landfall

is a network of collaborators that conduct artistic research, production and knowledge sharing at the intersection of landscape and technology - with an aim at fostering and advancing art and culture.

Kolderveen 26A, 7948 NJ Nijeveen Netherlands

bound to the miraculous

is a digital installation by Edward Clydesdale Thomson that reimagines Bas Jan Ader’s mysterious 1975 disappearance at sea as a perpetual, data-driven voyage. Using live weather data and marine simulation, a virtual sailboat sets off again and again from Cape Cod toward Falmouth—always vulnerable to the growing volatility of our climate, and always beginning anew after each failed crossing.

Inspired by Ader’s legendary journey, the work transforms an individual’s romantic and existential quest into a collective meditation on climate, data, endurance, and uncertainty. Today, scientific predictions about weather and environmental change are more accurate and immediate than ever, yet they often feel abstract or disconnected from daily life. This project bridges that gap, giving human scale and narrative to the flow of climate data.

Each simulated voyage unfolds in real time, offering viewers an ongoing window into shifting oceanic conditions. With every attempt, the boat encounters a different world—its success or failure shaped entirely by present-day environmental forces.

Developed by the Landfall foundation in collaboration with Utrecht University, Breda University of Applied Sciences, Bound to the Miraculous is both homage and transformation: it shifts the story of Ader’s voyage from myth to metaphor, revealing how a once-personal journey now speaks to our shared and fragile future.

Bound to the miraculous website

  • Artist: Edward Clydesdale Thomson

    Producer: Stichting Landfall - Petros Mousios, Joakim Derlow, Francisca Snel, Chiara Tammaro, Katia Krupennikova, Teune Derks, Yvonne Dubbers, Edward Clydesdale Thomson

    Programming Development: Cradle - Breda University of applied sciences & Yagyam Choudhary

    Games Consultant: Prof. Mata Haggis-Burridge

    Oceanographic Development: Daan Reijnders & Mikael Kaandorp – Utrecht University

    Sound design: Donatas Bielunskis

    Advice: Femke de Jong (NIOS), Richard Knol - Orbcreation BV (Sailaway)

    Support: Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Pauwhof Fonds

    Thanks: Priscila Fernandes & River Thomson

  • Data driven simulation, four channel video output, eight channel audio output, 1:1 Guppy 13 hull replicas

  • Groninger Museum

    5th of July - 31st October, 2025

into nature

Commission by Into Nature to do artistic research in the Onlanden, Drenthe    Edward Clydesdale decided to outsource his observations to a siren we would design and build for the specific environment. This slow-moving remote vehicle can record its surroundings when triggered by various inputs such as sound, movement or the proximity of people. It records footage from its 10 cameras and sound from its microphones in short bursts which Landfall later edited into a video portrait of the Onlanden abstracted though the sirens lens. We compares and contrasts this siren to the remote vehicles of extractions practices such as those searching the seabed on behalf of the mining industry.


Positing the work at an intersection of art, technology and ecology the film slows down our view of the Onlanded so that we might recognise other values in it when looking from a different time scale and perspective that we can experience as humans. The final outcome was a digital publication in which the edited footage was combined with an essay elaborating on three interconnected artistic research projects. The siren in the Onlandend increases our perception, but also complicates it - because what exactly it has recorded or been triggered by, and whether it really wants to warn us about something, ultimately remains a mystery.

digital publication

  • Producer: Stichting Landfall - Edward Clydesdale Thomson, Petros Mousios, Joakim Derlow, Chiara Tammaro, Teune Derks, Yvonne Dubbers

    Sound design: Edward Clydesdale Thomson

  • Autonomous Survey Vehicle, Digital Video, Digital Publication

  • De Vrijstaat – land van 49m²

    30th of September- 28th of October, 2025

bewaarschole

Landfall focuses on shelter building. This practice is becoming increasingly common at the convergence of climate change, conflict, art, and design. After the birth of his daughter River, Thomson decided to focus on protective structures for future inclemencies such as extreme rain, drought, or heat. Following his interest in site-specific artworks, the artist reached out to the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and Deltares, an institute for applied research in water based in Delft. Together with these institutions he speculated on the future of the Netherlands, as the country’s climate would be defined by extreme rainfall, soaring summer temperatures, and more frequent storm winds.

River’s crib for the flood (2019) is a speculative sculpture that envisions a baby crib as a vessel in the circumstance of flooding. The piece is composed of a laser-cut steel keel based on a portrait of climate activist Greta Thunberg, a windsurf mast, an import barrel, a woven wicker crib, and a kite made from the artist’s favourite t-shirt. The feathers attached to the kite and the seashell net bound to the barrel are elements that aid in land formation. The kite, on the other hand, would function as the steering device.

