Research is both a separate practice and a methodology that underpins all our projects. Both nerdy and academic, with piles of books and reports and conversational - with those whose expertise is lived experience, artistic practice, activism or any combination of the above.

Our process and our conversations are never perfect or polished. They are often lengthy and, at times, fragmented. They are an attempt to carve out time for what matters to all of us from our highly paced lives, weaving together experiences, research, and artistic practice. As we work, we try to document our processes and conversations and, whenever possible, translate them into intermediate events, presentations or publications - conversation starters themselves.

While working on our own productions, we have set out to map the already existing range of practices related to artistic and photobooks made with a child in mind, meet makers, and zoom in on specific cases, weaving together the otherwise fragmented discourse. Our conversation with Susan Meiselas, photographer, educator, and president of Magnum Foundation, about her two books, published five decades apart, was published by Trigger – a critical magazine on photography and visual culture published by FOMU, Antwerp.

We thoroughly documented and discussed our work process on  In Pieces in a small publication Vulnerable Manifesto.

In 2024, we invited artists Nadine Stijns and Melissa Strangio for a conversation about the Toeslagenschandaal. From that meeting grew the Frisse Start project. Batya Brown, an artist and activist who joined our early conversations, now works independently.
The subject is deeply multilayered, involving reflections on algorithmic [in]justice, the role of the media, the myth of the hard-working Dutchman, the affected and missing children, and how intersectional thinking could change current policies. So far, we spoke to lawyers, algorithmic justice activists, researchers, and people affected by the scandal itself.

In March 2026, we organised a workshop with a group of children from the families affected by the Toeslagenschandaal. The workshop took place at moezeum, Rotterdam. Guided by Melissa Strangio, participants reflected on growing up in families affected by the scandal using painting, collage, photography, spoken word, and textile practices. Nadine Stijns and Batya Brown helped translate the participants' experiences into visual works and spoken word. The participants' works and snippets of our conversations with them became the newspaper, “Frisse Start”. Printed in an edition of 3.000, it was part of the exhibition  Het Aanslag Loket, at moezeum and available for free for the duration of the show. Between November 2026 and April 2027, “Frisse Start” will be part of the Proposals for the Museum Acquisitions 2026 exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. We plan to use the exhibition presentation as a base for continuing our conversations with experts and makers as we work toward the next step in the process - a printed publication.