Frederik Vanhoutte

During the daytime, a physics Ph.D. working as a medical radiation expert in a university hospital in Belgium. Together with a team of radiation oncologists, physicists, and nurses, I turn medical data into effective treatments for cancer patients. During the nighttime, a creative coder, on the fine line between art and science, between utility and aesthetics. Working with code as a means of expression since 2004, creative coding fuels my curiosity in physical, biological, and computational systems.

When rain hits the windscreen, I see tracks alpha particles trace in cells. When I pull the plug in the bathtub, I stay to watch the little whirlpool. When I sit at the kitchen table, I play with the glasses to see the caustics. At a candlelight dinner, I stare into the flame. Sometimes at night, I find myself behind the computer. When I finally blink, a mess of code is drawing random structures on the screen. I spend the rest of the night staring.