Program
VISION ON NEXT NATURE
American Science Fiction writer Bruce Sterling – ‘perhaps the sharpest observer of our media-choked culture working today in any genre.’ according to Time Magazine –enlightens us on the nature caused by people. (video)
NATURE AS AN AGREEMENT
Writer and NRC journalist Tracy Metz dissects our Image of Nature, how it is constructed, by whom and for what reason. (video)
LET’S BUILD A DUTCH MOUNTAIN
Former cyclist and journalist Thijs Zonneveld proposes to build a 2000-meter high mountain in the Netherlands. (video)
MASTERING BAMBI
Lustrous media artists Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács take us on visual journey through an imaginary landscape. (video)
VISUALIZING THE PIG FARM
Designer Christien Meindertsma – famed for her book ‘PIG’ that shows all products made from pigs – presents a visualization of the pig farm. (video)
MEET THE NEW MEAT
What do you think of lab-grown meat? “Yuck” might be your first reaction. According to professor Mark Post, however, it could become the environmentally friendly alternative for breeding cows and pigs for meat consumption. (video)
HACKING YOGHURT
Do it your self bio-engineering with designer Tuur van Balen. (video)
LIVING ARCHITECTURE
According to artist/scientist Rachel Armstrong the application of living technology – e.g. synthetic biology – in buildings can save Venice from sinking. (video)
RIDING THE ANTHROPOCENE
Biologist, correspondent for DER SPIEGEL and writer of the book Menschenzeit Christian Schwägerl, will introduce us into the Anthropocene, a geologic term that marks the significant global impact of human activities on the Earth’s ecosystems. (video)
PIMP MY PLANET
We live in a time where everything or everyone can be upgraded or ‘pimped’. Even our own planet? Studio Smack explores the possibilities of redesigning our planet according to ideals or aesthetic values. (video)
SWALLOWABLE PARFUM
Famed body architect Lucy McRae teams up with Harvard Biologist Sheref Mansy to create a digestible scented capsule that works through your own perspiration. (video)
TECHNO-ANIMISM
Once upon a time animism ruled people’s beliefs: both organisms and objects were imbued with a conscience. Artist Ronald van Tienhoven states that as technology closes the gap between organisms and objects, a new form of techno-animism arises. (video)
HOW TO GROW A SNEAKER
Bioengineer Raymond Ong remixes the beauty & variety of nature into something nature could not have imagined. (video)
FACEBOOK SUICIDE
The digital environment increasingly becomes the primary landscape where we interact and define our identities. According to Gordon Savicic however, some things are still missing. (video)
BOOKLAUNCH
How to transform a successful blog into a book? Designer/editor Hendrik-Jan Grievink, together with Next Nature explorer Koert van Mensvoort, worked for 2.5 years on the Next Nature book that will be presented during the event. (video)
LIVE ON-STAGE BOOK REVIEW
Art critic and famed blogger at www.we-make-money-not-art.com, Regine Debatty, presents a live on stage review of the Next Nature book, which is launched during the power show event. (video)
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
Arne Hendriks explores the possibilities and implications of downsizing the human species to better fit the earth. (video)
THE TECHNOLOGICAL SUBLIME: GOD’S BROWSER
A unique art-science collaboration between philosopher and professor Jos de Mul and media artist Geert Mul results in a conceptual poem of words and an excess of images. (video)
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