Ruben van Leer

INTERVIEW ON WIRED
Short interview on WIRED about my latest film production Glass Of The Microscope starring the synth-pop band Yeasayer; “… storytelling becomes a part of reality. Pop culture becomes science becomes culture again.”

★ YEASAYER - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
I directed and produced this new video Glass Of The Microscope with the Brooklyn based band Yeasayer. It’s a story about a group of scientists who are desperately searching for the ultimate cure for a disease that...

➽ PRESENTATION @ BEAMLAB
Yesterday I gave a talk at BEAMlab together with my friend Nick Verstand, explaining the interactive elements of our THE SET event. We showed the FaceShift Kinect musical installation we build, how we translated it to a...

new music video My Baby. Recording the face of singer Cato with a kinect-camera and mapping the “masks” onto video portraits shot in India… a collaboration with photographer Dim Balsem and 3D artists Daniel Lim and Robbert Klein. We also did this in...

We’re throwing a video release party in the new Tolhuistuin Paradiso Amsterdam coming Friday May 9th, with an amazing lineup of music and visual artists. THE SET is a live interactive cinematic experience… Event page: http://www.the-set.tv

I’m making a new short film with choreographer Lukas Timulak & Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen from LUSTlab, in the Stedelijk. Come stop by tomorrow Wed 12th Feb at 4pm in the Museum to see us rehearse for the film live with dancers.

I got 3 questions from creative Dutch blog FONTANEL (love this blog..!). Read it here

Today I’m giving a talk about how my work sets ground in the cultural industry. Everybody is welcome on this day full of insiders tips & tricks for theatre and media arts makers as part of the ITS & Fringe Festival.
Today Sunday Jan 12th 2pm at the...

Reve Terborg is a wonderful modern dancer working in Amsterdam, whom I had the pleasure to work with several times. Check out her latest show reel, with (exclusive) film shots from projects I directed e.g. Play House and Glass of the Microscope.

$The new Shadow Theater show of young jazz giant Tigran Hamasyan kicked ass in Paris last Jazz a la Villette @ Cite de la Musique. I painted with audio reactive fractals in realtime on a 14m wide video-canvas behind the band. Packed venue 2500 seats....$

I got invited by VICE London to give a talk at FOAM in Amsterdam tomorrow August 14th about my visual research and the theme “the power of the image” for a select audience. Also my main man Justin Blyth will be showcasing, amongst others.

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