 During these studies he worked as a translator and a writer for the communication department of the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels.His interest increasingly shifted towards time-based art forms and decided to write a Ph.D exploring the relation between Happenings and subcultures during the 1960s.In order to finance his studies he collaborated for the online database Belgium is Happening and participated as a performance artist in the international performance group Virtual Vérité, led by Los Angeles-based artist Harry Gamboa, Jr..