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Opening expositie in Bureau Europa, Maastricht – 3 september t/m 8 november 2026 In 2026 is het 100 jaar geleden dat ENCI startte met het ontginnen van de Sint Pietersberg. Een moment dat we zowel willen vieren als herdenken met een kunst- en erfgoedtentoonstelling. Want in die honderd jaar was het terrein hermetisch afgesloten voor… ↗

Would you like to join the project week from16 November 2026 – 19 November 2026 10:00 – 17:00, AINSI, Lage Kanaaldijk 112? A project organized by Bachelor Design & research centre What Art Knows, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. What happens after an artwork or designed piece is finished? What is the afterlife – if… ↗

Marlies Vermeulen defended her PhD research on 15 June 2026 as the first MERIAN candidate in artistic research. Falk Hübner, artistic researcher and professor in Artistic Connective Practices at Fontys Academy of the Arts, wrote about his experience during Vermeulen’s defense as well as at Berghut Halverweg, which is part of Vermeulen’s and Remy Kroese’s… ↗

14 t/m 23 augustus | Vaals – Eupen Wat betekent een berg nog in een landschap dat steeds meer door mensen wordt gemaakt? Wat betekent het eigenlijk om iets te bergen? En kun je een BERG ook bergen? Van 14 tot en met 23 augustus verandert het grensgebied tussen Vaals en Eupen opnieuw in een laboratorium voor kunstenaars, cartografen, wandelaars,… ↗

In maart 2026 ging Ruth Benschop voor de tweede keer in gesprek met programmeurs in haar Consultatiebureau De Badkuip op Festival Cement. Ze besprak onder meer hun wensen voor de toekomst en schreef op basis daarvan een verlanglijstje voor het veld. ↗

Marlies Vermeulen is the first MERIAN candidate to defend her PhD on the 15th of June 2026 at 12:45. Her PhD research is called: The Panoramic View of Cartopology: A journey on how to become a cartopologist. Marlies is an artistic researcher in the research centre What Art Knows (at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences),… ↗

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This year’s “Schrijfdriedaagse” was held on May 26-28 and the program specifically focused on writing as an embodied practice: how do the materialities (the space, the table, the paper, etc.) matter in our writing practice? What can an empty page become, when we consider it as a space to move through? And how to acknowledge… ↗

Observant, the independent university newspaper of Maastricht Univeristy, recently interviewed Reinier Hoon who started a PhD trajectory at MERIAN in January 2026. To read the full interview, please visit the Observant website: “You can make your point in words, but I prefer to communicate through food”. ↗

For You: generous artistic research Tuesday June 23Time: 10.30h – 18.00hLocation: Brusselseweg 150, BR.2.21/22 Maastricht Register here! The research centre What Art Knows is a cookie tin.The research centre What Art Knows is not a cookie tin. In our end of the year symposium, researchers affiliated to the research centre What Art Knows and MERIAN… ↗

Marlies Vermeulen is the first MERIAN candidate to defend her PhD on the 15th of June 2026 at 12:45. Her PhD research is called: The Panoramic View of Cartopology: A journey on how to become a cartopologist. Marlies is an artistic researcher in the research centre What Art Knows (at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences),… ↗

An experimental evening at the MERIAN art-science lab about engaging the body in writing Wednesday 27 MayLocation: MERIAN art-science lab, Heksenstraat 8Time: walk-in 18.45; start 19.00; end 21.00 hrs. Drinks and light snacks will be served. Organised in the context of the Writing Bodies Schrijfdriedaagse, this event welcomes Schrijfdriedaagse participants and all others interested in… ↗

On May 26-28, we present the What Art Knows “Schrijfdriedaagse”: a three-day writing program that allows you to dive into your own writing, while stimulating your writing practice and challenging your assumptions of what writing is and how it is (best) done. This year, we specifically focus on writing as an embodied practice: how do the materialities… ↗

Organised and moderated by: Ruth Benschop  Second meeting: June 18th, 2026, 15:00 – 17:00  Location: MERIAN art-science lab, University College Maastricht (UCM) Heksenstraat 8, Maastricht. Sign up by emailing: ruth.benschop@zuyd.nl  The program line Oefenen Oefenen (pronounced as: [ˈufənə(n) ˈufənə(n)] asks questions about how in artistic (research) practices we rehearse, and what it means to learn to do so. Oefenen Oefenen is interested in a large variety of rehearsal… ↗