The second event in the TNL! Lithium series will address the relationship between lithium and mental health. Contributions by the LiCo (Lithops Corporation) collective

and anthropologist Emily Martin will explore the role of lithium in our culture of productivity, and the cultural life of mania.

I See That I See What You Don’t See presents a layered, non-binary notion of darkness. Navigating through cosmic, automated and seemingly invisible environments, this publication looks into what we do not generally get – or choose – to see, as well as the relationship between the possibility of seeing and forms of oppression and emancipation.

The Coming South: Struggles, Epistemologies, Solidarity seeks to respond to the deepening divides that sustain the polarisation and hierarchy justifying the Global North - Global South world order. This world order is made manifest not just in global geopolitics but also in the micro-environments of urban spaces, defining formal and informal relationships that range from those between nation states to those between local communities. Generations of political militants, intellectuals and activists have engaged with these issues - issues that are only exacerbated today, during the pandemic, and in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008 which has demonstrated and worsened a number of other crises as the status quo of globalisation.

On International Human Rights Day (10 December), Values for Survival Cahier 2 was launched. The cahier is the second publication of Values for Survival, the public research programme accompanying Who is We? the Dutch contribution to the 17th Architecture Biennale in Venice. Values for Survival curator Caroline Nevejan, Jane da Mosto (of We Are Here Venice) and the cahier researchers will talk about the research and reflect on the question: How can intuition and experience be shared between people who do not know each other and cannot meet? 

In collaboration with Het Nieuwe Instituut, Shay Kreuger presents the monthly talk show STATEMENTS, a lively discussion about local and (inter)national issues in design, art, culture, politics, entertainment and society. Topics on the table for this very first edition of STATEMENTS include coronavirus design, cancel culture, and women in the hiphopculture. 

As part of the programme for the Jaap Bakema Study Centre conference, which aims to critically explore the interplay between architecture and digital culture since the 1970s, Armin Linke discusses a selection of projects with Georg Vrachliotis and Dirk van den Heuvel. This presentation reflects on the current state of global technological landscapes, from media archives and data archaeology to control rooms and server farms. 

A lecture by architect and researcher Godofredo Enes Pereira explores the consequences of lithium extraction in the Atacama Desert in Chile. This is the first in the Lithium lecture series, discussing the role of this element in different conditions of burn-out.

How are politics shaped by different cosmologies? A talk by Lukáš Likavčan, author of Introduction to Comparative Planetology.

John Palmesino from Territorial Agency on the Oceans in Transformation project.

The One Minutes series Imagine The Earth Is Your Lover is curated by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens and creates a document of the ecosex movement. In the series of one-minute videos, 23 artists and filmmakers visualize their mad, passionate and fierce love for the Earth. They shift the metaphor from ‘Earth as Mother’ to ‘Earth as Lover’ in order to create a more mutual and sustainable relationship with the Earth. The selected one-minute videos were sent in from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Greece, Malta, Mexico, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and United States marking the international scope of the ecosex movement.

Soft Architecture is a project by the architecture duo Aidel (Cristina Gallizioli and Marco Ferrari), investigating the use of textiles for building space. In a talk about the project, Gallizioli and Ferrari will focus on “textile space imaginaries and anti-solid materials.”

Many post-war design drawings, pamphlets and posters in Het Nieuwe Instituut’s archives incorporate rub-down lettering or brightly coloured self-adhesive plastic foils. During this edition of Archive Explorations, experts on architecture, animated films and 1970s protest culture explore the possibilities and use of these materials from historical and contemporary perspectives. 

A screening of videos by Manuel Correa and Dima Srouji, followed by a conversation on the practice of unearthing monuments and its contribution to the construction of history. This is the first edition of Monument, a collaboration with e-flux Architecture, to discuss how monuments have—once again—come to play a pivotal role in mobilizing and rearticulating struggles for recognition.

In this third edition, Jonas Staal interviews cultural historian Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy, on what it would mean to democratise Facebook. Flora van Gaalen, Head of Programme at Het Nieuwe Instituut, interviews Paris Marx, urbanist, writer and founder of the podcast Tech Won’t Save Us, on strategies to nationalise and repurpose Amazon.

During the closing event of The Hoodie exhibition, the focus is on the collaboration between Het Nieuwe Instituut and Concrete Blossom. A panel discussion explores how the collaboration came about, the forms it has taken and how the institute works with existing and new public groups. Finally, it looks at the basis for future cooperations.

Tim Wes will release Face Me, his new music video, under the arcade of Het Nieuwe Instituut on Thursday 16 July at 10pm (sunset). The launch takes the form of a pop-up exhibition and short video programme. It follows For the Record: Urban Imaginaries, an event about representations of the city in music videos that was live streamed on June 11 with Tim as one of the speakers.

