Sfæ Studio

Sfæ Studio is a Belgian experiential art studio founded in 2025 by Thomas Willemsen and Michaël Zenner, based in Heusden/Gent. The studio creates immersive art installations that blend physical and digital media, aiming to spark positive emotion and connect audiences through observation or interaction. Its work spans 3D visualisations, AI models, physical hardware, data visualisations, modular multidimensional LED installations, light design, projection mapping, kinetic objects, and sound. Since launching, Sfæ Studio has delivered its own immersive experiences reaching over 15,000 visitors. Notable projects include Vessel & Void (2026), Sonic Shadow Sculptures, the Best Third-Place Tracker for the 2026 World Cup (2026), and Echo Chamber (2025). The studio operates worldwide from Belgium, handling commissions, production, transport, and installation wherever the work is shown. It positions itself at the cutting edge of technology while keeping human emotion and reflection at the core of its artworks.

Sfæ Studio was founded in 2025 by Thomas Willemsen and Michaël Zenner, who serve as experiential artists and co-founders. The studio is based in Heusden/Gent, Belgium, and operates globally. Its name derives from the word 'sfæ' (/sfeɪ/), an adjective meaning wonderful, marvelous, superb, or astonishing, often miswritten as its transposition 'safe'. In its inaugural year, Sfæ Studio delivered immersive experiences that reached over 15,000 visitors. The studio's practice is rooted in blending physical and digital media, using 3D visualisations, AI models, physical hardware, data visualisations, and modular multidimensional LED installations. It also employs light design, projection mapping, kinetic objects, and sound. The founders previously spent 15 years working in digital agencies, building data features and live trackers for mainstream Benelux newspapers. This background informs projects like the Best Third-Place Tracker, a data-visualisation project for the 2026 World Cup that ranks all 48 teams by the official best third-placed rules. The tracker was born as a week-long guerrilla project, leveraging an API and the studio's information design approach to bypass legacy systems and ship a fresh perspective within days. Other notable works include Echo Chamber (2025), an interactive sound installation that makes social media funnels tangible, and Vessel & Void (2026), a sonic shadow sculpture series that gives objects a voice through shadow and spoken word. The studio continues to explore technology before it becomes familiar, keeping human emotion and reflection at the core of its artworks.

• 2026

  Vessel & Void sonic shadow sculptures project launched.

• 2026

  Best Third-Place Tracker for the 2026 World Cup released as a live data visualisation.

• 2025

  Sfæ Studio founded by Thomas Willemsen and Michaël Zenner in Heusden/Gent, Belgium.

• 2025

  Echo Chamber interactive sound installation released.

• 2025

  Studio's immersive experiences reach over 15,000 visitors in inaugural year.

Cutting-edge, human-centered experiential art that blends physical and digital media to spark positive emotion.

• Vessel & Void

  Sonic shadow sculptures that give objects a voice through shadow and spoken word, created for specific themes, events, or moments.

• Best Third-Place Tracker

  Live sports data visualisation for the 2026 World Cup, ranking all 48 teams by official best third-placed rules.

• Echo Chamber

  Interactive sound installation that makes social media funnels tangible by analysing and grouping visitor voices.

1. 1Experiential Art Installations by Sfæ Studiosfae.studio
2. 2About Sfæ Studio, creating interactive art installationssfae.studio
3. 3008 | Best Third-Place Tracker - 2026 World Cup - Sfæ Studiosfae.studio
4. 4Sfæ Studio - Wikidatawikidata.org