Michiel Huijsman works 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 right after the digital turn he realised huge outdoor light 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 focussing on research and development of new collaborative artistic practices concerning sound and the urban milieu. Soundtrackcity developes new forms of media art and new listening practices, initiates participatory research projects with local communities and produces artist-made soundwalks with and without headphones. Founded in 2009, Soundtrackcity is active in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rotterdam and The Hague.
