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Guest Programme

GEM Z

Current Obsessions invites four of the participating artists of the exhibition GEM Z: The Farthest from Earth We've Ever Been, currently on display in Gallery 3 By You in Het Nieuwe Instituut. In addition to the GEM Z artists, Grammy nominated filmmaker Andrew Thomas Huang will join the talk. Huang was one of the tutors of the programme and will shed a light on his multidisciplinary practice in which he crafts hybrid worlds rooted in Sinofuturist folklore, mysticism and spiritual realism.

Current Obsession - GEM Z. Work by Simon Marsiglia. Image: Tobias Groot and Elizaveta Federmesser.
Current Obsession - GEM Z. Work by Simon Marsiglia. Image: Tobias Groot and Elizaveta Federmesser.

GEM Z: The Farthest from Earth We've Ever Been

From 30 October until 30 November the exhibition GEM Z: The Farthest from Earth We've Ever Been is on display at Gallery 3 By You in Het Nieuwe Instituut. The exhibition is cast as the speculative crash-landing site of an alien pod and showcases the results of the eponymous talent-development programme by Current Obsession. 

The presented works fuse design, digital art and adornment, all through the lens of Generation Z. In celebration of the exhibition four of the participating artist give insight into their work (method), covering a variety of urgent topics within the field of contemporary adornment ranging from diamond marketing, design fictions to queer identity. 

Participating Artists

Danielle Karlikoff, Hansel Tai, Joannette van der Veer, and Simon Marsiglia. They will be joined by artist Andrew Thomas Huang.

date
18/11/2021
time
19:30 – 21:00
language
English
 
location

Het Nieuwe Instituut
Museumpark 25
3015 CB Rotterdam

entrance

Free

tickets

Current Obsession

Current Obsession (CO) is a jewellery magazine and platform based in The Netherlands. CO collaborates with exceptional designers and artists and develops curatorial projects and events with renowned brands and cultural institutions.

Gallery 3 By You

The exhibition spaces in Gallery 3 (on the top floor of the museum building of Het Nieuwe Instituut) are open to projects - whether an academy graduation show, an installation around an urban event, a presentation by a professional association, or work by young Rotterdam makers. The creators arrange the set-up and disassembly themselves, take care of attracting visitors and carry the costs of the presentation. In return, Het Nieuwe Instituut makes space available and provides support in producing the presentation and communicating it.

More information

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Programme Thursday Night at Het Nieuwe Instituut
Webcover Luca Napoli

Thursday Night Live! is a weekly programme of lectures, screenings and discussions on architecture, design and digital culture. Developments and critical insights are discussed by thinkers, designers and makers from the Netherlands and abroad.