An Evening with Arne Hendriks and Deyan Sudjic An Evening with Arne Hendriks and Deyan Sudjic

• 5-7.30pm
  Thursday Bite
  (¬ 10)

Het Nieuwe Café offers a Thursday Bite every Thursday evening from 5 pm: a light vegetarian meal, including a soft drink, from the kitchen of chef Manuela Gonçalves Tavares. You can order the Thursday Bite for ¬ 10 at the bar on the evening itself.

• 6-7.30pm
  Stalin's Architect by Deyan Sudjic
  Lecture (¬ 7,50 / ¬ 3,75)

What would an architect do for the chance to build the tallest building in the world? What would they sacrifice to stay alive in the midst of Stalin's murderous purges?
A lecture by Deyan Sudjic on the remarkable life and career of Boris Iofan (1891-1976), state architect to Joseph Stalin. His buildings came to define the language of Soviet architecture and his story is an insight into the troubled relationship that all successful architects have with power.

• 7-8pm
  Thursday Night Detour
  Exhibition tour (Free, max 12 participants)

Every Thursday evening, one of the Detour Guides (formerly known as tour guides) takes you on a free Detour through one of the exhibitions in Het Nieuwe Instituut. Experience design, digital culture and architecture from your guide's perspective. For example, one Detour ends in a joint choreography and you design for insects in another.

• 8-9.30pm
  The Incredible Shrinking Man by Arne Hendriks
  Theatrical lecture (¬ 7,50 / ¬ 3,75)

_The Incredible Shrinking Man_ is a prize-winning art and research project by designer and artist Arne Hendriks exploring the possibility of creating a 50cm human being: a human who fits better on the Earth. Hendriks plays with our primary reactions to growth and shrinkage, disrupts our thinking and makes us aware of deep-seated fears and desires. Can we desire less as passionately as we desire more?

Note: this lecture is in Dutch

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Thursday Night Live! is a weekly evening devoted to burning questions in architecture, design and digital culture, featuring leading speakers from home and abroad. Het Nieuwe Café serves a meal, there's music from DJs or live perfomers, the museum is open for free and our Detour Guides (aka tour guides) show you around the exhibitions. Meet people, be inspired and join the discussion!

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