"Electric Alchemist"
"In his work, Wouter Smit sets out to rediscover the analog signal in its poetic significance, if not its mesmerizing magic. He simultaneously humanizes and mythologizes these digital media set ups, by transforming them by means of analog signal processing and transduction, their subsequent digital representation and by means of a stint of artistic alchemy. By offering the visitors of his installations and performance work an immersive meditational space he provokes a stretching and expansion of their sensory perception. This expansion into an open space fuels a rethinking of modern day media systems, and the immersion in them. How to re-address the connection between the analog and the digital, how to re-invent the connection between the 'real' and the ‘virtual'?"
- Willem van Weelden
PK8 STUDIO focuses on the development of audio-visual interactive art installations, video performances and the organization of workshops and exhibitions in the field of electronic music production and various forms of media art.
Recent projects by PK8 Studio include an interactive audiovisual art installation for the ‘Media Art Festival’, Leeuwarden, the visual content creation for the immersive live music/dance performance ‘Hyper Self’ by Either ID, Utrecht and an audiovisual projection mapping show for the yearly ‘Patronen Feest’ at the Rijks Museum, Amsterdam.
Recent Exhibitions
The Space Between: An Media Art Group Exhibition
Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam
24 - 31 October 2020
Tourist Land / Mondriaan Fonds
Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam
15 - 24 November 2019
Paradise Unknown / Cityscapes Foundation
Bunker, Marine Terrein, Amsterdam
17 - 23 June 2019
CBK in dood, leve CBK
CBK oost, Amsterdam
20 July 2019
Paradise Unknown / Cityscapes Foundation
Bunker, Marine Terrein, Amsterdam
17 - 23 June 2019
Signals From Paradise
Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam
1 March - 16 March 2019
Media Art Festival
Post CS gebouw, Leeuwarden
15 November - 2 December 2018
Start of the End
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
4 - 8 July 2018
°No 2
Paleisstraat 107, Amsterdam
15 - 16 June 2018
Si.Si. Spex
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
1 - 2 December 2017
Amsterdam Dance Event: B-Side
Radion, Amsterdam
18 October 2017
Rietveld Uncut: Bots, Bodies, Beasts
Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
6 - 10 April, 2017
End of the Year Show: Information is not a Substance
Paleis van Mieris, Amsterdam
17 June 2017
IDUM3 Exhibition
Cynthia's Workspace, Amsterdam
16 December 2016
Recent Events / Performances
Alchi - We Grow on Trees
Zimicz Theater, Utrecht
20 December, 2020
Mantis Festival
Muntgebouw, Utrecht
2 March 2019,
Patronen Feest
Rijks Museum, Amsterdam
13 Februari 2019
Hyper Self
Muziekhuis, Utrecht
2, 13, 14 February 2019
Label Unknown presents We Are Equal
de Prael Brewery, Houthavens, Amsterdam
2 November 2018
Ableton LIVE Masterclass & MAX MSP showcase
Paleisstraat 107, Amsterdam
17 October 2018
Art & Design Education
Unstable Media
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2015 - 2018
Graphic Design
Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague
2013 - 2015
Related Work Practice
PK8 Studio
Audiovisual Designer/Artist
2015 - now
Studio/K
Cultural Event Planner
2013 - 2015
TWSTD Education
Production Manager
2011 - 2012
https://www.twstd.nl/category/masterclasses/
365mag.com
Production & Promotion Manager
2008 - 2010
Audio Illustrated / VJ-bookings.com
Bookings Agent, Production & Production Manager
2007 - 2008
Electronic Music Perfomances
Henk NDSM
as Powlson & Smit
NDSM, ITW, Amsterdam
23 oct, 2010
WKND
as Powlson & Smit
Studio80, Amsterdam
7 jan, 2010
Spirit of Burgas Festival
as Powlson & Smit
Burgas, Bulgaria
16 aug, 2009
Earth Paradiso
as Powlson & Smit
Paradiso, Amsterdam
30 may, 2009
Vrijbuiters
as Powlson & Smit
NDSM, de Bunker, Amsterdam
2008
Linke Soep NYE 2008
as Wouter Smit
Schram Studio's, Amsterdam
31 dec, 2007
VJ Perfomances
B-side // ADE
Radion, Amsterdam
18 oct 2017
/K met Peren
Studio/K, Amsterdam
multiple shows 2013 - 2016
Other Events (production)
TWSTD Ableton LIVE Masterclasses
Studio80, Amsterdam
2010 - 2011
Miko / New House Collective
Sugar Factory, Amsterdam
2009 - 2010
Audio illustrated
Odeon, Amsterdam
2008