MELLE SMETS is active as a researcher, artist, and critic specialized within creating new meeting places in public space. In doing so, he starts from existing social structures and local customs. In his view, these relationships with the living environment provoke questions of identity, ownership and community. He researches and explores these questions in search of a foundation for a well-functioning society. Action Research is his method, namely by ‘looking hard’ and developing an alternative view of the environment, thereby converting ideas into action. To achieve this, he collaborates with artists, designers, scientists, companies, and governments.

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