Louise van der Veen

(2000, she/her) is a poet and studied both clinical technology and philosophy. In her poetry – but also in her research master's degree in cognitive neuroscience – she explores the brain, perception and imagination. In her creative oeuvre, humans and their brains are constantly placed in new contexts in order to question the interplay between alienation and connection with oneself, others and the environment. According to her, everything is a little strange, as long as you look at it closely enough. Her poems have been published in Elders Literair, Hard//hoofd and in the collection Omhoog slaan by The Hague's young poets collective FFÛH. Together with Bart Lanser and Tara Zagorac, she forms the poetry band Wildgroei.