What will the future of labor look like? How will disruptive changes in labor ethos and conditions influence spatial configurations, living conditions, and notions of the human body? How can new forms of creativity and responsibility within the architectural field respond to emerging technologies of automation? Floris Alkemade, Lara Schrijver en Marina Otero Verzier will start a conversation around the theme WORK, BODY, LEISURE and the ambitions for the 2018 Dutch Pavilion, commissioned by Het Nieuwe Instituut at the 16th Venice Biennale for Architecture, that will be held 24 May to 25 November 2018.

The event marks the start of a conversation on the theme WORK, BODY, LEISURE and the overall theme of the Biennale FREESPACE, that addresses the relation between architecture and society. Stretching out before, during and beyond the Biennale the conversations mark a committed collaboration between Het Nieuwe Instituut and the Creative Industries Fund NL to endorse Dutch designers and researchers in the field of architecture to an international audience. It serves to launch the first of three Open Calls, jointly organized by Het Nieuwe Instituut and the Creative Industries Fund NL, in order to select projects for the extended public program of the Dutch Pavilion in 2018.

Programme outline

• Welcome by Syb Groeneveld, Director Creative Industries Fund NL, and Guus Beumer, Director Het Nieuwe Instituut.
• Marina Otero Verzier, Head of Research at Het Nieuwe Instituut and Curator of the Dutch Pavilion 2018, reflects on WORK, BODY, LEISURE, the curatorial concept for the 2018 Dutch Pavilion and its response to the theme for this year’s Venice Biennale FREESPACE.
• Keynote speaker Floris Alkemade on how urban policies could respond to or anticipate labor conditions triggered by technological developments.
• Keynote speaker Lara Schrijver on Constant’s New Babylon and utopian architectural imaginaries
• Conversation about the theme of the Venice Biennale for Architecture and the Dutch Pavilion in 2018 between Marina Otero Verzier, Floris Alkemade and Lara Schrijver
• Q&A with speakers
• further information and Q&A on the Open Calls by Het Nieuwe Instituut and Creative Industries Fund NL for participation at the Venice Biennale for Architecture in 2018.
  

Creative Industries Fund NL is the Dutch cultural fund for architecture, design and digital culture, as well as every imaginable crossover. The Fund promotes the production and presentation of architecture, design and digital culture from the Netherlands at home and abroad. The aim of all the grants and programmes is to enrich the creative sector and through cooperation to strive towards a culture and knowledge-driven creative economy.

Het Nieuwe Instituut increases the public appreciation and social significance of architecture, design, digital culture, and practices transcending these disciplines. Het Nieuwe Instituut researches, presents and represents the expanded field of design through an extensive programme of exhibitions, lectures, debates, workshops, research projects and educational activities.

Date & location
Thursday 26 October 2017, 11.00 – 13.00 (walk in 10.30)
Embassy of Urban Transformation, during Dutch Design Week 2017
Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, Talk is in English.