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The City Beyond The Human
Read here The City Beyond The Human, a pre-publication by Darko Lagunas’ for Designing Cities for All, a publication by Pakhuis de Zwijger, November 2022 ‘‘Getting close to the eel means not only reading and talking about eels with ecologists or biologists. It is also about embodiment, multisensory experience and exploring the multiplicity of narratives surrounding the eels’ existence.” …
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Eel Park Oosterdok model on view in Arcam
The model for an Eel Park in the Oosterdok, the result of speculative research by landscape architect Thijs de Zeeuw in collaboration with the Embassy of the North Sea, is now on view in the exhibition Fluid matter, Designing with water in Amsterdam in Arcam. The Amsterdam water system regulates water levels and quality in …
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Have we met? – 23rd International Exhibition Triennale Milano
The Embassy of the North Sea and Darko Lagunas are taking in part in the exhibition Have we met? humans and non-humans on common ground, the official Dutch contribution to the 23rd International Exhibition Triennale Milano, which will be on show from 15 July to 11 December 2022 in Milan. The overall theme of the …
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Spanish Congress votes for a new law creating legal personhood for Mar Menor
Congratulations to our Spanish partners ILP Mar Menor! Yesterday, July 13 2022, the Spanish Congress voted in favor of a new law, creating legal personhood for the Mar Menor Lagoon, the first European ecosystem to enjoy that status. Under the new law, public administration is ordered to “immediately restrict those activities that may lead to …
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the Audement no.2 in Museum Arnhem
In the renovated Museum Arnhem, the Embassy of the North Sea presents the Audement no.2 in the exhibition Consume by. the Audement The Embassy of the North Sea listens to the political voice of the North Sea. To enable ourselves to listen to the voices of non-humans, we are building a new political arena called …
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(Re)Configuring More-than-human Normativities
The Embassy of the North Sea participates in the conference: (Re)Configuring More-than-human Normativities. Strategic Litigation, Collective Actions, and Sensing Technologies 20 May 2022 @ De Ceuvel, Amsterdam Which modes of collective action, disruptive experimentation, and technological design can help resist, refuse, and repair endemic ecological harms? How does law order relations between human and nonhuman …
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Publication F/EEL by Sheng-Wen Lo & Yi-Fei Chen @Jeu de Paume
Thanks Jeu de Paume & Federica Chiocchetti for publishing the F/EEL project, by Sheng-Wen Lo & Yi-Fei Chen, commissioned by the Embassy of the North Sea! Federica Chiocchetti: ‘’F/EEL, a complex interspecies design installation by Sheng-Wen Lo and Yi-Fei Chen that homages the everyday traumas of one of the most mysterious and slippery fishes of …
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Spanish Mar Menor to become legal entity with own rights
On Tuesday 5th of April at 3 PM the Spanish Congress in Madrid decide to grant legal personality to the Mar Menor, a lagoon near Murcia in southern Spain. It is the first time in Europe that an ecosystem has been granted enforceable rights. In 2016, due to nitrate pollution 85% of the seagrass and many …
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LISTEN TO SEASYNTHESIS: SOUND COMPOSITION FOR RĪVUS BIENNALE OF SYDNEY, 2022
The Embassy of the North Sea is participating in the 23rd Sydney Biennale together with artist Xandra van der Eijk. The title of this international contemporary art event, from March 12 to June 13, 2022, is rīvus – “flow” in Latin. At rīvus, the Embassy of the North Sea and Xandra van der Eijk will …
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Bewegung für die Rechte der Natur — review in Taz
Berlin-based daily newspaper Taz published a great article by Astrid Kaminski, 8 februari 2022 with the title: Bewegung für die Rechte der Natur: Robben und Seepferdchen, The article features the Dutch launch of the compendium Rights of Nature. Casestudies from six Continents February 2 2022 at Framer Framed and the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crime, exhibition at …
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