BK podcast: It can be done differently

On tipping points in artists' practice

Under the title It can also be different Brings trade magazine for visual artists BK information since Oct. 1, 2025 released a second series of podcasts. The subtitle - about tipping points in artists' practice - is exactly what a year of 52 conversations is about.

Each week, philosopher, art expert and podcast creator Esther Didden conducts interviews with visual artists who at some point experienced a change in their professional practice: big or small, from a conscious choice or just forced by circumstances.

To the podcast

It can also be different

Events in life give artists inspiration for their work. What happens when an event has such an impact that it changes the work? As an artist, how do you shape such a process of change? What needs to be let go of? And how to deal with the uncertainty or created chaos? 

52 conversations

A new episode of the podcast is published every Wednesday afternoon. In 52 episodes an artist talks about the turning point in his career as an artist. Tipping points that were caused by very different events, such as a studio fire, a new study, acute or chronic health problems.

Through the diverse stories, listeners will get a good and increasingly clear picture of how profound events affect the life and work of visual artists - for whom life and work are strongly connected.

In the first 12 episodes, the following will speak consecutively: Flora Valeska Woudstra, David Habets, Bert Loerakker, Faisel Saro, Cecilia Rebergen, Tommy van der Loo, Cécile Verwaaijen, Laurien Dumbar, Paula Biemans and Klaas Kloosterhuis, Carlos Blaaker, Tamara Dees, Hellen Abma. 

Essays

In parallel with the podcast, BK Information is publishing eight essays on themes that touch on topics that emerge in the podcast, such as change, transition and chaos.

We ask all artists interviewed to pass on their favorite music to us. You can find the growing playlist on Spotify

It can also be different can be listened to via the well-known podcast apps and via BK Information.en/podcast. Ied every Wednesday afternoon a new installment is published, 52 in all. Also published during the year is the series of eight essays published during the year both in the professional journal BK Information appear (print and online).

The podcast is an initiative of BK Information and is made possible by the Mondrian Fund and the Pictoright Fund.