Fitter, Happier, and More Productive

In the early years of my life I did not use the internet and three-dimensional virtual worlds. Everything took place in the physical world. Gradually an increasing part of my life started to take place in a virtual online environment. Playing on the corner of the street turned into playing in an online lobby. Staring at the ceiling turned into endless scrolling. Friends turned into digital avatars. In ‘Fitter, Hapier, and More Productive’, I use the aesthetics and technology of a dystopian virtual world to look back on my internet and screenless years. With CGI (computer-generated imagery) and photography I question the value of places like VR chat and Second Life. What is the future of fantasy and play in a virtual world?

On show

  • Digital Tomb will be on show at IMPAKT Utrecht from 28 August 2026
    — 15 November 2026. More info about Data Never Dies available here

  • This work was part of the group-exhibition Laag voor Laag at Galerie Pouloeuff.

  • This work was part of the group-exhibition Licht/Donker at FAAM Utrecht.

Featured

Digital Tomb was published in Fisheye Immersive – La Revue #1

Digital Tomb was praised in the podcast Kunstmatig, by Rosa Weevers & Veerle Spronck. Listen to the full episode here.