Sjoerd Beijers

Sjoerd Beijers (they/them) is currently based in Ghent. Formally trained in graphic design, their practice increasingly incorporates writing, CGI and curation. Traversing the intersections between these disciplines they are open for a variaty of inquiries~ don‘t hesitate to get in touch!

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Sjoerd Beijers

Sjoerd Beijers (they/them) is currently based in Ghent. Formally trained in graphic design, their practice increasingly incorporates writing, CGI and curation. Traversing the intersections between these disciplines they are open for a variaty of inquiries~ don‘t hesitate to get in touch!

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CV available on request.





NEXT

Next is a gathering of performance, visual arts, and technology, co-curated and produced by MaggZ and COLLIDE24. Unfolding through artist talks and live performances, Next seeks to inspire and connect members of the creative community to re-examine the human-centric lens and state of being. An exciting range of artists present their works and immerse the audience in multi-sensory experiences. The cross-disciplinary event offers a fresh perspective on culture and art in the digital age, by pushing the boundaries between physical and perceived reality.

This project was executed during my internship. I made the visual identity under supervision of (soft)cover. Besides that I got to help wherever I could on the production side and performed with live visuals made together with Kevin Moll for the performance of MaggZ.

August, 2022 



rustcakes

rustcakes is a Berlin-based cake-baker and multimedia artist, blurring the boundaries between confectionery art and sculpture.
The l ogo is inspired by the shapes, materials and textures found on the original cakes,  which together with the sculptural qualities that are found in the cakes are emphasized through the material in the CGI version.

I helped Kevin Moll with the vector logo, besides that I did the CGI as displayed here.
August, 2022




Transforming Justice by Sophia

Transforming Justice is a one-day festival that aims to explore an alternative approach to justice. We will gather to re-imagine a future that goes beyond cycles of violence to reach collective accountability and support. This festival, filled with workshops, exhibitions, and discussions showcasing the multiple ways we can practice transformative justice, is an invitation to rethink justice and violence through new visions that remain understudied in Belgium.

Design choices based upon the play of rejecting expectations put in place by Modern/Western design canon, specifically in following certain structures and hierarchies. Inspired by Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halberstam, drawing parralels between queer theory and how this can be applied within design.

September, 2023




COSMOVISIONS

Co-produced by MaggZ and I, COSMOVISIONS is a gathering weaving together performances and visual art, revolving around queer relations between man and nature; human and non-human life. The event forms an open invitation to think about technological futures and epistemologies rooted in a plurality of cosmologies.

Besides co-curation/production, I fulfilled the role of graphic designer for the exhibition.








































In the shared temporality of ecological mutation, humanity as a whole is forced to talk about the interdependencies of cultures on a global scale. As our realities become increasingly entangled, the Western urge to divide and classify becomes more and more incompatible with what is needed to tackle these urgent issues.In this group exhibition sculpture and performance interweave throughout the evening. New propositions are put forward and new relations between the works are established. Exploring alternative imaginaries around the Western division between man and nature, and the former's complete mastery over the latter.

A mysterious white figure stares into a mirror. Sharp white fangs, clinging around a poem. A tail—reminiscent of that of a horse—wagging slowly, as they delicately step through space.

Throughout the evening, the perceived linearity of time and progression is rejected—in favour of a reading in which future, present and past act contemporaneously—by reconnecting to forgotten practices and rekindling knowledges of spirituality, magic and natural worlds. The artists find themselves in a position analogous to that of the shaman. Negotiating with the invisible and seeking ways to restore the disrupted order through mediation with the realms of animals and nature. Through this, they seek, even if it is temporary, to unveil what is generally oppressed by the current cultural paradigm.

Awakening, delicately. A passage of rite, an offering, under treelike plastic structures. A heart-shaped pendant. The sound of dry branches, snapping. Dissonant spinal movements—mimicry.
August, 2023

Photography by Johan Poezevara

TUNICA mag

Variaty of logotypes for the 8th issue of TUNICA magazine. Following their Y2K & Japanese toy culture direction.

These are developed under the supervision of (soft)cover.
July, 2022