What keeps a system in balance? And what happens when forces collide, reinforce, or resist, each other? Artist Alexandra Hunts is exploring these questions at TU/e.
In light of TU/e’s 70th anniversary, Alexandra is conducting an artistic research project inspired by the university’s CORe values: Curious, Open, Responsible and Respectful. Rather than simply reflecting on these values, the project brings them to life through dialogue and exchange.
Your perspective matters
Alexandra is looking for students, researchers, staff and other members of the TU/e community who want to share their perspectives, experiences and questions in conversation. You will learn how in conceptual art, thinking and creative concepts can drive an art project.
In your daily work or studies, you navigate systems all the time, through projects, collaboration, deadlines and campus life. Where do you experience pressure or friction? What helps you stay in balance? And how do structure, freedom and responsibility interact in your field?
By joining the conversation, you not only contribute to the research behind the artwork, you also get the chance to reflect on your own way of working and gain new perspectives beyond your own field.
Exploring force, balance and counterweight
At the heart of the project lies a question that connects science, art and everyday life: how do systems stay in balance?
Alexandra approaches force, counterweight, buffers and protocols as mechanisms that keep physical, technological and social systems in balance. She explores how forces that propel and forces that restrain do not oppose each other, but work together. Where do tension and safety meet? And how do vulnerability, stability and carefully designed boundaries enable growth, innovation and resilience?
Art as a starting point for dialogue
Artistic research uses art as a way to explore and generate new knowledge. In this project, conversations with the TU/e community are essential. They don’t directly shape the artwork itself, but they do feed into the research, perspectives and questions that underpin it.
Through these exchanges, Hunts builds a richer understanding of how TU/e functions as a community, and how the CORe values play out in practice.
Get involved and join the conversation
Curious to explore these ideas together? This is your chance to take part in an open dialogue that connects art, science and your own experience.
Please reach out to artist Alexandra Hunts or Britte Sloothaak (TU/e Curator of Art & Heritage Collections).
Image above: Fragment from “One Horsepower is More Then a Power of One Horse”, 2025, project by Alexandra Hunts