Katinka van der Kooij
(1981) used to draw and write a lot at a very early age. She was only ten when she sent an illustrated story to Vrij Nederland, winning her a prize immediately. After the publication of various short stories in Hollands Maandblad her first anthology appeared in 2008 entitled Zonder uitgang (Without Exit). In the twelve stories in this volume she plays with the reader's perception by conjuring up a world through an imagery totally her own. Van der Kooij studied psychology when she was eighteen in order to penetrate the thinking of her characters better. During her study she got excited by the question how the brain translates the outer world into personal experiences. Right now she works as a Ph.D. student in Utrecht doing research on the influence of context on the perception of 3D-form.
Past events
Wintercafé 4: You don't know what you see
Psychologist and writer Katinka van der Kooij and evolutionary biologist and writer Tijs Goldschmidt on the question: can be survive without manipulation? With readings from their own work. In Dutch.
