Michiel De Cleene

Michiel De Cleene (b. 1988, BE) is a photographer and researcher. His practice explores the field between the document and the documentary and the possibilities of uncertainty, speculation and cross-referentiality within it. Through an experimental documentary approach, image and text merge in artist publications and exhibitions.

He pursues a PhD at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts at Hasselt University and worked as a researcher at KASK & Conservatory, Gent. He is a founding member of the School of Speculative Documentary and www.the-documents.org and part of De Cleene De Cleene and the collective 019 . In line with his practice, he works as a landscape and architecture photographer.

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Photos of the Material Library Launch

Materiality – On 27 May 2026 we celebrated the reveal of the Material Library. Márk Redele gave an introduction on the Material Library, the linked workshop series called Material Assemblies and how the Rietveld community can get involved. The Material Library is a growing archive that can be found here: materials.rietveldsandberg.nl Also, Michiel De Cleene gave a guest presentation on his online archive the-documents.org .

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May '26

Launch Material Library

Rietveld Sandberg Library

Materiality – We invite you for a celebratory reveal of the Material Library and a joyful introduction to the linked workshop series, Material Assemblies.