An open workshop which will work on a handbook for the Anthropocene epoch. Come, discuss, and take part in writing the Handbook with its editors at Holland Festival. You can pre-order the book here.
With three talkshows at three tuesdaynights, the post-human democracy is being called to life. What happens if people would share their political power with non-human objects? What if animals, plants, things and technologies could represent their own interests?…
Tijdens Het Parlement van de Dingen op Holland Festival ontvangt schrijfster en journaliste (voor o.a. De Groene Amsterdammer) Sanne Bloemink verschillende gasten aan haar tafel. Aan de hand van gekozen filmfragmenten bespreken zij de verschillende facetten van de…
With three talkshows at three tuesdaynights, the post-human democracy is being called to life. What happens if people would share their political power with non-human objects? What if animals, plants, things and technologies could represent their own interests?…
With talkshows at tuesdaynights, the post-human democracy is being called to life. What happens if people would share their political power with non-human objects? What if animals, plants, things and technologies could represent their own interests? Presentation: 20:00,…
De eerste zitting van Het Parlement van de Dingen in het nieuwe parlementaire decor, onder leiding van theatermaker Lotte van den Berg. Is het voor mensen mogelijk om te praten namens de dingen en dieren om ons heen?…
From 21-23 July 2017, Welcome to The Village is the most beautiful small village of the Netherlands, and the Parliament of Things will be a part of it. Program - You can view their line up right here. Tickets - Get…
Into The Great Wide Open (ITGWO) is a multi-day, pop-cultural festival on the Wadden Islands that features music, art, literature and film. The festival aims at several generations of progressive arts enthusiasts, and is organised by a non-profit foundation, with…
"On October 10th, Marina Silva, former Minister of Environment in Brazil and presidential candidate for the 2018 elections, will speak about the drastic measures she took to protect the Amazon region. Silva argues that both left and right…
This event is in Dutch and organised by Veem House for Performance: De relatie tussen de mens en zijn omgeving; de aarde, dieren, materialen en dingen was nog nooit zo belangrijk en urgent als nu. "Waar het op…
Het Parlement van de Dingen spreekt mee tijdens de Tegenlicht Meet Up op 1 november 2017. De organisator, Pakhuis de Zwijger nodigt uit en stelt vragen: "Technologie gaat ons veranderen, de vraag is alleen maar hoe. Dat roept vragen…
On the occasion of Bruno Latour’s visit to Amsterdam, The Parliament of Things hosts a special Assembly. We welcome 15 people to participate in the assembly and to experience talking from the perspective of a thing. Building Conversation,…
"Being heavily influenced by his work, Veem House for Performance invited thinker and philosopher Bruno Latour to elaborate on his new book Facing Gaia," they write on their website.
In April 2018 we open the Embassy of the North Sea in The Hague, internationale city of peace and justice. In overview, these are the questions we’re researching for this project: What is the North Sea? What is our…
For more information, in Dutch: www.ambassadevandenoordzee.nl
The Embassy of the North Sea gives a voice to things, plants, animals, and people in and around the North Sea. In the months March, April and June, we co-create with these actors a ‘Plea of the North…
The office of the Parliament of Things is located in De Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam, which opens it’s doors for 24 hours! Discover the Tolhuistuin through the range of activities and events like live music, poetry, films, club night, eating…
04 OCT, 19:30 - 22:00 NDSM WERF. With Joep Van Lieshout, Melanie Bonajo, Middas Dekkers and FREE dinner at 18:00 Ferrotopia Evening Expeditions Ferrotopia is an art installation at the Amsterdam NDSM shipyard, a ‘gesamtskunstwerk’ and pop-up museum in…
Programma van De Balie in Amsterdam, met bijdragen van Frank Bloem en Thijs Middeldorp over de Ambassade van de Noordzee en het Parlement van de Dingen. Taal: NL/ ENG Uitnodiging van De Balie: We weten dat we onze…
On Wednesday 27 March, the Embassy of the North Sea will kick off its 2019 annual program with a symposium in Museum Beelden aan Zee and on the beach of Scheveningen. With work and presentations by artists Carmen…
The Embassy of the North Sea strives for such emancipation of non-humans: to see phytoplankton, gas fields and bacteria as full-fledged members of society. What are the interests of harbour porpoises? What does a hermit crab consider its territory? And…
North Sea Embassy takes the next step towards a sovereign sea in 2030 with three days of public events: ‘Listen to the Sea’ North Sea Embassy 11, 12 and 13 July Event on the pier and beach at…
The Holocene is coming to an end. It’s time to say goodbye to an epoch in which the North Sea and Dutch coastline were formed, and enter a world in which humans have grown into a disruptive and…
Welcome to the Anthropocene. To face this new era, we will have to look in a radically different way at ourselves, nature and the planet. What new forms of perception, representation, research and language do we need? What does…
On 24 November 2020, Bruno Latour will be awarded the Spinozalens prize, in Amsterdam. The Spinozalens is awarded every two years to a thinker who through his or her work has made an important contribution to society. According…
Dear UBO friend, We would like to invite you to the opening of the very first UBO Expo. The 'Unidentified Beautiful Ob(sub)jects' presented here are the treasures of Amsterdam Noord. With this exhibition, Michèle Bergsma wants to generate…
