The interactive documentary 51 Sprints recounts the history of one of the great highlights of the modern Olympic Games: the 100-metre sprint. This history is, of course, connected with record-breaking achievements and legendary finals, but in 51 Sprints the emphasis is on the athletes as symbolic figures who represent their nation, race or gender.

The New Material Award invites artists and designers to present designs that offer innovative solutions to the issues of today and the challenges of tomorrow.

Nieuwe Instituut is initiating the Digital Preservation Pilot Study: an internal learning trajectory that aims to produce a blueprint for acquiring, evaluating, organising and preserving born-digital archives.

Op uitnodiging van Bert Koenders Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken presenteert Malkit Shoshan dinsdag 26 januari 2016 haar project BLUE: ISLANDS IN CITIES op het Hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties in New York. In het gebouw opent tevens een tentoonstelling over het project: een voorbode van de presentatie die later dit jaar te zien zal zijn op de Architectuurbiënnale van Venetië.

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Western esoterism is a field of study that has developed considerably over the last twenty years. One of the most interesting aspects of the research that has been done in this field is the attention that scholars have given to the relationship between esotericism on the one hand and what I would call the 'modern complex' on the other.

At the invitation of Het Nieuwe Instituut, Mexican artist and architect Santiago Borja is building an observatory on the roof of Sonneveld House.

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Designers create all sorts of things, from tangible products for use or decoration to solutions to social problems, services and proposals.