Lithium

19 September 2020 - 14 August 2021

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Conceived as a spa resort, the exhibition Lithium highlights the beneficial and destructive aspects of the eternal human search for energy. Researchers, designers and artists reflect on the role of the chemical element lithium in powering today's economy. How many times can we recharge our batteries without addressing the causes of depletion, in both human bodies and the planet?

22 August 2021

Sunday Stroll with Erik

Join us for a Sunday Stroll on 22 August at 2pm, when detour guide Erik Peters will explore the _Lithium _spa with us. Together, we will investigate the parallels between bodily and planetary exhaustion, speculate about alternative energy sources and imagine how the extremes of the future might look.

1 August 2021

Sunday Stroll with Asha

Join us for a Sunday Stroll on 1 August at 2pm, when Asha Capella will lead us through Lithium. This exhibition, imagined as a spa retreat, invites visitors to experience the states of exhaustion and revitalisation that characterise today's 24/7 economy. Asha will focus on our own batteries: what recharges us, and what drains us?

15 April 2021

Bathing in Lithium: The Architecture of the Mineral Spa

The final event in the TNL! Lithium series will recharge online visitors with a lecture by architect Christie Pearson on the intricate history of European spa towns and public bathhouses, and their relations to different forms of power. Following that, set designer Katrin Bombe will give insight into the scenography of the Lithium exhibition, staged as a mineral spa.

25 October 2020

Sunday Stroll with Asha

On 25 October, detour guide Asha Capella takes us through _Lithium. _This exhibition, imagined as a spa retreat, invites visitors to experience the states of exhaustion and revitalisation that characterise today's 24/7 economy. During this latest _Sunday Stroll, _Asha will focus on our own batteries: what recharges us, and what drains us?

17 October 2020 - 25 October 2020

Lithium x DDW

This year, over nine days from 17 to 25 October, Dutch Design Week (DDW) transforms itself into a virtual festival. Via ddw.nl, visitors can view and experience three-dimensional exhibition spaces online. Het Nieuwe Instituut is joining the fun with a digital edition of the Lithium exhibition.

4 October 2020

Sunday Stroll with Asha

For the next Sunday Stroll, on 4 October at 2pm, detour guide Asha Capella will lead us through the exhibition _Lithium, _about the mineral that powers the batteries of our mobile phones, laptops and electric vehicles. During the event, Asha encourages us to check our own batteries and discover what energises us and what depletes us, as individuals and also as a society.

19 September 2020

Lithium

How often can we keep recharging our batteries? The treatments in this spa resort are designed to make us think about productivity and the burn-out of people and the planet. Researchers, designers and artists use the element lithium to illuminate the beneficial and harmful aspects of our constant search for energy. Our phones, laptops and electric cars run on lithium. The mineral is also used to treat all kinds of physical and mental disorders. However, lithium mining and use also contribute to environmental damage, the dispossession of Indigenous peoples and oppressive forms of social control. When the cure is worse than the disease, shouldn't we accept the limits of energy and develop new ways of living?

13 September 2020

Sunday Stroll with Erik

On Sunday 13 September, detour guide Erik Peters led us through the exhibition _Atelier Nelly and Theo van Doesburg _in a _Sunday Stroll _that focused on narratives. Who gets to (re)write their own story, and what role does art play in this?

6 September 2020

Sunday Stroll with Erik

On 6 September, detour guide Erik Peters took us through the exhibition Atelier Nelly and Theo van Doesburg in a Sunday Stroll that focused on narratives. Alternative storylines discussed included the alter egos of Nelly van Doesburg, 'the black lines of De Stijl', the tesseract and the vanished cube.

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Sunday Stroll with Erik

Sunday Stroll with Asha

Bathing in Lithium: The Architecture of the Mineral Spa

Sunday Stroll with Asha

Lithium x DDW

Sunday Stroll with Asha

Lithium

Sunday Stroll with Erik

Sunday Stroll with Erik