An Evening With: Roosje Klap
During this evening event, Roosje Klap will talk to Saskia van Stein, Director of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, about her work, career and motivations. Topics will include her approach to graphic design, the ARK collective (Atelier Roosje Klap), and how knowledge sharing can make modern technologies more open, inclusive and fair.
5 March 2026 18:30 - 20:00
Roosje Klap
Roosje Klap is a cultural director, curator, researcher and public speaker with extensive experience in leading arts organizations at the intersection of art, technology, education and society.
Since May 2024, Klap has been General Director of Noorderlicht, the international platform for photography and lens-based media in Groningen. While originally rooted in photography, Noorderlicht now operates across the full spectrum of lens-based media and photography to address urgent questions of systems and power through exhibitions, education, and publishing. Through Klap's artistic program line PLAY (2025–2028) Noorderlicht critically addresses how technological systems and image infrastructures actively organize power, agency, and exclusion, realized through exhibitions such as Pixel Perceptions (2024), Thinking Hands (2026), and the biennials Machine Entanglements (2025) and PLAY (2027).
In parallel, Klap serves as kwartiermaker for Thea, the cultural wing of the former Niemeyer factory in Groningen. In this role, she is responsible for developing the cultural vision, programmatic framework and governance structure of Thea as a long-term open platform for art and technology, in close collaboration with the municipality and regional partners.
Language: English | Location: Nieuwe Instituut | Tickets: € 12,50 / 7,50 / 0,-
TicketsAn Evening With
An Evening With is a monthly series of lectures featuring emerging and established international voices from the worlds of design, architecture and digital culture. Designers and artists will take you on a journey through their work, inspiration, fascinations and dreams for the future.
Make your evening complete!
Combine this event with a visit to our exhibitions – admission to the museum is free on Thursday evenings. Fancy a bite to eat? Join us in the Nieuwe Café!