designer and visual researcher
I am a multidisciplinary designer and visual artist based in The HagueNL with a strong connection to GrenobleFR and GenevaCH. My research revolves around the dynamics which shape our cities and everyday lives, as well as the representations of functional and ideal humans and settings. I am currently focussing on the projections of idealised futures, wondering how the leading narrative is fashioned and repeated.
My practise merges artistic research, visual experimentation and investigative design, all grounded within an independent and critical attitude. In parallel, I am working on commissions and collaborations, especially on projects linked to social and cultural fields.
This website currently focusses on my artistic research. For any graphic design or scenography enquiry, reach out via email, portfolio available on demand.
Send me sweet words : hello@sophieczich.com
disclaimer : this website is outdated, but something new is coming up.
latest exhibitions and screenings
"Correctionville #03" — Institute of Cartopology, Vaals (NL) — August 2023 (upcomming)
Foreland Hydromax — IPKW, Arnhem (NL) — June 2022
"Matters of Being #7" — iii, The Hague (NL) — March 2022
"Roots Festival x Stroom" — Filmhuis, The Hague (NL) — December 2021
"The Greater Number" — Sectie C, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL) — October 2021
"We, Ourselves, and Us" — Weltformat, Lucerne (CH) — October 2021
"Uncertainty Seminars: There, There" — Museumnight program — Stroom, Den Haag (NL) — October 2021
"Correctionville #01" — Institute of Cartopology, HX Hoogcruts Noorbeek (NL) — August 2021
"Export as" — First Cut — The Hague (NL) — July 2021
"From Where We Know" — Graduation Festival — KABK, The Hague (NL) — July 2021
"UNMUTED : KABK Graphic Design in Het HEM" — Het HEM, Amsterdam (NL) — June 2021
"NOW! Designing in Times of Climate Crisis" — IARB International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (NL) — April and May 2021
texts + talks + contributions
COLLABORATION — "Rewrtiting Climate Headlines " — Arabian Reporters for Investigative Journalism x KABK, The Hague (NL) — July to December 2023 (ongoing)
LECTURE — "Shifting perspectives: on narratives and fiction in architecture" — Academie van Bouwkunst, Rotterdam (NL) — December 2022
LECTURE — "Images in research methods" — Fontys, Tilburg (NL) — May 2022
LECTURE — "What Happens Next?" — KABK, The Hague (NL) — March 2022
PANEL DISCUSSION — "Matters of Being #7" — iii, The Hague (NL) — March 2022
LECTURE — "On research methodologies" — KABK, The Hague (NL) — January 2022
Q&A — "Roots Festival x Stroom" — Filmhuis, The Hague (NL) — December 2021
FEATURED — "Tussen stad en Google streetview" — Kunstmatig Podcast (NL) — Dec 2021
FEATURED — "Less Waste or More Value: 8 Architecturally Relevant Interventions at the 2021 Dutch Design Week" — Archdaily — October 2021
FEATURED — "Where the facade bends. An architectural critique in the form of an animation." — Archined — September 2021
ARTICLE — "Vacances accélérées : rythmes et répercussions du city-trip" — Revue sur Mesure (FR) — April 2021
ARTICLE — "Unboxing Democracy" — Who Speaks? Artificial Intelligence, Language and Democracy — in collaboration with Esther van der Heijden, Pablo Perez and Tuana Inhan, in conversation with Evelyn Austin from Bits of Freedom — February 2021
PANEL DISCUSSION — "Mais qui est smart dans la city ?" — Bibliothèques municipales de Genève — in conversation with Armelle Hausser, and Collectif Urbz, moderated by Clément Drévo (FR) — February 2021
MASTER THESIS — "Accelerated rhythms in the city : on efficiency, repetition and collective intervals" — KABK - The Hague — January 2021
