Join the editors and contributors of Work Body Leisure on 5 March 2019 at AA London, for a conversation and the London book launch. The publication explores the spatial configurations, living conditions, and notions of the human body engendered by disruptive changes in labor, its ethos, and its conditions. With Nick Axel, Eva Franch, Maria Giudici, Ayesha Hamed and Marina Otero Verzier.

On November 24, a public program will mark the end of the exhibition in the Dutch pavilion in Venice and celebrate its multiple afterlives. The finissage includes a screening and discussion on Logistical Nightmares, a project by the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths University of London, and performances by Het Nieuwe Instituut’s 2018 Fellows on the theme of BURN-OUT.

The 2018 Work Marathon invites artists, sociologists, anthropologists, writers, musicians, architects, scientists and philosophers to address the complex and timely questions of work, labour, automation and leisure.

Join the editors and contributors for the book launch of Work, Body Leisure, published in conjunction with the Dutch Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2018. The publication explores the spatial configurations, living conditions, and notions of the human body engendered by disruptive changes in labor, its ethos, and its conditions.

An evening conversation on FREESPACE, the theme of the Biennale Architettura 2018, jointly organized by Het Nieuwe Instituut and Creative Industries Fund NL. With presentations by the curators of national contributions, as well as the teams selected through the Open Call Architecture Biennale Venice #2 and #3, organized by Creative Industries Fund NL. Moderation by Lara Schrijver, Professor in Architecture at the University of Antwerp.

The Port and the Fall of Icarus will host a symposium to discuss the changing intertia and relationships between the port, the city and territory.

A full day of activities in the Dutch pavilion, including the presentation of the winning contribution to the Outside the Box Open Call, as well as international partner programmes.

A series of podcasts about obsolescence and revitalization, recorded during the opening days of WORK, BODY, LEISURE.

As part of the RCA International Lecture Series: Venice Previews, curator Marina Otero Verzier will discuss WORK, BODY, LEISURE for the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 and the role of exhibition in contemporary practice.

Marina Otero Verzier, Director of Research & Development, Marten Kuijpers, Co-principal Researcher, Merve Bedir, Co-researcher present Automated Landscapes as part of Art Basel Conversations in Hong Kong on 31 March 2018. 

Het Nieuwe Instituut presents Automated Landscapes at the 7th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in Shenzhen from 15 December 2017 - 15 March 2018.