Current artistic research projects (PhD)
Auto-Destructive Composition: Erasure and Remains in Transient Posthuman Musics - Eveline Vervliet
Eveline Vervliet, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Auto-Destructive Composition: Erasure and Remains in Transient Posthuman Musics (2026-2030)
Supervisors: Adilia Yip and Paulo de Assis
Witches, Bitches and the Scene: Female villainy – stage strategies to perform gender and morality - Annika Serong
Annika Serong, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Witches, Bitches and the Scene: Female villainy – stage strategies to perform gender and morality (2026-2030)
Supervisors: Katrien Schaubroeck and Bob Selderslaghs
The Book of Giants: The Author as Curator between Divine and Artificial Agency - Eli Elise Hoopman
Eli Elise Hoopman, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
The Book of Giants: The Author as Curator between Divine and Artificial Agency (2026-2030)
Supervisors: Gwennie Debergh and Katharina Smets
Silence, Vibrations & Noise. Artistic Research into Co-Creation in Contemporary Compositional Practice - Diederik Glorieux
Diederik Glorieux, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Silence, Vibrations & Noise. Artistic Research into Co-Creation in Contemporary Compositional Practice (2026-2030)
Supervisors: Henk de Smaele and Stijn Saveniers
This research is conducted within the international doctoral programme docARTES.
Bye-Certainty: (Rehearsing) Choreographies for Shifting Bodies in Transitional Ecologies - Ella-My Blomdahl
Ella-My Blomdahl, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Bye-Certainty: (Rehearsing) Choreographies for Shifting Bodies in Transitional Ecologies (2026-2030)
Supervisors: Kyoko Iwaki and Anne-Lise Brévers
The Embodied Interface: Assembling Interactive ALife Systems for Musical Performance - Helen Bledsoe
Helen Bledsoe, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
The Embodied Interface: Assembling Interactive ALife Systems for Musical Performance (2026-2030)
Supervisors: Jouke Verlinden and Jonathan Impett
This research is conducted within the international doctoral programme docARTES.
The everyday of territorial struggles on/off screen - Lietje Bauwens
Lietje Bauwens, Sint Lucas Antwerpen
The everyday of territorial struggles on/off screen (2026-2030)
Supervisors: Robin Vanbesien, Matthias De Groof and Astrid Jamar
Eclips - Jeroen Cluckers
Jeroen Cluckers, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Eclips (2026-2030)
Supervisors: Kristof Timmerman and Jouke Verlinden
Old Counterpoints for the New Guitar - Giulio Quirici
Giulio Quirici, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Old Counterpoints for the New Guitar (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Erik Myin and Frank Agsteribbe
This research is conducted within the interational doctoral programme docARTES.
Metacognitive Assemblies. Crafting intra-relations with Technology in Posthuman Making - Edu Tarin
Edu Tarin, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Metacognitive Assemblies. Crafting intra-relations with Technology in Posthuman Making (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Jouke Verlinden and Thomas Crombez
Entangled Rawness: navigating nonlinear creativity through the no-input mixer - Davide Paolillo
Davide Paolillo, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Entangled Rawness: navigating nonlinear creativity through the no-input mixer (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Jouke Verlinden and Umut Eldem
A Whirlpool of imaginary sounds - Nicholas Cornia
Nicholas Cornia, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
A Whirlpool of imaginary sounds (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Bert De Munck and Bruno Forment
This research is conducted within the interational doctoral programme docARTES.
Singing the cello - vocality as a principle of Romantic instrumental playing in Schumann's work - Marie-Louise Wundling
Marie-Louise Wundling, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Singing the cello - vocality as a principle of Romantic instrumental playing in Schumann's work (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Bart Eeckhout and Stijn Saveniers
This research is conducted within the interational doctoral programme docARTES.
Reviving Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495–c. 1560): Style, Context, and Performance - Arturo Moscoso Sequera
Arturo Moscoso Sequera, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Reviving Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495–c. 1560): Style, Context, and Performance’ (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Luc Anthonis and Bruno Blondé
The Epistemology of Air: Musicing through Evolving Perspectives - Jonathan Chazan
Jonathan Chazan, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
The Epistemology of Air: Musicing through Evolving Perspectives (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Jonathan Impett and Kevin Mets
This research is conducted within the international doctoral programme docARTES.
