René Nissen

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I am an ethnographer and have studied how the yeast of practices like brewing, baking and being allergic disrupts Western/Northern metaphysical assumptions about ‘the world’.

I also advise the Fine Arts Institute Leipzig (FAIL) on their artistic research.

I first volunteered for Mediamatic at the Inhuman Carnaval at Dutch Design Week 2021, where I kind of stumbled into performing in Studio Nepco’s beetle costume.

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René Nissen

We grew a new project nursery: Penny for your…

Project Nursery

There is something uniquely inspiring when looking into artistic processes that are still in progress: unpolished, experimental, and open-ended. Penny for your Thoughts is our project nursery
Proposal by: René Nissen, Avery Franken

Disrupting Citizenship

Project proposal: Arrhythmia as the Urban Condition

The world around us may make us feel like we are required to be our most “productive” selves, and like “unproductive” behaviour is penalised. These rules can be written – a contract, for example, may...

René Nissen

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We grew a new project nursery: Penny for your…

Project Nursery

Proposal by: René Nissen, Avery Franken

Disrupting Citizenship

Project proposal: Arrhythmia as the Urban Condition

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Image: Josie Dibnah, René Nissen, Avery Franken

Renee Nissen and Avery Franken in beatle costumes

Image: René Nissen, Avery Franken

Rene and Avery eating a banana in beatle costumes