studio wzzzt plays and produces in the field immersive arts.
Nienke Huitenga is an award-winning independent immersive artist and creative producer. In her work she blends digital art and an immersive methodology. Fueled by a fascination with how technology shapes our perception of humanity, you can see in her work the ambivalent impact on our conception of being. Her creative career unfolds through captivating online transmedia work like Human Birdwings and The Modular Body. The last claimed the prestigious Golden Calf (the Dutch ‘oscar’) for pioneering interactivity in 2016. Partnering with the ingenious hacker James Bryan Graves, she built WINWIN, an consensus-driven experience reshaping the landscape of democratic, polarized dialogue.
Her practice is influenced by an interdisciplinary perspective on mediated experiences: technology is never the starting point in her work, yet an important tool for addressing societal, cultural and personal experiences. She debuted in VR with the narrative work ROZSYPNE, depicting the onset of the war in East Ukraine in 2014 and the downing of flight MH17. It premiered in competition in the prestigious IDFA DocLab program in 2019.
Operating from Utrecht, she heads production house Studio ZZZAP where she is currently developing four new pieces. All her personal work is labeled under studio wzzzt.
Photo credit: Robin Alysha Cremer
Our clients
VICE NL, Submarine Channel, SeriousFilm, IMPAKT Festival, IDFA, Nederlands Filmfestival, WDKA, Design Academy Eindhoven, BBC, Revolver, Klasien.nl, Open Society Foundation, RTL Group Luxenburg, RTL Netherlands
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VICE NL, Submarine Channel, SeriousFilm, IMPAKT Festival, IDFA, Nederlands Filmfestival, WDKA, Design Academy Eindhoven, BBC, Revolver, Klasien.nl, Open Society Foundation, RTL Group Luxenburg, RTL Netherlands 〰️
MAMDT / Hogeschool Zuyd Maastricht, Fontys, ROC Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam, Stout & Smits, Merzakademie art academy (Stuttgart), Beeld & Geluid, PLAYGROUNDS Festival, Kask art academy (Ghent), Creative Industries Fund.
MAMDT / Hogeschool Zuyd Maastricht, Fontys, ROC Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam, Stout & Smits, Merzakademie art academy (Stuttgart), Beeld & Geluid, PLAYGROUNDS Festival, Kask art academy (Ghent), Creative Industries Fund.
VERS BETON, KRO NCRV, NOS, Knight Center for Journalism (ISOJ), Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Nuba Reports (Kenia), VRT, RTV OOST, Efecto Cocuyo (Venezuela), La Silla Vacia (Colombia), Code4SouthAfrica (Cape Town), Fundamentals Academy, CMD Avans Hogeschool (Breda),
VERS BETON, KRO NCRV, NOS, Knight Center for Journalism (ISOJ), Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Nuba Reports (Kenia), VRT, RTV OOST, Efecto Cocuyo (Venezuela), La Silla Vacia (Colombia), Code4SouthAfrica (Cape Town), Fundamentals Academy, CMD Avans Hogeschool (Breda),