Benno Premsela Lecture

Benno Premsela Lecture 2016: Hito Steyerl
3 November 2016
Artist Hito Steyerl will give the Benno Premsela Lecture 2016. She is is one of the most intriguing artists working today. Her lecture is inspired by a text by architect George Nelson entitled A Problem of Design: How to Kill People. Respondent is Dutch Chief Government Architect Floris Alkemade.

Benno Premsela Lecture 2015
In cooperation with the Society of Arts, Het Nieuwe Instituut organised the Benno Premsela Lecture 2015, given by Benjamin Bratton. Bratton's lecture examined the consequences of the widespread digitalisation for our cities. He sketched the way in which cities could develop in relation to algorithmic perception, sensory perception, cognition and physical automation