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Activities

2014
07
Aug
Walk and guided tour - Prior: guided tour of the exhibition WOOD

Tree walk Museumpark
19:00 – 20:30
Het Nieuwe Instituut

A city without trees is hard to imagine. Trees make the city more beautiful and the air cleaner, but they are also a popular object of study, especially in times of climate change. Tree expert and green connoisseur Huib Sneep understands the ‘body language’ of trees, and has organised a tree walk through the Museumpark.

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2014
27
Jul
Market

Material Market
12:00 – 16:00
Outherdeck Het Nieuwe Instituut

Alongside the creative lifestyle market Swan Market in the Museumpark, Het Nieuwe Instituut presents the Material Market on Sunday, 27 July. In the context of the exhibition WOOD, the market offers a variety of products of or about wood

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2014
05
Jun
Lectures and debate - Exploring the limits of wood

Mash Up Material Night
20:00 – 21:30
Het Nieuwe Instituut

Mash Up Material Night explores the limits of wood. Wood is now discovered as the only truly carbon-neutral building material, but is it also the material of the future? Current experiments with wood are leading to innovative and controversial applications. Designers Marjan van Aubel, Lex Pott and Chris Kabel will be telling you about their own experiments with and experiences of this versatile material.

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Project WOOD - The Cyclical Nature of Materials, Sites and Ideas
Curator Dan Handel
Exhibition design Koehorst in 't Veld
Graphic design Koehorst in 't Veld (print)

This project is part of the programme track Things and Materials and the folder Series on Materials.

Wood. The cyclical nature of materials, sites and ideas is the first part of a series on materials - including plastic and porcelain - and their economic, cultural and social significance.