Utrecht art collective Studio SPÉS tries to bring people together in their projects through unexpected interactions. From an inexhaustible curiosity about human behavior and social engagement, they create spatial and interactive light artworks. Research into the possible applications of new technology and a critical view of the status quo go hand in hand. The viewer plays an important interactive role in their work. The public space is their canvas, the viewer their guinea pig.

Through the digital translations in their art, Studio SPÉS makes us more aware of our analogue interaction with public space. The collective hopes to spart critical thinking with their art, but also does not want to impose anything on anyone: "If you don't like it, you don't like it."

Spatial designer Sabien Engels (1993) and interactive performance artist Pépé Heijenberg (1989) worked together for the first time in 2019 on the Pigeonholing project. During this project, the collaboration and combination of backgrounds proved to be a solid foundation for what Studio SPÉS has become. All their works make us aware of our surroundings in a completely new way, their motto being: Critical thinking through wonder.