Essay 6 - When the Ear Changes | Where Art Meets Science | Dyon Scheijen (2026) Hearing Loss within The Hearing Triptych Hearing loss often begins in the ear, but rarely ends there. What at first glance appears to be a problem of reduced auditory input develops in practice into a process in which the brain and the human being must constantly adapt to a changed reality (World Health Organization, 2021; Jastreboff, 1990). Where Art Meets Science The Hearing Triptych Sound · Bra

Essay 5 – Listening Beyond the Ear | Where Art Meets Science | Dyon Scheijen (2026) The study of sound has long been primarily a study of physics. Frequencies, amplitudes, and acoustics describe how sound travels through space and reaches the ear. However, in practice, it turns out that people rarely suffer from the sound itself. They suffer from the way the sound is experienced and interpreted by their brain. Two people can find themselves in the same sound environment yet h

Essay 4 – From Tinnitus to Low-Frequency Sound | Where Art Meets Science | Dyon Scheijen (2026) When people describe their experience of sound, they rarely speak of frequencies or decibels. They speak of a hum, a pressure in the room, or a feeling that “something is present.” For a long time, tinnitus was the best-known example of such an experience without a clear external source. But increasingly, we hear similar stories regarding low-frequency sound. Sometimes there is a m

A moment of reflection. Source: NASA The image above is going all over the world. and shows what we rarely experience: The Earth, viewed from a distance. At this moment, man looks back at her again, from the immense silence of space. Within the Artemis program Mankind is moving towards the moon once again, and in doing so, is also looking back at planet Earth. A place in history where distance arises. And with that, something else as well: view. This reminds me of Wubbo Ockel

Essay 3 – The Tinnitus Triptych | Where Art Meets Science | Dyon Scheijen (2026) Tinnitus is often described as a sound without an external source. But when we listen to the experience of tinnitus, it soon becomes apparent that this phenomenon cannot be fully understood by looking only at the auditory signal. It arises at the intersection of three dimensions: the sound itself, the brain that gives meaning, and the person living with it. Where Art Meets Science The Hearing Tri

Essay 2 – The Human Experience of Sound | Where Art Meets Science | Dyon Scheijen (2026) When two people hear the same sound, that does not necessarily mean they are having the same experience. The way sound is perceived develops within a person's life: in stress, fatigue, expectations, and emotions. The auditory signal encounters not just a brain, but a human being with a history. Where Art Meets Science The Hearing Triptych Sound · Brain · Human Experience Essay 2 The Human

DS26001 | 200 × 270 cm - Mixed media on acoustic absorbing canvas - Where art meets science The clock is moving forward. As if we collectively decide that it is time to move on. To keep moving. As if time can be controlled. But the world does not move along everywhere. The world is on fire. The Middle East is a mess. Human rights. War laws. International treaties are being violated with gross violence. Narcissistic leaders who defy world peace and bring misery again. Innoce

DS23001 | DS23002 - 200 × 240 cm - Mixed media on acoustic absorbing canvas - © 2023 Dyon Scheijen | ART & ACT There is a tree. For years. Perhaps even for decades. People walk past it. Day in, day out. Without standing still. Because a tree… is just a tree. But what we do not see, is what happens underground. Roots finding their way through hard layers, along resistance, in search of nourishment, water, and stability. Invisible. And yet, it is there the real growth. I

DS19018 | 100 cm x 100 cm | Acrylics on canvas | Where Art Meets Science | Dyon Scheijen Only the light can silence the darkness. Where Art Meets Science There are moments on which you feel: This cannot go on like this any longer. Not because it goes wrong once. But because borders have long been exceeded. Because you see it. Time and time again. Because you feel it in everything you do. You try it first within the system. You speak. You explain. You offer a dissenting voice.

Essay 1 – The Brain That Gives Meaning to Sound | Where Art Meets Science | Dyon Scheijen (2026) Sound does not reach our consciousness directly from the outside world. Between the vibrations in the air and our experience of sound lies an active and constantly predictive brain (Friston, 2010). This brain filters, interprets, and prioritizes the enormous amount of sensory information that reaches us. It determines which stimuli become important and which fade into the backgrou

The Hearing Triptych Essays on Sound, Brain and Human Experience Dyon Scheijen (2026)

DS24001 | Dyon Scheijen | 200 x 200 cm | Acrylics on acoustic absorbing canvas Where Art Meets Science | The Hearing Triptych There are moments when something coincides. Not because you are looking for it. But because everything you have seen suddenly moves to a single point. My visit to TEFAF was one of those moments. I walked past works that have stood the test of time. A blue that was no longer a color, but an experience (Yves Klein, 1960). A red that could not be explaine

DS23010 Diptych – 200 x 240 cm Acrylics on acoustic absorbing canvas DS23010 was created in 2023. The tenth work of that year. Sometimes you only realize later what you were truly capturing at the time. When I look at this diptych now, I see movement. Not a still image, but waves. Waves that almost make sound. Frozen Resonance There is rhythm in this work. The build-up of light at the top. The density of blue beneath it. The tension along the vertical line. It resembles a sou

TEFAF Showcase Route 2026 – Maastricht During TEFAF, Maastricht transforms into an international meeting place for art, collectors, connoisseurs and lovers of beauty. For a moment, the world is watching. In my consulting room at the audiological center, I see every day what it means not to be heard. Not only acoustically, but humanly. Hearing loss rarely affects just the ear. It touches connection. Identity. Confidence. Perhaps that is why art and listening are so closely rel