Who and what makes the academy garden? - Eline De Clercq
Eline De Clercq, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Who and what makes the academy garden? (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Heide Hinrichs and Pascal Gielen
Ghostly Dramaturgies: Staging Migrant Narratives through Immersive Technology in Performance - Furkan Ak
Furkan Ak, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Staging Migrant Narratives through Immersive Technology in Performance (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Youniss Ahamad (Royal Conservatoire Antwerp) and Kurt Vanhoutte (University of Antwerp)
Analogy and the Erotics of Interpretation - Emil Gryesten Jensen
Emil Gryesten, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Analogy and the Erotics of Interpretation (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Frank Agsteribbe, Bart Eeckhout and Paulo de Assis
This research is conducted within the international doctoral programme docARTES.
The Computer-Aided Composer - Andrea Agostini
Andrea Agostini, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
The Computer-Aided Composer (2025-2029)
Supervisors: Umut Eldem and Jouke Verlinden
This research is conducted within the international doctoral programme docARTES.
Beyond gaze: Establishing the language of touch in applied drama - Can Boyan
Can Boyan, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Beyond gaze: Establishing the language of touch in applied drama (2024-2028)
Supervisors: Bob Selderslaghs and Pascal Gielen
Words out of tune. Collective practices of vocal improvisation - Miriana Faieta
Miriana Faieta, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Words out of tune. Collective practices of vocal improvisation (2024-2028)
Supervisors: Katrien Van Opstal and Pascal Gielen
This research is conducted within the international doctoral programme docARTES.
Hearing room: Ghosts of the African Democratic Assembly - ayoh kré Duchâtelet
ayoh kré Duchâtelet, Sint Lucas Antwerpen
Hearing room: Ghosts of the African Democratic Assembly (2024-2028)
Supervisors: Joachim Ben Yakoub and Matthias De Groof
Empowered Care - Dimitri van den Wittenboer
Dimitri van den Wittenboer, Sint Lucas Antwerp
Empowered Care (2024-2028)
Supervisors: Ann Laenen and Pascal Gielen
Corpo-gambiarra: dance, costume, and politics of the body - Renata Lamenza Epifanio
Renata Lamenza Epifanio, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Corpo-gambiarra: dance, costume, and politics of the body (2024-2028)
Supervisors: Kathleen Coessens and Pascal Gielen
From Stage to Page: An Experimental, Performance-led examination of the relationship between Musical Performance and Musical Analysis - Alastair Matthews
Alastair Matthews, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Supervisors: Jeroen Malaise and Bart Eeckhout
The Voice of Many Waters: Acoustemopoetic Composition of Carmelite Mysticism - Tomer Damsky
Tomer Damsky, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
The Voice of Many Waters: Acoustemopoetic Composition of Carmelite Mysticism (2024-2028)
Supervisors: Frank Agsteribbe and John Arblaster
On the perpetual becoming of sculpture and history and their moments of convergence - Laurence Petrone
Laurence Petrone, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
On the perpetual becoming of sculpture and history and their moments of convergence (2023-2027)
Supervisors: Herman Van Goethem and Hans Theys
Voices of Materials: Probing the Cultural Ecology of Material Finitude - Irma Földényi
Irma Földényi, Sint Lucas Antwerpen
Voices of Materials: Probing the Cultural Ecology of Material Finitude (2023-2027)
Supervisors: Kyoko Iwaki and Wesley Meuris
Practice: a metaphor - Metaphorizing practices and practicing metaphors - Vedran Kopljar
Vedran Kopljar, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Practice: a metaphor - Metaphorizing practices and practicing metaphors (2023-2027)
Supervisors: Arthur Cools and Nico Dockx
Hyperwithin: a shy dramaturgy in shadowtimes - Anne-Lise Brévers
Anne-Lise Brévers, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Hyperwithin: a shy dramaturgy in shadowtimes (2023-2027)
Supervisors: Kyoko Iwaki and Annouk Van Moorsel
Benoit's language - Hannah Aelvoet
Hannah Aelvoet, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Benoit's language (2023-2027)
Supervisors: Kevin Absillis and Jan De Wilde
Exploring the Diasporic Life of Armenian Script: a multiscript design laboratory - Garine Gokceyan
, Sint Lucas Antwerp
Exploring the Diasporic Life of Armenian Script: a multiscript design laboratory (2023-2027)
Supervisors: Kathleen Gyssels and Ruth Loos
Against Forgetting: Exploring poetic gestures of return(ing) to the land in Palestine - Shayma Nader
Shayma Nader, Sint Lucas Antwerpen
Against Forgetting: Exploring poetic gestures of return(ing) to the land in Palestine (2022-2027)
Supervisors: Joachim Ben Yakoub, Gert Van Hecken and Matthias De Groof
Connecting the dots - Lies Colman
Lies Colman, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Connecting the dots (2021-2027)
Supervisors: Kathleen Coessens and Pascal Gielen
Perspectives on time in the music by Stockhausen: the experience of a performer - Karin De Fleyt
Karin De Fleyt, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Perspectives on time in the music by Stockhausen: the experience of a performer (2022-2026)
Supervisors: Kathleen Coessens and Steven Malliet
Thinking bodies in Dance - Klaas Devos
Klaas Devos, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Thinking bodies in Dance (2020-2027)
Supervisors: Annouk Van Moorsel and Timmy De Laet
The politics of publishing; researching encounters between artists’ books and intersectional feminist tools - Loraine Furter
Loraine Furter, Sint Lucas Antwerpen
The politics of publishing; researching encounters between artists’ books and intersectional feminist tools (2019-2026)
Supervisors: Kim Gorus and Diana Arbaiza
Design as a Cultural Communicator - Carl Haase
Carl Haase, PXL MAD Hasselt
Outgoing joint PhD with UHasselt
Design as a Cultural Communicator (2016-...)
