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In 2008 I published the book, Modern Living, The Graphic Universe of Han Hoogerbrugge, about my activities since 1998, when I discovered the Internet as a perfect medium for my art. Or should I say: a medium that inspired me to create the art that has become my trademark?

In retrospect, I realise that the Modern Living book marked the end of an era. Since 1998 the Internet has changed from a mass medium swarming with individuals eager to explore the possibilities of creating amazing personal websites into a mass medium where individuals share their opinions, photos, music, etc., on the predesigned websites we now know as social media.

In the early days I received e-mails from all over the world, on a daily basis, in response to my website. The most remarkable e-mails were printed throughout the Modern Living book. Since most of the messages were very friendly and positive, I regarded e-mail as a cool tool to boost my ego.

Last year I only received two e-mail responses to my website: one from Mr. Bengali, a former minister from Ghana, who kindly wanted to share a large sum of money, and the other concerned a pill of some sort.

I joined Facebook in the same year that the Modern Living book came out (1 July 2008). I signed up out of curiosity, as I had done previously with Friendster, Myspace, Hyves, and many others. I never intended to actually use these sites, I never thought they were something for me – I just wanted to see what they were all about. Although, at first, I didn’t publish anything on my Facebook page, friendship requests kept arriving.

In 2008 I started the Prostress series: a daily web comic strip presented at www.prostress.com. Since the website didn’t attract the number of visitors I’d hoped for, I started using social media to promote the Prostress comic. And it worked. Not only that – after a while I spent more time on Facebook and Twitter then anywhere else on the web.

I even forgot my own website. I use Facebook and Twitter to communicate about my work. It’s much easier and you reach more people because nobody visits websites anymore.
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Biography:
H. Hoogerbrugge, born 1963 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Studied painting at the Academy for Visual Arts. Works and lives in Rotterdam. His work comes about in an intuitive manner; thoughts and ideas are converted into interactive animations. Han Hoogerbrugge is striving towards evoking an atmosphere, making something recognizable that cannot be expressed in words.
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source: fileorgbr
Biography:
H. Hoogerbrugge nasceu em 1963 em Roterdã, Países Baixos. Estudou pintura na Academia de Artes Visuais. Trabalha e vive em Roterdã. Seu trabalho se realiza de maneira intuitiva; pensamentos e idéias são transformados em animações interativas. Ele tenta evocar uma atmosfera, tornar identificável algo que não pode ser expresso em palavras.