Michiel Huijsman works as an artist, researcher and independent curator based in Amsterdam and Berlin. He is the initiator and driving force behind several renowned long-lasting collaborative art projects in Amsterdam public space. Before and after the digital turn he realised huge outdoor light sculptures and art projects including Wally Public Artifical Light (1996-2002), Oehoe (2001), InnerCityWally (2002), Greenlight (2005), The White Tube (2007) and Gloei! (2013–now).
Together with Renate Zentschnig he founded Soundtrackcity, a not-for-profit artist-led organisation doing research and development of new collaborative artistic practices concerning sound and the urban. Soundtrackcity developes new listening practices and new forms of media art, initiates participatory research projects with local communities and produces artist-made audiowalks with and without headphones. Founded in 2009, Soundtrackcity is active in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rotterdam and The Hague.
