Sander Hölsgens

Netherlands (residence) °1990
research interests: Phenomenology, Visual arts, architecture, Film-making, documentary film, activism
affiliation: University of Groningen
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Sander Hölsgens is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen. Trained as a visual anthropologist, he currently explores the intersection between documentary cinema and activism. He co-founded Pushing Boarders, curates Field Recordings Film Festival, and is the Visual and New Media Review editor of Cultural Anthropology. His films are most recently screened at the British Museum, Royal Academy of Arts and London Korean Film Festival. In 2018, he finished his PhD at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, researching skateboarding in South Korea. He's currently filming a documentary with professional skateboarder Candy Jacobs.

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  • Walking the Newsroom: Towards a Sensory Experience of Journalism (2020) author(s): Sander Hölsgens, Saskia de Wildt, Tamara Witschge published in: Journal for Artistic Research
    We invite you to join us on a walk through the newsroom of a regional newspaper, Dagblad van het Noorden. We trace how the journalists perceive, articulate, engage, embrace, challenge, are receptive to, and give form to the ‘atmospheres’ of their workspace. The concept of atmospheres is central in how we have looked at the newsroom. On this walk, we explore the spatial, socio-cultural, rhythmic, tonal, and somatic characteristics of the recently redesigned newsroom, using video, sound, text, and drawing. Employing artistic methods, we want to let you experience this newsroom together with us – giving you insight into the journalists’ lived experience of their profession as fundamentally interwoven with the idiosyncrasies of their workspace. Our host on the walk is online news editor Alfred Meester. Alfred walked us, Saskia and Sander, through the newsroom, which we visited as part of the project Exploring Journalism’s Limits (funded by the Dutch Research Council, NWO, project number: 314-99-205). Also joining us on this day is Ricky Booms, a visual artist invited to reflect on the space alongside us. Along the way, we encounter visual editors, interns, freelancers, editorial staff writers, and learn about the kinds of spaces that resonate with them. The walk takes approximately 45 minutes.
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