13 April 2021
Who is We?
Het Nieuwe Instituut will present _Who is We?_ at the Pavilion of the Netherlands at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, which will run from 22 May to 21 November 2021. As a response to the Biennale Architettura 2021 theme set by curator Hashim Sarkis, which is 'How will we live together?', Het Nieuwe Instituut asks a counter-question: 'Who is we?'. The team, led by curator Francien van Westrenen, argues that current social and ecological urgencies demand that architects and urbanists regard 'we' as a more pluralised pronoun that encompasses all humans and more-than-humans such as soil, plants and animals. The knowledge, values, and methodologies necessary for this transformation have been developed throughout history but are largely marginalised by the architectural canon.