The animation film flood to drought (2022) a six and a half minute animation setting two earlier shelter sculptures ‘River’s crib for the flood’ and ‘River’s crib for the drought’ in an endless loop of climate catastrophe. Set to an improvised bedtime story told to my daughter River one night the animation tries to understand our emerging climate catastrophe in the language of how we’ve mythicised those of the past.

River’s crib for love (2025) marks a transition in the landfall series, initially the shelters were primarily focused on protection, safety and practical needs such as shade from the sun and shelter from the wind. Now that his daughter is getting older, other needs come to the fore like emotional security and play. Taking inspiration from the research conducted at NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research into a future scenario where we are living on vast floating islands, in the Bewaerschole he is creating a shelter that can function both in the water and on land. Imagining a possible future for Schouwen-Duiveland (or perhaps inspired by the past, as the flood disaster is still “fresh” in the memory of many people) there is also attention for family and security. The artist does this by incorporating personal objects into the shelter and passing on the stories of his own family to his daughter when she is in the shelter.

The animation film Storm to love (2025) uses a bedtime story as a narrative to weave together River’s crib for the storm (2022) and River’s crib for love (2025) in a looping fable.

  • Artist: Edward Clydesdale Thomson - landfall

    Producer: Stichting Landfall - Petros Mousios, Joakim Derlow, Francisca Snel, Chiara Tammaro, Katia Krupennikova, Edward Clydesdale Thomson

    Digital animation: Petros Mousios

    Hand animation: Joakim Derlow

    Sound: Edward Clydesdale Thomson

    Thanks: Priscila Fernandes & River Thomson

  • Title: River’s crib for love

    Year: 2025

    Materials: water cut aluminium silhouettes, rubber buoys, rope, pullies, digital video by Christian Clydesdale Thomson, stone carving by John Clydesdale Thomosn, painting by Grethe Thomson


    Title: River’s crib for the flood

    Year: 2019

    Materials: water cut stainless steel keel based on press portrait of Greta Thunberg, repurposed carbon windsurf mast, repurposed green-olive import barrel, woven wicker crib, sheepskin, kite from favourite t-shirt now to old to ware, kite string, carbon rods, seabird feathers, rope and seashells net.


    Title: from flood to drought

    Year: 2022

    Materials: looped animation, 6 minutes 4 seconds


    Title: from storm to love

    Year: 2025

  • tuin Bewaarschole

    30th of August - 26th October, 2025

landfall

  • Edward Clydesdale Thomson

    FOUNDER - VOORZITTER

    Wandering through forests, heaths or gardens, sailing on seas and brooks, by boat, by raft or digitally, deep into history and creating visions of the future, Edward Clydesdale Thomson is always searching. It is not about finding one specific thing, but about the process of exploring and learning, time and again, and never doing the same thing twice.

  • Yvonne Dubbers

    SECRETARIS

    Yvonne Dubbers is a manager specialised in the cultural field who has been working for Studio Edward Clydesdale Thomson since 2019. With a background in theatre design and art history, she enjoys being involved from start to finish: from research and development to planning and implementation. She provides organisational support to the foundation and guidance during the manifestation of various projects. In addition to her work for the Landfall Foundation, Yvonne has been in charge of the Amarte Foundation since 2019. This dual perspective of the process, from both the side of making and financing, is what interests Yvonne.

  • Priscila Fernandes

    PENNINGMEESTER

    Priscila Fernandes' work – installations, painting, photography, books – is rooted in an ongoing research into education, play, and the dialectics of work and leisure. Through a speculative and fictional approach, her work raises concrete questions about the idea of individual and collective freedom, especially in the context of the widespread precariousness of work in our society.

  • Fleur Lamers

    VOORZITTER RAAD VAN TOEZICH

    Fleur Lamers is kunsthistorica en zelfstandig projectleider in de hedendaagse kunst. Ze werkt aan kunstprojecten in de openbare ruimte in opdracht van Plaatsmaken (Arnhem), coördineert een residentieprogramma voor makers in Arnhem in samenwerking met Theater aan de Rijn, Plaatsmaken, The Hub en ArtEZ (Arnhem). Daarnaast begeleidt ze kunstenaars in hun praktijk. 

  • Julia Geerlings

    RAAD VAN TOEZICHT

    Julia Geerlings is the curator of contemporary art at Museum Rijswijk. Before she has been the curator and director of A Tale of A Tub (2019-2024) and prior to this she organized exhibitions and performances at Vleeshal (Middelburg, NL), Oude Kerk (Amsterdam, NL), After Hours (Sèvres, FR), Kunsthuis SYB (Beetsterzwaag, NL), Thkio Ppalies (Nicosia, CY) and Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen (Vijfhuizen, NL). She was a curator-in-residence at ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program (New York, USA), Rupert (Vilnius, LT) and Cité des Arts, Atelier Holsboer (Paris, FR) and she was an advisor for Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, CBK Rotterdam and a tutor for Hogeschool voor de kunsten Utrecht.

