We believe that new narratives, art forms, and creative collaborations are essential to envision alternative futures for our society.

In an era of rapid transformation, the arts must not only reflect but actively shape the world we live in.

Truth.io develops pioneering projects at the intersection of performing arts, cinema, and digital culture. Each project brings together unexpected collaborations with emerging and established artists worldwide, fostering a growing creative community dedicated to pushing artistic and conceptual boundaries.

Beyond the creation of singular works, we explore how cross-media artistic projects can be developed, structured, and experienced in new, sustainable, and socially responsible ways. Our work challenges traditional models, embracing interdisciplinary methods to ensure art remains both visionary and accessible.

Founded by artistic director Ruben Van Leer, Truth.io is led by a dedicated core team of cultural strategists, production specialists, researchers, and legal experts in IP. The foundation’s Board of Directors, comprising Arzum Ünal, Jan Docter, and Nicholas White (Chairperson), provides strategic oversight and ensures the long-term vision aligns with our mission.

Truth.io operates as a non-profit foundation (NGO register no. 65444965, The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce) and adheres to high ethical standards, working in alignment with the Cultural Governance Code, the Code of Diversity & Inclusion, and the Fair Practice Code.

Our approach:

  • Creation – Developing and producing cross-media artistic projects

  • Artistic Research – Open, inclusive, and project-based inquiries into artistic and cultural innovation

  • Networking – Connecting forward-thinking international artists and institutions

  • Distribution – Exploring new distribution models to engage and expand diverse audiences

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Press:

 

The Huffington Post

“The gorgeous film project Symmetry, combines the best parts of opera and dance with the titillating rigor of digital art and physics to create a visual narrative that explores the philosophical elements of the giant particle accelerator.”

 

WIRED

“There's a post-apocalyptic vibe in the video imagines members of band Yeasayer as scientists struggling to find a cure for an unnamed global affliction. In addition to the Naturalis tower, the band filmed in molecular biologist Hans Tanke’s lab at Leiden University.”

Volkskrant

“Six dancers fly in geometrical formations across the large stage, pumping in a circle, pulsing across diagonals, breathing deeply, elongating their bodies, stretching their limbs far out or spreading out, as if they’d want to whip the energy in laser beams through the light.”

 

Hyperallergic

“The operatic and choral music by Joep Franssens and Henry Vega gives Symmetry its grand weight, while the setting of the LHC, the ALICE heavy-ion detector, and the laboratories of CERN ground the narrative in these mechanical tools we have constructed to reach into the limits of understanding.”

VICE

“The performance featured an orchestra playing Moore's music, while a VR performer, Esther Mugambi, explored 3D generative point-clouds of the sacred sites, which were projected on a screen for the audience to follow live.”

 

Glamcult

“Opening up the festival this year is an introduction to the man himself’s digital ritual, ‘I Know…’ performance which has been created alongside Ruben Van Leer and the public. After reflecting on these ‘Fragmented times’ Bill T. Jones searches for the ‘we’ within the world.”

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“Using the power of their imagination, artists can critically VISUALISE the ethical dilemmas that are now hidden from view in the theory of natural scientists.”

— Robert Zwijnenberg, professor Art & Science Interactions at Leiden University