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Building this website as a live creative process This Kraakwerk website was built through vibe programming: a fast, conversational way of shaping software where the idea, the design and the working code evolve at the same time. Instead of starting with a fixed technical specification, the site grew through small decisions: articles, tags, menus, music projects, galleries, Bandcamp embeds, SoundCloud, standalone code projects and a lightweight admin system. The result is a custom CMS that fits the way Kraakwerk work...

Low-budget QLab-style media launcher HT Player is a browser-based media controller for starting live image, video, audio and text cues. It is intended as a lightweight, low-budget alternative to tools like QLab for small performances, installations, try-outs and quick live setups. The player lets you load media, trigger items from a cue list, work with fades and use a separate projector/output window. It is useful when you want to start sound and visuals live without building a heavy show-control system. Open HT Pl...

Ik ben momenteel bezig met een kleine maar fijne opknapbeurt van een Zoom R16 Recorder Interface Controller. De faders begonnen kuren te vertonen - niet zo gek na jaren intensief gebruik. Ik heb inmiddels de oude faders verwijderd. Zoals je op de foto kunt zien, ligt het binnenwerk nu open en ben ik bezig de boel te ordenen en voorbereiden. De nieuwe faders zijn onderweg, en zodra ze binnen zijn, ga ik ze netjes monteren. Het is altijd leuk om dit soort apparaten op te knappen. Niet alleen duurzaam, maar ook leerza...

Autonomous work, music and technology Kraakwerk is the autonomous worksite of Hans Timmermans: a personal laboratory where music, image, code and technology are used to create new experiences. This autonomous work is not only a source of artistic expression. It is also the place where new techniques and technologies are explored, tested and developed. Those discoveries flow back into commissioned work, installations, performances, videos and interactive projects. Music is the starting point for many of these works...