I am a designer & engineer currently based in the Hague, the Netherlands, specialising in XR technology & interactive [3D] world building.
My primary interest resides in constructing worlds and environments - in whichever way, be it writing, game design, 3D rendering, art installations or in performances. I have a soft spot for solving puzzles, which is why I often work with [visual] programming based software. What fuels me most is expanding my knowledge, which is why my skillset is always growing into different directions. Some may call that generalism, but it can also be viewed as a branching form of specialism.
A common question from those who hear the brand name: "why Studio Vodka?" I can give you a boring answer, or I can tell you a great story. You may guess which one I chose to give.
Berlin, 2017, midday. A man joins me on a park bench. A little too close, if you'd ask me... He turns his head, staring into my face at thumb length's distance. His eyes light blue, as if bleached by the sun. In the blink of an eye, the man whips out a bottle. "Vodka? 'T has glitter" His voice rather raspy. I look at his clothes. He's an old punk, weathered, but alive. The Vodka bottle indeed seems to contain glitter. "Sure, why not." I replied. I take a swig from the bottle, the liquid clawing at my throat. Ugh. I should start a company.
Collaborations
2023
Frouke ten Velden - "For Your Eyes Only", Light Installation
contributions: programming, engineering
2022
Design Academie Eindhoven - Research Festival
contributions: game design, interaction design, modelling
2021
Meredith Thomas - Mentorship : music video
contributions: 3D art, conceptual design
2020
StonVR - VR videogame
contributions: game design, 3D modelling, conceptual development
work
WHAT
3D art, graphic design, video editing, administration
Social media promotion, event management, curation
Light and sound technique
Light technique
3D art, game design, interaction design, XR design
Teaching 3D arts, Game Design, Touchdesigner
Light technique
3D artist and consultant
Songwriter, vocalist, creative director, visual artist
XR Officer, researcher, teacher
Lighting technique
WHERE
Studio Robert Henke, Berlin, Germany
School of Machines, Berlin, Germany
Vaillant Theater, The Hague, NL
Grote Markt, The Hague, NL
Studio Vodka
Royal Academy of Art / KABK, The Hague, NL
PIP, The Hague, NL
Manifestations [Dutch Design Week], Eindhoven, NL
GIF, The Hague, NL
Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL
Paard van Troje, The Hague, NL
WHEN
2017
2017
2019 - 2021
2019 - 2020
2019 - now
2019 - 2022
2020 - 2020
2020
2021- now
2021 - now
2022 - 2023
Exhibitions
WHAT
"The Eye", VR, videogame
"Peer to Peer", VR, videogame
"Peer to Peer", VR, videogame
"Peer to Peer", VR, videogame
"Peer to Peer", VR, videogame
"Current Tide", light installation
"Current Tide", light installation
"Yule", light installation
"Current Tide", light installation
WHERE
ACUD Macht Neu Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, Netherlands
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Netherlands
Dutch Design Week - Manifestations, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Imagine Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Landelijke Atelierroute, Netherlands
LichtKunstGouda, Gouda, Netherlands
Zrenjanin Art Gallery, Zrenjanin, Serbia
Kunstschouw, Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
WHEN
2017
2018
2018
2018
2019
2019
2019
2020
[2020] 2022
CONTACT
STUDIO VODKA
The Hague
KVK 73768936
alyster.vodka [at] gmail.com