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This box contains the research process developed during the final months of the ADMA (Advanced Master of Research in Art and Design, Sint-Lucas Antwerp). It holds an Inquiry into the Principles of Zen, explored through encounters with books, conversations, experiences, and poetry.
Zen is approached here not as a fixed tradition, but as a way of being attentive, present, and in relation — a living practice. The research explores how space can be held — not filled — and how form may arise through emptiness. Zen becomes a guide, not in theory, but in practice: something felt, shaped, and embodied.
Along the way, the research revealed a grounding thread in my practice: the integration of zingeving (meaning-making) with our way of existing, using Zen as a guide.
Out of this inquiry, three distinct formats emerged — each holding the core of the research in a different form of expression:
· No-Mind: Holding Space through Emptiness
A project proposal translating ideas from the research into public space — where perception, imagination, and spatial presence gently blur the lines between reality and thought.
· Framing the Sky
A visual and poetic reportage combining photography, text, and prompts. It explores the object as a vessel for Zen presence and for meaning-making, through softness, silence, and touch.
· An Existential Crisis through Holding Sand between Our Fingers
A guided workshop text using sand as a narrator and companion in questioning life, presence, and impermanence.
Together, these works form a constellation, allowing meaning to arise.
Thank you to ADMA (Sint-Lucas Antwerp), Ann Laenen, Anneliese Oris, Barbara Raes, Mesut Arslan, and the Vlaamse Overheid for their guidance and support and direct influence on my research. And thank you to all the people, authors, organizations, and moments that have shaped this process through indirect presence.
Many of the prints in this box are made on Awagami Paper — handmade by a Japanese factory rooted in centuries of artisanal washi tradition. Their practice, grounded in natural fibers and care, echoes the spirit of this research.
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