The Book of Flowers
Like a seductive flower calyx, this installation draws you into an alternative evolutionary history of humankind, one in which people and flowers have existed in symbiosis since the beginning of time.
Shaping Bonds: Expo
Description
The exhibition of Shaping Bonds this year is in harmony with our immediate surroundings. Het Vondelpark seeps into Het Documentaire Paviljoen, while the Pavilion extends into the park. Across installations, audio tours, and workshops, inside and outside become porous, inviting us to reconsider the environments we inhabit.
Immerse yourself in Stinky Mirrors (Venus Jasper), a calming, safe space to ground the senses. Explore an alternative evolutionary history of humankind in the video installation The Book of Silence (Agnieszka Polska). The augmented reality installation Future Botanica (Polymorf) allows you to design botanical lifeforms and thus explore desires and fears regarding the future of nature.
Both Messages to a Post Human Earth and Only Expansion invite audiences to explore the surroundings of Het Documentaire Paviljoen through audio experiences that trigger the senses and transport you to different worlds while shedding new light on the direct surroundings. Reserve a time slot for the audio walks online.
The exhibition is free and can be visited during opening hours.
No reservations required.
Opening hours
Wednesday 18 to Saturday 21 March from 12:00 to 22:00
Sunday 22 March from 12:00 to 19:00
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Composition
Future Botanica
Nature and technology are increasingly merging. Presented as an installation, this augmented reality app allows you to design botanical lifeforms and thus explore desires and fears regarding the future of nature.
Stinky Mirrors
Comprised of ritual ceramics with water, rotting wood trunks, lights, scents and sounds, the installation Stinky Mirrors is part of an ongoing exploration of ways of relating to our environment. Placing so-called undesired substances at the centre it challenges colonial and capitalist frameworks that render the current anthropogenic demise as a universal human enterprise.
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