van zijn werk "Exercise in Immersion 4", dat werd gepresenteerd op DEAF07.

Interview with Marnix de Nijs
Interview with Marnix de Nijs

The Rotterdam based artist Marnix de Nijs has collaborated with V2_Lab on several projects. The latest focuses on the implementation of face detection and recognition software for his new work, "Mirror Piece." During one of his visits to the lab, we ...

Second Life, Third Space
Second Life, Third Space

Project descriptions by Arie Altena from "Interact or Die!"

Interview with Marnix de Nijs about EI4
Interview with Marnix de Nijs about EI4

Interview by Arie Altena with Dutch artist Marnix de Nijs about the development of his work "Exercise in Immersion 4," of which a first public user test was shown during DEAF07.

The Archivist Speaks ... [5]
The Archivist Speaks ... [5]

From the 26th of July until August 16th the exhibition Translife – Media Art China 2011 is on view in Beijing, featuring several V2_related works. Here we go through the archive, looking for the connections between this exhibition and V2_.

Better Than Reality
Better Than Reality

The Better Than Reality project

Workshop Better than Reality
Workshop Better than Reality

In het kader van de kennisuitwisseling tussen kunstenaars experts en studenten uit verschillende disciplines is er een vierdaagse workshop gehouden van 24 t/m 27 november 2008. Er waren 21 deelnemers, bestaande uit kunstenaars met diverse ...

Others
Big in Beijing
Big in Beijing

V2_Lab and Tsinghua University’s pilot begins. Artist Marnix de Nijs is currently working in Beijing with a team from Tsinghua University on a new installation provisionally titled "15 Minutes of Biometric Fame." It is a follow-up to the ...

Physiognomic Scrutinizer on Tour
Physiognomic Scrutinizer on Tour

Marnix de Nijs’s installation will be on display in the French cities of Creteil, Maubeuge and Lille this spring and summer as part of the traveling exhibition Paranoia, hosted by three major festivals. The work is distributed by V2_Agency.

Symposium on Media Art / Design Laboratories
Symposium on Media Art / Design Laboratories

Opening of the "Tsinghua Media Arts Research Laboratory" with a symposium for international media labs in Beijing.

Lab Releases Max5 Object for Laser Rangefinder
Lab Releases Max5 Object for Laser Rangefinder

V2_Lab has developed open source software for using the "Laser Measurement System" in Max 5, which facilitates interaction in media installations.

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