During the week of 6 to 11 July 2020, Het Nieuwe Instituut is celebrating the opening of two exhibitions, Atelier Nelly & Theo van Doesburg and Gijs Bakker & K. Schippers: Basics, with a series of events. Most can be followed via Het Nieuwe Instituut Online.

The series Gossips aims to bring women together, to re-generate and re-perform the original concept of ‘the gossip’ as a support structure for women’s ideas, thinking processes and exchanges. The second event in the series invites art critic Elisabeth Lebovici and curator Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, and is moderated by curator iLiana Fokianaki.

How important are cultural institutions for the post-lockdown world? How necessary are they for the well-being of art and culture today? And for whom are they significant? What insights does this current situation give us?

The latest Live from G/D THYSELF event features the duo G’s Us. Join them for a performance art piece.

In this week’s edition of Live from G/D THYSELF, The Ummah Chroma’s installation in Het Nieuwe Instituut is open to our communities as a ritual space for them to perform their own spirit strategies.

On May 31 and June 1 in collaboration with YouthDem and Het Nieuwe Instituut, Concrete Blossom is organising the on- en offline live-broadcast The Hoodie - Televised. With contributions from Lou Stoppard, Timothy Sabajo (Patta), Chinouk Filique, Richard Lopes Mendes (Clan de Banlieue), Jordan Soediono (SUMIBU), Abderrahmane Trabsini (Daily Paper) and a Bring Your Own Merch (BYOM) screenprinting hangout at Middellandplein in Rotterdam on Sunday.

Performer, writer and artist Bas van der Kruk hosted the Sunday Scroll on 31 May on Facebook Live. This digital detour was an exploration of the design of identity.

Hermine Giefing-Elzas and her husband Abraham Elzas liked to travel. Little is known about their journeys, but the holiday photos they took in various places in Europe may reveal their unknown fascinations and sources of inspiration. In the context of Disclosing Architecture, Het Nieuwe Instituut is starting a public investigation into these private images in the hope of not only gaining new insights about Abraham Elzas and Hermine Giefing-Elzas, but also to establish new connections between the hundreds of archives which make up the Dutch national collection. We invite you to analyse the images and uncover unknown histories.

The Power of Transparency consists of 14 one-minute videos made by artists in isolation in China, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Now that the whole world is locked down at home, we are united in isolation. Although restrained, there is no limitation to our imagination. Close your eyes and let what is opaque become transparent. Transparency is the perfect camouflage. If there is nothing to hide, why fear it? Can we practise transparency to transfer and filter overwhelming information? Can we become transparent to reflect our emotions in an imbalance of power?

On 21 May, originally planned as the official opening of the Dutch pavilion in Venice, we invite you to an alternative preview of Who is We? – the Netherlands’ contribution to the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

Artist Joëlle Hoogendoorn hosted the Sunday Scroll on 17 May on Facebook Live. In this digital detour, she explored the Sonneveld House as a work of art.

Life in isolation invites us to reflect and redefine who we are. Many of us are wondering who we would really like to be, and why.

Join a special performance and workshop by HipHopHuis - our first Live from G/D THYSELF event. In this Friday morning series, artists and performers share their own spirit strategies from The Ummah Chroma’s installation in Het Nieuwe Instituut. You can participate at home.

Interaction designer Florian van Zandwijk hosted this week’s Sunday Scroll (26 April). He dove into the fascinating topic of surveillance in sport. What factors do designers take into account, and what kind of techniques do they use?

The intention behind The Ummah Chroma’s installation, G/D THYSELF: Spirit Strategy On Raising Free Black Children, is translated into a global performative sound meditation.

Artist Joëlle Hoogendoorn hosted the Sunday Scroll (5 April) on Facebook Live. This digital detour was an exploration of themes in The Hoodie exhibition that speak to her as a creator. Her scroll focused on the representation of the hoodie in visual art.

A live conversation with the artist Bogomir Doringer, who will discuss surveillance, fear, lust, temptation - and his contribution to The Hoodie. 

A virtual panel discussion about the impact of Covid-19 on Rotterdam’s nightlife, and the threat to restaurants, caterers, clubs, bars, live music and other entertainment venues.

Artist and lawyer Shahaila Winklaar hosts the second Sunday Scroll on Facebook Live. This digital detour is an exploration of themes in The Hoodie exhibition that speak to Shahaila as an artist and maker.

Interaction designer Florian van Zandwijk hosted the first ever Sunday Scroll on Facebook Live. In this digital detour, we join Florian as he finds out more about The Hoodie. He goes into the hoodie and privacy, among other things.