26 August 2026 – LECTURE

"Creative Convolution: Images, Words, and Signs in Protest Effigies" at the IAWIS conference Word, Image and Social Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 24 – 28 August 2026

5 Juli 2026 – BOOK LAUNCH

De Pont Museum, Tilburg, 14:15 in het auditorium

Ter gelegenheid van het vijfentwintigjarig jubileum van LUSTWARANDE verschijnt een nieuwe publicatie: MATERIAL LUST – Excursions in Contemporary Sculpture IV. Tijdens het programma gaat Chris Driessen in gesprek met de auteurs Toef Jaeger en Florian Göttke. Na afloop is er gelegenheid om vragen te stellen en wordt het eerste exemplaar uitgereikt.

I am a visual artist, researcher, writer, and educator based in Amsterdam. I am most interested in the functioning of public images and their relationship to social memory and politics. I use visual/artistic modes of research (especially collecting, close reading, and montage of images), sometimes combined with academic research.

I currently teach artistic research at the University of Amsterdam, and I am engaged in the research project "Holding Grief: Engaging Trauma through Contemporary Art."