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Het Nieuwe Instituut is joining the Pavilion Days at the Venice Architecture Biennale with _Who is We? _On 23 and 24 September 2021, a public programme will explore the exhibition with tours, conversations and events.

Studio Wild’s Forbidden Garden of Europe, at Spazio Punch in Giudecca, Venice, will cultivate a garden of ‘invasive alien plant species’. These plants represent the 35 species to be eradicated from European soil in line with the EU legislative act of 2016.

On 20 May 2021, the Dutch pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia will open, one year later than planned. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, Het Nieuwe Instituut will not be able to safely invite visitors to the opening in Venice. This offers the opportunity to develop a hybrid opening that is more freely accessible, while still doing justice to the theme of the pavilion and the efforts of all those involved.

As part of _Zoönomic Futures _- an immersive workshop on ethics for a society that is no longer human-centric - Swedish cross-media artist and researcher Janna Holmstedt reflects on Multispecies Communication.

Zoönomic Futures is an immersive training programme aimed at developing a practical ethics for a society that is no longer human-centric. Context for this training is formed by extrapolating the zoöp concept 40 years into the future.