In the second episode of Collectivizations Jonas Staal interviews the revolutionary Coni Ledesma, a leading representative of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), on the importance of land, women’s liberations, and collective work in contemporary collectivization processes. Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, curator and expert on e-culture at Het Nieuwe Instituut, speaks with Debra Solomon, artist and founder of Urbaniahoeve Social Design Lab for Urban Agriculture in Amsterdam, on developing food forests, shaping new ecosystems in public spaces, and collectivizing as a multispecies endeavor.

Join us on Saturday 22 August for an evening of performances as part of the closing event for the installation, G/D THYSELF: Spirit Strategy On Raising Free Black Children, by international artists’ collective The Ummah Chroma.

On 14 July 2020, the presentation takes place of the first results of Values for Survival, the public research programme accompanying Who is We? – the Dutch contribution to the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.

Collectivizations is a series of online conversations exploring strategies and practices for turning trillion-dollar companies into new commons. Facebook, Amazon, Monsanto (Bayer), Google (Alphabet): how to transform these mega-corporations into new transnational cooperatives?

The latest Live from G/D THYSELF event features a virtual dance workshop by The Empress. Join her for We Travel Through the Dance Spirit of Time.

Designer, researcher and musician Erik Peters devised a digital detour to explore the design of the future. How do we represent ‘the future’ in the media, and what does speculative design look like?

Music videos often expose the realities of local communities, circulating them across platforms and borders. Under lockdown and self-isolation, music video formats have actually enabled forms of solidarity and collectivity across different countries. This online event will look at how local realities and changing notions of public space are represented in music videos. Speakers will also reflect on how fans and communities, held together by music, are responding to the current situation, and what modes of collaboration are emerging during social distancing.  

This guest programme, organised by research project System of Systems, draws on the expertise of border specialists, media scholars and artists to explore the increasingly technological nature of Europe’s borders.

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.

During the opening of The Hoodie, Melanin Kris (of Levisionairs) and cast took visitors on a journey, beginning with a vision of the hoodie as ground zero, and ending in a celebration of his birthday at the amplified afterparty. The event led to the release of his new clothing line of ‘hoodies with poetry’. Just as he was getting up to speed, the corona pandemic hit Rotterdam and he had to grapple with a new strategic challenge as an independent storyteller, essential worker and artist-entrepreneur.

Artist and lawyer Shahaila Winklaar hosted this Sunday Scroll on 24 May 2020 on Facebook Live. This digital detour is an exploration of the theme of womanhood.

The latest Live from G/D THYSELF event features Rotterdam-based collective, The Sacred Boiling Tub. Join them for a perfomative sound meditation combing music, yoga and art.

This Thursday Night Live! programme revisits the lecture Do Comrades Gossip? by Jodi Dean. Looking back at a night of intimate conversations, writer and philosopher Simon(e) van Saarlos reflects on the evening through the lens of personal memory and practice.

The third in an online series in which experts from various disciplines and the Thursday Night Live! team explore how the coronavirus is influencing different aspects of culture. This edition focuses on mental health and asks: what is the impact of isolation on mental well-being? Can we see a positive side to the misery caused by Covid-19? And how to help ourselves and others maintain a positive attitude?

Chef Asha Capella hosted the Sunday Scroll on 10 May on Facebook Live. This digital detour was an exploration of the design of food.

‘Art-directucator’ Pia Canales hosted this week’s Sunday Scroll (3 May) on Facebook Live. This digital detour was an exploration of themes she has an expertise in: the world of memes. What are memes, what is their history and what is the origin of their recognizable design?

Performer, writer and artist Bas van der Kruk hosted this week’s Sunday Scroll (19 April) on Facebook Live. His digital detour was focused on the hoodie and movement.

‘Art-directucator’ Pia Canales hosted the Sunday Scroll on 12 April on Facebook Live. This digital detour was an exploration of themes in The Hoodie exhibition that speak to her as a designer. Her scroll will focus on the hoodie in subcultures.

XYZ, instigated by Member Oksana Savchuk, is a non-periodic print magazine for text, photos, illustrations, video, theatre, poetry, music and (mixed) media. Every issue is made in 24 hours and is dedicated to one theme. The sixth edition of XYZ is all about the living room, and we are making it online.

Chef Asha Capella hosted the Sunday Scroll on 29 March 2020 on Facebook Live. This digital detour was an exploration of themes in The Hoodie exhibition that speak to her as a maker.

By 2024, every city in the Netherlands needs to have developed an environmental vision – the local translation of a new environmental law with fewer rules than before. Farid Tabarki leads a live discussion onlne on the future of the city, and the need to think about the values behind urban development in a fundamentally different way in response to the climate crisis.

This virtual panel discussion explores the impact of Covid-19 on Rotterdam’s cultural sector, the uncertain existence of freelancers in times of crisis, the urgent need for sustained investment and enlightened commissioning, and how to contribute to the survival of a healthy cultural field. With Jelena Barišić, Hasna El Maroudi, Sheree Lenting, Tarona Leonora and Derek Otte.

Discover The Hoodie exhibit in an online tour. The detour team of Het Nieuwe Instituut made this tour especially for families. They tell you about their favourite pieces in the exhibition, ask questions and discuss details that interest them.