User:Fako Berkers

Bio

I consider it my creative challenge to combine computer techniques with theatre in such a way that they compliment each other. In this work I'm fascinated by networks. I like to work with the internet as a medium, because it can bring people together. In theatre I'm also searching for (an ancient) connection; the often subconscious connection between humans, animals and the things around them.

Performing

As a child I used to perform for relatives and family. Once I held a speech for my grandparents anniversary in baby talk before I could speak. For years I followed improvisation classes besides my regular education and after secondary school I studied theatre at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU). There I came into contact with who I consider to be very important teachers (two of which were classmates). I'm still learning a traditional martial-art called Pencak Silat (from Indonesia) from Charles Renoult and I'm improving my singing with Alan Razzak.

Programming

I started programming in Pascal when I was 13. Since then I've taken on a few languages, but I mainly work in PHP and Lingo (for Adobe Director). I create projectors to be used during theatre performances and build websites. Currently I'm interested to improve the CMS that even my mother can use and I would like to startup a bigger project where people can share extraordinary life experiences online.

Motto: “freedom lies in how you react to what people do to you”

Personal Sites

• homepage with a video of a performance (Dutch)
• a program of mine to be used in theatre (Dutch)

Thematic Project Portfolio

• Break, Build, Broadcast / Users and abusers

• Sniff, scrape, crawl
• History will repeat itself
• my fourth thematic project

Essays

• Trimester 1, draft 1
• Trimester 1, final

Study Log

Theory Session

• Rape in cyberspace: freedom to ignore

Prototyping Updates

• Prototype 1: bonding synchronization automated
• Dynamic clapping music
• Simon Says on Arduino
• First letter poetry
• Markov Chain poetry