Kristof Timmerman

Kristof Timmerman is a Belgian artist, researcher, and educator working in the field of live, interactive digital environments and virtual reality. He holds Master’s degrees in both Product Development and Theatre Studies from the University of Antwerp and pursued additional training in digital media. He worked for several theatre companies, including the pioneering group CREW. Since 2006, he has led the transdisciplinary collective studio.POC, creating performances and installations that experiment with immersive storytelling, such as Kroes (2008), EGG (2014), Bodymap (2015), Empty Mind (2021), Glasshouse (2023), and Dissolution (2025).

Kristof is chair and coordinator of Maxlab, the research group at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp that explores the evolving relationship between humans and digital technology. He is active as a promoter and researcher in several multidisciplinary research projects involving virtual and augmented reality, and is currently pursuing doctoral research on the concept of portals as embodied transitions between physical and virtual realities. His work often involves co-located VR experiences and physical installations that question presence, materiality, and connection in technologically mediated spaces.

His artistic research investigates how immersive technologies can reshape the relationship between body, space, and narrative. He creates experiences in which the boundaries between real and virtual dissolve. His work often involves custom-built physical interfaces, VR/AR environments, and co-located participation, enabling performers and audiences to share hybrid spaces that are both materially and digitally constructed. Through these embodied encounters, he explores questions of presence, agency, and digital responsibility.

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Isidora is a portal into an imagined cityscape where the boundaries between past and future, memory and possibility, dissolve. This AI-generated image is part of Cities Unseen, a VR installation that transforms literary cities into immersive environments. The image was created using Italo Calvino’s description the city of Isidora in Invisible Cities as a prompt for generative software.

Calvino describes a city that shifts depending on the traveler’s direction of approach. This duality is mirrored in the generative process: the machine’s interpretation varies with each description, creating a speculative architecture shaped by both text and algorithm.

In Invisible Cities, Kublai Khan relies on Marco Polo’s stories—real or imagined—to understand his empire. Similarly, Cities Unseen explores how storytelling and perception shape our understanding of place. The project adds a technological layer to this reflection, using AI to reimagine cities beyond fixed representation.

Placed in an urban setting, Isidora becomes a moment of encounter—between the real and the virtual, the human and the machine. It invites viewers to glimpse a city that is both ancient and futuristic, hovering between language, code, and imagination.

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