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about.
Daan Walder (b. 1999, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) is a digital artist and designer based in Nijmegen. Working across installation, computational art, new media, and performance, he is known for his experimental design practice, which explores digital media and spatial installations as critical tools for reimagining contemporary forms of pleasure, connection, identity, and community. Walder holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design from the Utrecht School of the Arts and a Master’s degree in Social Design from the Design Academy Eindhoven.
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Dancing Fragments
2026
audiovisual design / archival media / sound design / queer history
Dancing Fragments is a sculptural audiovisual installation inspired by Nijmegen’s queer house and techno scene, using the legendary Extravaganza party as a starting point. Archival material from co-founder Jeroen Roording informed a self-built generative system where infrared images fade, distort, and fragment across LED matrices, speaker modules, and semi-transparent panels, creating a layered, abstract memory that evokes the fleeting freedom, collectivity, and atmosphere of queer nightlife.
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Stoorzenders
2025
radio technology / techno anarchism / audiovisual design / spatial design
Stoorzenders is an ongoing research project that explores how gentrification, commercialization, and surveillance are reshaping urban space, and in turn erasing the voices that once defined it. Rooted in Nijmegen, the project takes the form of a foldable, off-grid installation composed of self-built radio antennas and a decentralized server. Together, they create a portable, autonomous infrastructure for collecting, storing, and transmitting hidden or forgotten stories from the city.
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Skopos
2025
audiovisual design / generative visuals / organic conciousness / immersive design
Skopos is an audiovisual installation exploring the boundaries between human, plant, and artificial intelligence. Generative visuals, shaped by live electromagnetic signals from a living plant, create a continuously shifting organic landscape. Combined with a responsive soundscape, the work invites viewers into a meditative space where perception, intelligence, and nature intertwine in real time.
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Solum Venenum
2024
spatial storytelling / immersive design / 3D projection / generative visuals / sound design
Solum Venenum is an interactive audiovisual installation exploring the hidden environmental impact of illegal synthetic drug production in the Netherlands. Using body-tracking sensors, visitors navigate a digital landscape shaped by chemical waste, uncovering the unseen consequences of human activity. The work combines field research, technology, and storytelling to provoke reflection on ecological and societal responsibility.