  • Frans-Willem Korsten

    RAAD VAN TOEZICH

    Frans-Willem Korsten holds the endowed chair ‘Literature and society’ at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, is associate professor at the department Film- en Literary Studies at LUCAS: the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, and at the Willem the Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, specifically the Piet Zwart Institute. He was chair of the section Letters of the Dutch Council of Culture and was member of advisory committees in the Netherlands and Norway. He was responsible for the NWO internationalization program ‘Precarity and Post-Autonomia: The Global Heritage’, working together with Joost de Bloois (University of Amsterdam) and Monica Jansen (UU).

  • Petros Mousios

    DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT

    I specialize in 3D visualizations, with a preference for procedural workflows. In my approach to digital world-building, I focus on lighting, compositing, and visual effects, driven by a desire for deeper insight into nature’s intricate structures.

  • Teune Derks

    ANALOGUE DEVELOPMENT

    In his exploration of physical materials, Teune Derks uncovers the nuances of each material through experimentation, learning about their unique properties and numerous applications along the way. He delves into collecting, heritage and reuse, shedding new light on common materials. Grounded in his preference for traditional craftsmanship and manual labor, he revives old methods to create new objects.

  • Joakim Derlow

    ILLUSTRATION & RESEARCH

    The work is a road and I follow it, leaning onto my pen similar to a walking stick. Poking in the ditches, feeling holes in the asphalt and crossing puddles with a leap. Ideas are given associative or suggestive form through the sequential or the fragmented. My sketches lay out a path of lines followed by others. A journey taken together and manifested in digital or analogue form.

    Portrait by Joeri Bosma

  • Katia Kruppenikova

    PROJECT MANAGER / FUNDRAISER

    I am a curator and educator based in Amsterdam. As an independent curator, my current interests include rearranging difficult political narratives, exploring radical education, and experimenting with mental healthcare. I work as a lecturer in Curatorial Studies at the MA Fine Art program at HKU, University of the Arts Utrecht. I have collaborated with various institutions, including the V-A-C Foundation/GES-2 (Moscow), Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art (Warsaw), Tale of a Tub (Rotterdam), Oude Kerk (Amsterdam), Württembergischer Kunstverein (Stuttgart), Nest (den Haag), the Latvian Center for Contemporary Art (Riga), amongst others. In 2019, I was a member of the core group of curators for the Bergen Assembly, "Actually, The Dead Are Not Dead," in Bergen, Norway.

  • Francisca Snel

    STUDIO MANAGER

    Francisca Snel explores the evolving relationship between individuals and their surroundings through a research-driven and experimental approach to design. Bridging analytical thinking with artistic expression, her work reflects a commitment to provoking thought and action around our shared responsibility for the planet and one another. As a studio manager at Foundation Landfall, Francisca provides organizational support and guidance, ensuring the smooth realization of the foundation’s diverse projects.

  • Project manager

    Chiara Tammaro

    PROJECT MANAGER

    I am an interdisciplinary artist creating interactive sculptures and installations designed to engage a wide audience, particularly in public spaces. My work focuses on finding common ground and developing it into accessible art that encourages public interaction. Over the past five years, I founded and directed Stichting MOC, or Moshpit of Creation. A foundation providing workspace for creative professionals, which has greatly enhanced my ability to adapt to diverse environments. My practice spans social engagement, sculpture, and facilitation, aimed at supporting both my work and the needs of other artists.

  • Manuela Porceddu

    COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

    Common ground is shared responsibility. But what does it mean to share (public) space with others? Who or what is 'the other'? What is ownership and what can one own? Intrigued by the many perspectives and the (communication) noise they cause, Manuela works on self-initiated projects — as a project coordinator at artist platform Witte Rook, Breda and within Landfall projects.

  • Gerwin Luijendijk

    SOUND, FILM & PRODUCTION

    Gerwin is an artist living and working in Rotterdam since 2008. Besides his artistic practice as filmmaker, performer and theatre maker, he has over the years been active as producer. These days Gerwin is mostly working as a musician/performer and as social worker where he coaches people with autism.

  • Mieke van Driel

    EDUCATION

    Stichting Landfall takes great care to gather insights from our audiences and channel them back onto the viewer. Mieke continuously gathers these experiences and reworks them into various educational programs for both the young and old. These programs manifest themselves through workshops, seminars and project participation.