Nienke Huitenga-Broeren

Immersive director Nienke Huitenga-Broeren blends digital art and immersive experiences. Her creative career unfolds through captivating online transmedia works, like Human Birdwings and The Modular Body (by Floris Kaayk). The last claimed the prestigious Golden Calf in 2016 for pioneering interactivity. Her first VR work ROZSYPNE (2019) in co-direction with Lisa Weeda, depicting the onset of the war in East Ukraine in 2014 and the downing of flight MH17. It premiered in competition at IDFA DocLab. Last fall, she explored generative techniques in audio, where she created DRIFT (2024) in collaboration with VPRO Medialab. A post-climate Netherlands emerges for your ears, co-written by writer Minem Sezgin, AI, and algorithmic processes. Her artistic practice is influenced by an interdisciplinary approach to mediated experiences: technology is never the starting point in her work, yet an important tool for addressing societal, cultural, and personal experiences.