Festive opening 26 January 2017
On the 26th of January Het Nieuwe Instituut will open the new exhibition programme in the Museum for Architecture, Design and Digital Culture, including the exhibitions 'Designing the Surface', 'Sleep Mode. The Art of the Screensaver', 'Architecture of Appropriation' and 'The Transylvanian Archive'.
26 January 2017 17:00 - 20:00
Coral, Technological Exaptation, 2016 © Maxime Guyon
Designing the Surface
Paints, coatings and other surface treatments play an essential role in the appreciation of materials and objects, adding layers that not only decorate, but can also strengthen, preserve or disguise. The exhibition _Designing the Surface_ by designers Chris Kabel and Koehorst in 't Veld focuses on the often overlooked yet crucial role of surface.
Sleep Mode. The Art of the Screensaver
Internet artist Rafaël Rozendaal presents an immersive space that serves as a stage for the virtually lost medium of screensavers and the people who made them. The visitor to _Sleep Mode. The Art of Screensavers_ enters into an infinite, ever-changing landscape of abstract panoramas.
Architecture of Appropriation
In a time when a programmatic approach to the city is once again topical, Het Nieuwe Instituut initiates an investigation into squatting as the architecture of appropriation. The first results are shown in the spatial installation Architecture of Appropriation, by design bureau ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles].
The Transylvania Archive
In the installation _The Transylvania Archive_ artists Marta Volkowa and Slava Shevelenko play an ingenious game around notions of myth and truth in relation to archives.
More this evening
Enjoying a dinner with Thursday Bite?
Following the opening event there is the possibility to join the speakers, guests and employees for dinner. At 6.30 pm, Het Nieuwe Café offers various soups with bread or a quiche with salad. Dinner vouchers cost ¬ 7,50 and can be ordered until 25 January 5 pm via the Tickets-link on this page.
Thursday Night Live! BNO IMG LAB: Extravagant
After Thursday Bite, the Thursday Night Live! programme focuses on decadence. A lavish evening programme around notions of exclusivity, abundance and extravagance. More information and tickets.
Pop-in Expo: Interwoven
In Interwoven, Diana Scherer works with wheat, and specifically this crop's fast-growing root system. By growing the wheat on a subterranean template, she can manipulate the root system to create 'woven' patterns.
Pop-in Expo: State of Strong Design
The exhibition _State of Strong Design_, curated by the Atelier Rijksbouwmeester, presents a varied overview of projects that have emerged from 25 years of incentives and commissions by the government.