Het leven van een muzikant was ten tijde van de Sovjet-Unie alles behalve gemakkelijk. Muziek moest dienstbaar zijn aan de nieuwe socialistische staat en als je deze richtlijnen niet volgde was je je leven niet zeker.
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Kom naar het event op donderdagavond 3 maart: De Klank van de Heilstaat – Lezing, zang & diner
Ontdek de indrukwekkende verhalen van musici in de tijd van Stalin tijdens deze leerzame lezing van schrijver en journalist Michel Krielaars – auteur van De Klank van de Heilstaat. De avond wordt omlijst door zang van mezzosopraan Henriette Schenk, begeleid door Irina Antonova op piano.
Geniet van een 3-gangen menu in stijl @droog terwijl je je laat meenemen naar een andere zeitgeist.
Good to know for non-Dutch speakers: You are very welcome to join, but bear in mind that Dutch will be the main conversing language (plus Russian songs)
Subject to Change is the first ever solo exhibition of London-based design studio Superflux. As a criticallyacclaimed, boundary-defying practice, Superflux confronts us with the complex and deeply interconnected nature of the challenges we face today. They invite us to remain open to a multitude of possibilities and navigate precarity with active hope. Their stories, films, objects, immersive installations and speculations craft new, optimistic, and enduring relationships with our planet, other species, technology, landscapes and each other.
Translating Future Uncertainty in Present Day Choices Superflux’s work has been described as ‘powerful’, ‘stirring’ and ‘electrifying’. Now in its 13th year, Superflux has exhibited work at various international exhibitions, such as the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, National Museum of China, MoMA, V&A, La Biennale di Venezia, MAK Vienna, Vitra Design Museum, Science Gallery, KUNSTHAUS Graz and many more. Invited by Renny Ramakers, Superflux will take over Droog’s gallery with a provocative new exhibition.
The Intersection In their most recent work the Intersection they explore the idea of active hope to navigate a murky and fragmented near future. This short film’s narrative arc revolves around four protagonists whose lives have been shaped by the dissonance of extractive technology norms, misinformation, surveillance capitalism, and context collapse. Moving away from a violent to a cooperative future, the protagonists and their communities find hope in craft, community and care.
image: ‘Refuge for Resurgence’ by Superflux, 2021, Biennale Architettura, La Biennale di Venezia. Photograph by Thijs Wolzak
Refuge for Resurgence The centrepiece of the exhibition Subject to Change is Refuge for Resurgence, a multispecies dining experience with animals, birds, plants and fungi: a magnificent four-metre-long table set for 14 guests: a snake, a beaver, a raven, a wasp, a mushroom, a fox, a wolf, a wild boar, an old cow, a rat and a pigeon and three humans.
“What does it mean to give every other animal we share the planet the same love, attention, and care we give each other? To do that we invite various different species to dine together with us (humans) as equals around this table”- Jon Ardern, Superflux
Image: photography by Thijs Wolzak
Superflux expresses their desire for a more-than-human future in a recently published manifesto: a shift from fixing to caring, from planning to gardening, from systems to assemblages, from innovation to resurgence, from independence to interdependence and from extinction to precarity.
And perhaps it is this perspective that connects Superflux’s activities in the realms of culture, politics and technology with the climate crisis. By reframing humans in direct interdependence with other species, Refuge for Resurgence and Invocation For Hope challenge the long-standing histories of human exploitation and extraction. Quite simply, Superflux reworks the order of things.
@droog opening times:
mon – fri : 08:30 – 18:00 sat – sun : 11:00 – 18:00
Save the date, mark your calendar or set an alarm… We’re finally reopening! Celebrate with us and come to our happy reopening date on Wednesday the 26th of January and get your first coffee or tea for free on the house.
Download this voucher, show it to our staff on your phone, and enjoy you first brew back at @droog
The voucher is valid on Wednesday the 26th of January. from 8:30 – 12:00
Good to know
Naturally, we’re working hard to open our doors as safely as we can. Please have a look at our safety precautions below before your visit:
We are obliged to ask all our visitors to wear a face mask until they’re seated in our restaurant.
January the 12th marked the last day of the exhibition The World As We Don’t Know It in the gallery space of @droog.
We thank all 20 international artists who shared their visions on the climate crisis. All of them pleaded for different relationships between humankind and the earth. Now that the exhibition has come to a close, this theme and the impact of their work will continue for many more years to come: Finding a more modest role for humans on this earth and a closer relationship between ecology and ethics.
Have you missed the exhibition, and would you still like to know more about it? Read more in this article by The Parool.
Stay tuned for next projects taking place @droog…
topimage: Maria Friberg – Night Vision, 2019
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