Museumnacht010 2025: Future VisionsMuseumnacht010 2025: Future Visions

Music platform Bound45 and light artist Marco Broeders, aka Co2RO, join forces especially for this edition of Museum Night 010 in a synergy between music and (analogue) visuals exploring the future of the dance floor. 

Bound45 is an event-based platform where we aim to unite the city of Rotterdam through the diversity of sound. Our holistic interpretation of the musical spectrum takes the central stage during our club nights, listening sessions, and multidisciplinary events. A sound consisting of an electronic mix of disco, house, soul, and high-energy synths, with a focus on creating connection on the dance floor.

Marco Broeders (NL '70) graduated as an architectural designer from within the safe and institutional walls of the monastery building of the St. Joost Academy (Breda, The Netherlands). Marco Broeders, now under the monicker Co2RO, turns contrasts such as ‘light and heavy’ and ‘light and dark’ into manageable tools. Add these tools to an arsenal of obscure and rarely available analog projectors and lamps and behold the prism, or better yet, the realm where Co2RO breathes life into otherwise bloodless spaces.

What does the future of space look like in the Netherlands? And which place in Rotterdam would you like to help shape? During Museum Night 010, Nieuwe Instituut invites you to take on the role of designers and share your ideas for the future. In the arcade along the Rochussenstraat, right in front of Future Studio Oostkop, we draw inspiration from the past with drawings and photos from the National Collection of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Future Studio Oostkop is a workspace at the Nieuwe Instituut open to anyone interested in contributing to the spatial future of the Netherlands through design research. Think and sketch together about the city of tomorrow. What stays, what changes and what do you add? The results will be shared together with AIR and the Board of Government Advisors during Rotterdam Architecture Month in June 2025.

Looking for inspiration for the world of tomorrow? NAi Booksellers, a bookshop specialising in publications about architecture, landscape architecture, design and urban planning, is located in Nieuwe Instituut's lobby. Scroll through a selection of books filled with future visions and fresh ideas. From iconic designs to sustainable cities of the future. Do you have any questions or need tips? Joost Degenkamp and his team are ready to advise and inspire you. Future visions start with today's pages.

Wondering what the future holds for you? Have your future predicted in a performance by Lotte Vreugdenhil, surrounded in the green mists of Gardens Futures.

Lotte Vreugdenhil (1999) is a theatre maker and teacher in Rotterdam, The Hague and the Westland. She creates inclusive amateur performances with various target groups: children, people with a mental disability and people from the neighbourhood. She is active at Stichting Schaap op de Noordpool and E25 Cultuur, among others. As a maker, she believes in the connecting and empowering power of art, with theatre in particular being a form in which everyone can be themselves and flourish.

Step inside the Nail Salon of the Future and give your nail a futuristic upgrade. Nail tech Clawed in Half Nails creates unique, minimalist yet striking designs that give you a glimpse of what beauty in the future means.

Have your nails transformed into works of art that perfectly match the vibe of Museum Night 010. Futuristic, stylish and just a little bit different.

Please note: this activity requires an additional fee.

Amid the busy and lavish Museum Night, find peace with De Zolder. De Zolder invites you to retreat, relax and reflect on your ideal world. In an intimate setting, De Zolder curates an audiovisual programme in which visitors are encouraged to connect with each other while the hectic Museum Night buzzes around them.

Interdisciplinary platform De Zolder began in 2022 as an intimate meeting place for art and culture. Since then, it has grown into a vibrant foundation that plays a central role in Rotterdam's creative community. With art and music as connecting factors, they invite visitors and makers from diverse backgrounds to discover, create and connect. Their programme, which ranges from exhibitions and workshops to listening sessions and panel discussions, emphasises both artistic growth and building an inclusive and close-knit community.

What will jewellery look like in the future? Will everyone wear a slick planga, will the entire body be papered with diamonds or will there be only subtle hints of blingbling? And what material will our jewellery be made of? In a world leaning more and more towards sustainability, what will be perceived as aesthetic in the future?

In both his art and his work, Mean Thangtrakhanpong is always looking for adventure. With a background in graphic and product design, he tells stories using a wide range of materials, ranging from ceramics to plastics and felt to metal. The results are intriguing artworks that excite the senses.