Radical City inc.

routes to a new urban landscape

The Radical City inc. program gives shape to a new climate-proof and nature inclusive city. Artists, designers and architects challenge conservative notions of city life and explore different routes to a new, future-oriented urban landscape. In this city, humans, flora and fauna, the environment, objects and architecture constitute one balanced system.

Radical City inc. consists of an exhibition at Transnatural, a performance program at Eye and a overview exhibition at Dutch Design Week in 2023. The placement of various works in public space, workshops, lectures and a bike tour are also part of the program in collaboration with Zone2Source, Fiber festival and the Tolhuistuin.

exhibition

Radical City inc.

10/12/2022 - 08/12/2023

An evolving exhibition at Transnatural provides the basis for an ongoing exploration of radical ideas for the city of the future. In this new urban landscape, the connection between people, nature, public space, objects and architecture is crucial. The symbiosis also provides solutions to complex challenges of our time, such as drought, humidity, salinization, subsidence, pollution and endangered flora and fauna. This city interacts directly with its surrounding landscapes.

The first exhibition presents conceptual works, artistic approaches and prototypes. A number of works will be actually realized and placed in public spaces in the next stage of the program. Thus, the city of Amsterdam is not only used as a utopian platform but sets the stage for the first steps towards the city of the future.

Participants
Natasja Alers (NL) / Mae Engelgeer (NL) / Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (UK) / Theun Karelse (NL) / Rollo Bryant (UK) / Marco Barotti (IT) / Ivan Henriques (NL) / Thijs Biersteker (NL) / Bram de Vos (NL) / Green Quays (NL) / VANTOT (NL)

Curated by Arjen Bangma

Opening hours
Date: Dec. 10, 2022 - Dec. 8, 2023
Open: Tuesday to Friday, 10am - 5pm.
Saturday 1pm - 5pm.
Closed: 28 July - 14 August 2023, Sat. 19 and 26 August

Location
Transnatural, Jan van Galenstraat 125 bg, Amsterdam

Supported by
Transnatural Label, Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industrie, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, VriendenLoterij Fonds, Mondriaan fonds , Gemeente Amsterdam

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Bike tours

Radical City inc. bike tours

08/12/2022 - 08/12/2023

The Radical City inc. bicycle tours introduce places and works in the city of Amsterdam that resonate with the formation of a nature-inclusive and climate-proof city.

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Sculpture

Light design

Liquid Roots

08/12/2022 - 08/12/2023

Public space

The Liquid Roots project by British designer Rollo Bryant sets an alternative agenda for urban lighting design to reduce the impact of artificial light pollution on urban ecology.

Radical City inc.

Sculpture

Illume Loop

09/12/2022 – 08/12/2023

Public space

Air and light pollution disrupt the natural colors in our sky. Illume Loop experiments with reflecting, distorting and reproducing light, shapes and colors in the environment.

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Sculpture

Totems of Life

09/12/2022 - 08/12/2023

Public space

The Totems of Life form a unified habitat for urban endangered animals and insects. At the core is the totems' diverse contribution to urban life.

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Installation

Workshops

Otterdam

09/12/2022 - 08/12/2023

Public space

The otter, icon for aquatic landscapes, is knocking at the gate of our city. What interventions are needed and how do we design the urban landscape to welcome the otter?