Museum for Architecture, Design and Digital culture

Het Nieuwe Instituut’s public programme will be manifest in the Museum for Architecture, Design and Digital Culture. Exhibitions and education programmes have been among Het Nieuwe Instituut’s regular activities since its inception, but bringing them together within a single, unified museum programme will increase the institute’s recognition. The Museum for Architecture, Design and Digital Culture examines the designed world and how it is constantly being changed by new technologies, new ideas and shifting social priorities. Innovation – the fulcrum of all Het Nieuwe Instituut’s activities – will be expressed in both speculative explorations of the future and critical reflections on innovative movements past and present.

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Exhibitions

The Hoodie

This exhibition considers the role of a fashion garment as a socio-political carrier. The hoodie is a staple of contemporary dress, hyped as a trend and a must-have item; but elsewhere it is also a topic of moral panic, banned by certain institutions and dissected by the media as an emblem of inequality, crime or deviancy.Curated by writer and curator Lou Stoppard.

I See That I See What You Don't See

In a world that is always switched on, the traditional dichotomy between day and night no longer seems relevant in terms of productivity, while the experience of clear, starry skies has become a rarity. I See That I See What You Don't See takes the complex relationships between light and dark, between seeing and not seeing, as a starting point for an exploration of their conflicting effects on humans, the Earth and other organisms.

Image: Giovanni Bellotti / Studio Ossidiana

Animal Encounters

A spatial installation by Studio Ossidiana explores how architecture might mediate between all sorts of creatures, making room for a variety of encounters and setting the stage for interactions between humans and non-humans. The installation is an environment occupied by drawings, diagrams and architectural models – creature-like objects – that address issues of proximity, scale and cross-species politics.

Spirits in the Material World

In Spirits in the Material World, artist Heman Chong reflects on spaces that exist in the grey, the darkness, the slippages into the netherworld. The installation is on view in Het Nieuwe Instituut from 10 October 2019 to 29 December 2019.

Photograph from the archive of C. Weeber. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut.

Open Archive

Het Nieuwe Instituut and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision have invited three makers to create new works based on their digital collections. Artist Guy Königstein, filmmaker Donna Verheijden and artist/designer Oana Clitan have each developed a media work that will be exhibited at Het Nieuwe Instituut from 14 November.

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Sonneveld House

Sonneveld House is one of the best-preserved houses in the Dutch Functionalist style. The architects designed a total concept in which architecture, interior and furnishings are perfectly coordinated and reinforce one another.

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The New Garden

The New Garden has gradually developed into a public space with an ecological system of herbs, shrubs, birds and animals. Artist and designer Frank Bruggeman and ecological landscaper Hans Engelbrecht laid out the garden in the spring of 2015 in the grounds of Het Nieuwe Instituut. Their design is a plea for an urban green space managed on an ecological basis with space for nature to take over.

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From 26 January 2020

For the Record

For the Record investigates how contemporary video culture operates as a public space for consumerism, activism and emancipation, by exposing existing realities and by imagining alternatives. The project seeks to document and reflect upon the technologies, spatial design and forms of representation deployed in video culture and live events, and uses public programs and video production as the main research methodology.

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Bookshop and Café

Het Nieuwe Café

Het Nieuwe Café, with a terrace on the Museumpark, has an almost entirely vegetarian, seasonal and organic menu. The café is open from Tuesday to Sunday during the day and also on Thursday evenings during Thursday Night Live!

Bookshop

A specialized bookshop in the area of architecture, landscape architecture and town planning is located in Het Nieuwe Instituut’s lobby: NAI Booksellers.   

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The Hoodie

I See That I See What You Don't See

Animal Encounters

Spirits in the Material World

Open Archive

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The New Garden

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From 26 January 2020

For the Record

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Practical information

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Exhibitions

The Hoodie

I See That I See What You Don't See

Animal Encounters

Spirits in the Material World

Open Archive

Around the museum

Sonneveld House

The New Garden

Coming soon

From 26 January 2020

For the Record

Bookshop and Café

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