Join us on 13 May 2023 for the opening of Water Cities Rotterdam. By Kunlé Adeyemi. Glide onto the floating installations in the ponds outside the Nieuwe Instituut and be inspired: how might we live together with – and on – the rising water?
Programme
- 7.30 pm Official opening by Said Kasmi, Rotterdam’s Alderman for Education, Culture and Events, followed by a talk with architect Kunlé Adeyemi.
- 8 pm Ritual wassi by Trippy Goddess, followed by dancers Brandon Gravenberch & Virgilciano in a piece about the complex love-hate relationship between humans and the sea. With music by composer Phantom Wizard.
From 14 May 2023, visit Water City Rotterdam. By Kunlé Adeyemi @nleworks, a collaboration between the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam and architect Kunlé Adeyemi's Amsterdam-based firm NLÉ, providing a platform for the diverse ways designers respond locally to the global climate problem. Adeyemi has been researching the effects of rapid urbanisation combined with rising water levels in African cities for more than a decade. Based on this, he developed MFS IIR - Water City Rotterdam, an installation of floating pavilions bringing his ideas to the ponds of the Nieuwe Instituut. The parallel exhibition with historical and current examples of possibilities for living and designing on – and with – water, includes work by:
- Thijs de Zeeuw @natureoptimist
- Shertise Solano @shertise_solano
- Opperclaes @opperclaes
- Studio Makkink & Bey @studiomakkinkbey
- Erik Peters @e_ptrs & Bianca Carague @biancarague
- Urban Archipelago studio (TU Delft)
- National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning @collection_nieuweinstituut
- Greenpeace Nederland @greenpeacenl