Garden of Machines
Innovation at the World Expo 1851 – now
In the context of the 34th World Expo opening in Milan this spring, Het Nieuwe Instituut approaches this phenomenon from different perspectives with three exhibitions between April 26 and August 23, 2015. From the at times extremely sober and at others downright over-the-top pavilions the Netherlands has put together over the last hundred years, to the great influence of glass on our progress, and a glimpse into a future with living machines.
Garden of Machines
Garden of Machines presents a world where machines cannot only be taught to live with humans, but also with plants and animals. Machines are increasingly able to listen, communicate and function more independently, making it high time to consider them as living beings in order to tell a new story about the future of technology. Garden of Machines is inspired by the Machinery Hall, a recurring section at the early World Expo’s, where the public could get acquainted with the latest technologies.
Exhibition ‘Garden of Machines’
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Museumpark 25, Rotterdam
April 18 through August 23, 2015