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myEgo (2026)

Excited to finally share my graduation work from MA Media Art Design and Technology!

myEgo, investigate the gap between how I experience myself from the inside and how I appear as an image. The project grew out of my relationship to Krump, a dance where emotion is raw and immediate. But when recorded, that lived experience shifts. What I call “digital fading”: the repeated viewing of a video starts to overwrite the actual memory of how the moment felt.
To fight this fading, I turned the digital self back into something physical and uncanny. Here in the video I wear a paper mask printed with my own face, and I consume it.
By eating the mask, the image becomes material, it tears, dissolves, and must be swallowed. There is no “true self” revealed underneath; instead, identity is staged as a constant struggle against the pressure of the gaze.

In the space, the work hangs on tension straps, leaning forward toward the viewer. Combined with amplified sound and framing, the video forces the viewer to feel rather than just passively watch.

Performance video dropping soon! 👀 by @maikasontrop

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3 days ago

Decided to change my wallpaper a day before the thesis draft deadline :D

Got inspired last weekend, went to the petting zoo in het Griftpark where they had little lambs (forgot to take pictures)

But @h__z__y sent me a cute lamb needs attention video

This was making my day

Ok bye bye

Have a good day <3 by @maikasontrop

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4 months ago

HZY & MAIKY

Finally posting a video of a performance we did together for @ito.collective x @syntheseutrecht last December. Looking back with gratitude to this experience together with @h__z__y 🩶

More to come👀

🎼: @h__z__y taken in Nomono utrecht by @maikasontrop

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5 months ago

HZY (@h__z__y) is a multidisciplinary artist from Taiwan whose work combines DIY instruments, performance, and interactive installations. She blends everyday life, human connection, and the absurd in playful yet thought-provoking ways.

MAIKY (@maikasontrop), a Dutch-Vietnamese artist and member of curator Ito Collective, brings the power of Krump to the stage. Through movement, sound, light, and technology, she creates immersive works that move both body and mind.

Join us for an evening of sound, motion, and connection. Get your tickets now - link in bio!

#synthese #syntheseutrecht taken in Nomono utrecht by @maikasontrop

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8 months ago

👐🏽 by @maikasontrop

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8 months ago

THA RAWEST MVP OF THE DAY - BABY ANDEVER ! 🪨

Find all the battles on our YouTube channel in a few days! (Link in bio: @instant.krump) ⏮️

💃, @maikasontrop
📍, @rawestchamp
🎼, @b.doug1e
💿, dj @mozarf_paris x @la.jocondee
🎙️, buck mc @dirty.yo
📹, shot by @instant.krump

#rawestchamp #instantkrump #krumpbelgium #fcdkrump #krump taken in Bruxelles, Belgique by @maikasontrop

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8 months ago

Urban movement - An exploration of movement through the ball and the city’s skin
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.ೃ࿔ ⌂*:･𓀥 taken in Groningen by @maikasontrop

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9 months ago

Best outfit I ever danced in @pacoteepe

Thank you @lacassette.online ✨

📷🎥 @aryanhamyani @goombasteppa @deanfentross taken in Rotterdam, Netherlands by @maikasontrop

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9 months ago

HER ENERGY FILLS THE ROOM⚡️

@maikasontrop AKA Baby AndEver pulled up & destroyed this preselection🤯 Coming through with her original style full of crazy contrasts. Peep the rawness in her details🎯

🎧 @ice.edm
🎤 @dirty.yo
🤝 @theblockout
📹 @intotheblue.dance
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international dance league, idl, freestyle dance battle, krump, krumping taken in Rotterdam Centrum by @maikasontrop

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9 months ago

What do you put aside to survive in a capitalist society?

SIREN the 20-minute version in collaboration with @maikasontrop , created with the immense honor of being invited to perform at @amsterdamfringe 2025.

Thank you to the festival for this space, and to Maïka for walking through this process with me.

We both share a deep reflection on how a capitalist image can oppress expression especially within the body of a woman. This work is part of that ongoing dialogue, a search, a resistance.

This is only the beginning. ✨

#krump #siren #danceperformance #contemporarydance #amsterdamfringefestival #performanceart #dancetheatre #choreography #dancefilm #physicaltheatre #artasresistance #feminineexpression #bodypolitics #independentartist #emergingartist #movementresearch #experimentaldance #dancecommunity #womeninart #artandsociety #liveperformance #conceptualdance #artivism #dancecreation #artistoninstagram #creativecommunity #behindthescenes #reeldance #dancevideo taken in Amsterdam by @maikasontrop

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9 months ago

My preselection round at @roll.ofthedice 🎲

Thank you @vgginia and @atrissha for this wonderful event ‼️😮‍💨
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🎥 @nolimits_cre8 taken in Kampnagel by @maikasontrop

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a year ago

Snow can be pretty sometimes 🌨️ by @maikasontrop

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a year ago