Book launch: Kas di Shon with Sarmad Platform

Nieuwe Instituut is het nationale museum voor architectuur, design en digitale cultuur. Nieuwe Instituut houdt zich bezig met de grote ontwikkelingen in de maatschappij, zoals de krapte op de woningmarkt, de energietransitie, de opkomst van kunstmatige intelligentie, mobiliteit of het gebruik van de publieke ruimte. Ontwerpers, waaronder architecten en digitale makers, kunnen aan die ontwikkelingen een belangrijke bijdrage leveren. Nieuwe Instituut toont het werk van ontwerpers, brengt mensen met elkaar in contact, verzamelt, ontwikkelt en deelt kennis.

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Join the author of Kas di Shon, Miguel Peres dos Santos and Sarmad Platform at the Nieuwe Instituut for the launch of the publication.

Nieuwe Instituut and Sarmad Platform launch their publishing collaboration Kas di Shon with a panel discussion on the relationship between design, power and resistance. The book’s author, Miguel Peres dos Santos, will elaborate on his essay and take part in the discussion about it.At the institute’s invitation, artist, researcher and filmmaker Miguel Peres dos Santos has written a critical analysis of the ways in which architecture is inextricably linked to the legacy of colonial thought and the frameworks that have literally and figuratively given shape to that thought over time. Peres dos Santos draws inspiration from the Nieuwe Instituut building, designed by Jo Coenen in 1992 for what was then the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi). He reflects on the persistence of institutional power structures in Europe and links them to the colonial architecture of the time of slavery in Curaçao. Sarmad Platform compiled the trilingual book (English, Dutch and Papiamento), supplementing the text with notes and images.After the official launch of the book, Peres dos Santos and the other guests will discuss power structures in contemporary cultural institutions, especially in the field of architecture. Power struggles, harmful behaviour and intense work pressure are, unfortunately, the order of the day there too. But while the media and film sectors are making progress in tackling these issues, helped by whistleblowers and boycotts, the fields of culture and architecture seem to remain eerily silent.

<aside>Image credit: Collection Van Leeuwen. Image courtesy of Nationaal Archief Curaçao (National Archive Curaçao). </aside>

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