Supervisors: Ann Bessemans and Pascal Gielen
The Mottolese Archive - Ilaria Lupo
Ilaria Lupo, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
The Mottolese Archive (2023-2027)
Supervisors: Nico Dockx, Pascal Gielen and Nele Wynants
Moving towards resilience. Joint creation through music and movement for local, immigrant and refugee children - Georgia Nicolaou
Georgia Nicolaou, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Moving towards resilience. Joint creation through music and movement for local, immigrant and refugee children (2022-2027)
Supervisors: Bob Selderslaghs, Luc Nijs and Peter Van Petegem
Different Tubes - Chiara Percivati
Chiara Percivati, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Different Tubes (2021-2027)
Supervisors: Renaud Guy-Rousseau and Jouke Verlinden
This research is conducted within the international doctoral programme docARTES.
Intersecting repertoire: towards an inclusive, diverse and representative repertoire - Lauranne Paulissen
Lauranne Paulissen, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Intersecting repertoire: towards an inclusive, diverse and representative repertoire (2022-2027)
Supervisors: Edith Cassiers and Timmy De Laet
Empty Pages - Bas Rogiers
Bas Rogiers, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Empty Pages (2019-...)
Supervisors: Johan Pas and Steven Jacobs
Sense of Wonder. Artistic portals between the real and the virtual - Kristof Timmerman
Kristof Timmerman, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Sense of Wonder. Artistic portals between the real and the virtual (2022-2027)
Supervisors: Steven Humblet and Jouke Verlinden
When the artist swallows his image - Karel Tuytschaever
Karel Tuytschaever, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
When the artist swallows his image (2022-2026)
Supervisors: Inge Henneman and Annemie Leemans
Queering the censorship: A (self-)investigation through the first-person perspective of an experimental filmmaker in Vietnam - Việt Vũ
Việt Vũ (Quang Trung Pham), Sint Lucas Antwerpen
Supervisors: Sofie Verdoodt and Philippe Meers
PhD researchers in action
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Klaas Devos (PhD researcher at Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and ARIA, UAntwerp) presenting the developments in his PhD research ‘Thinking Bodies in Dance. Somatic R.E.A.C.H. (research in electronic and algorithmic choreography)’, during the ARTICULATE Research Days, 2021, photo by Wannes Cré -
Workshop by Andrea Cammarosano (PhD researcher at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and ARIA, UAntwerp), during the Open Laboratory Weeks at the Academy, 2021, photo by Wannes Cré -
Research class for students by artist Els Dietvorst (PhD researcher at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and ARIA, UAntwerp), during the ARTICULATE Research Days at the Academy, 2020, photo by Miles Fishler. -
Umut Eldem (PhD researcher at Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and ARIA, UAntwerp) performing ‘The Road Endless’ as part of his doctoral research into synaesthesia, during the ARTICULATE Research Days, 2021, photo by Wannes Cré -
Kobe Van Cauwenberghe (PhD researcher at Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and ARIA, UAntwerp) performing ‘Composition 381 (Echo Echo Mirror House Music)’ by Anthony Braxton, during the ARTICULATE Research Days at the Conservatoire, 2021, photo by Wannes Cré -
Lecture-performance ‘Hearing with the eyes - composing musical-gestural works’ by Winnie Huang (PhD researcher at Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and ARIA, UAntwerp), during the ARTICULATE Research Days, 2021, photo by Wannes Cré
