Data Vandals 2-Day Workshop Exhibition!
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
August 4 & 5, 2025
This 2-day exhibition workshop turned everyday objects into data art provocations and performances. Participants from across Europe traveled to Utrecht, NL to create an exhibition focused on the relationship between the environment, technology, and city living.
Meeting as strangers on the first day and leaving as friends only 48 hours later - we worked through the entire data design process: research, prototype, design, build, and present their projects at a public opening. What began as a gathering of unfamiliar faces evolved into a passionate collective, united around shared curiosity and inventive problem-solving.
See a special message from the Data Vandals
Participants:
- Shangita Bose
- Nicole van Deursen
- Isin Kosemen
- Christiaan van Galen
- Maximillian Tarrach
- Erik Driessen
- Sebastiaan Graeff
- Sophie Sparkes
- Silvia Romanelli
- Marie Corradi
- Nathan Pottier
Data Vandals: Jen Ray, Jason Forrest
Graphic Hunters: Goof van de Winkel
Monday, Aug 4: We got to know each other with a fun icebreaker
Then broke into 3 groups:
Team Tile
This team focused on a campaign to reclaim paved spaces and turn them into gardens across NL.Team Canal
This team focused on data above and below the water in the canals of Utrecht. The audience was asked to crawl under the table and knock at the ‘fish door’ to be let out.
Team Greenspace
This team created several approaches and projects focused on the benefits of green spaces.
The Exhibition: “Living Spaces”
The exhibition opening!
Our experience in Utrecht:
Some of the promotional materials: