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European Maritime Day: Ocean Literacy and Soft Power
The Embassy of the North Sea is one of the participants of the European Maritime Day, 20 & 21 May 2021. European Maritime Day this year is going virtual from Den Helder. The plenary sessions and the pitch stages of EMD 2021 are broadcasted from Den Helder “EMD studio”, where moderators and key speakers are connected …
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Embassy of the North Sea in Domus magazine
The Embassy of the North Sea is featured in DOMUS: magazine for architecture, design and art lovers, the May 2021 issue. ”This is what inspires the Embassy of the North Sea project, part of the vaster Parliament of Things project. Giving a voice to nature, organic and inorganic. Representing it in negotiations regarding its transformation. Broadening the horizon of …
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the Embassy participates in: ELECTIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH!
March 14 2021, on the eve of the Dutch parliamentary elections, the Embassy of the North Sea/ Harpo ‘t Hart participates in the livestream event Elections are not enough!, a collaboration between Stedelijk Museum & Metropolis M. Major social issues, such as the fight against institutional racism or the struggle for climate justice, require action …
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The embassy participates in conference of the Greens/ EFA in the European Parliament
Tuesday February 23, 2021 at 6.30 pm, the Embassy of the North Sea / Anne van Leeuwen, participates in the online conference: Nature’s voice: How to represent nature in the democratic debate? organized by MEP Marie Touissant, supported by the Greens/ EFA. Recognizing nature rights can take different forms – in various places, activists, artists, …
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Order a sea breeze and support the Embassy of the North Sea!
ZEELUCHT is a new and exclusive scent artwork, developed by scent artist Frank Bloem, commissioned by the Embassy of the North Sea. Like a brisk stroll along the North Sea coastline, ZEELUCHT is a crisp, refreshing scent of pine, beach grass, algae and dune rose. Made with real North Sea water, the trained nose will …
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Thijs de Zeeuw Architect in Residence 2021 at ARCAM
From May 2021, landscape architect Thijs de Zeeuw will be Architect in Residence at ARCAM, Architectuurcentrum Amsterdam, congratulations Thijs! Every year, ARCAM offers two AiR’s a platform to deepen their research and to present it to a wider audience. The AiR before Thijs is Afaina de Jong. Thijs will take a next step in his research A …
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Embassy of the North Sea curator of Brandstof: Holocene Memorial
Brandstof is the in-depth programme to accompany the exhibition A New Order | A New Earth at Garage Rotterdam (20 November 2020 – 10 April 2021). The Embassy of the North Sea has been invited to curate this February’s edition. Brandstof: Holocene Memorial The Holocene is coming to an end. We are saying goodbye to …
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Welcome to the Parliament of Things
On November 24 2020, the French sociologist and philosopher Bruno Latour (1949) was awarded the Spinozalens 2020 by Mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema in Felix Meritis, Amsterdam. In the context of the award ceremony, the educational and public programme Welcome to the Parliament of Things was launched from 19 – 27 November 2020 at various …
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voices of the North Sea at NEMO’s de studio
Contributions by: Jesper Buursink, Xandra van der Eijk & Katja Philippart (Underwater Noise); Maarten Erich, Thijs de Zeeuw & Sheng-Wen Lo ism Yi-Fei Chen (A Voice for the Eel); Theun Karelse, Maarten Kleinhans & Darko Lagunas (Future of the Delta); Frank Bloem, Axel Coumans, Harpo ’t Hart & Valerie van Leersum The finalists of the design challenge Give a Voice to the …
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Speaker for the deaf winner design challenge
The winner of the design challenge Give a Voice to the North Sea is Speaker for the Deaf by design team Tjesse Riemersma, Jesse Havinga, Jos Spijkerman, Marieke Druiven, Olivia D’cruz, Marina Sulima, Leah van Oorschot, Florida Visser & Hugo Heinen. The jury was very touched by this project intellectually, visually and emotionally. The way the hearing senses of the different species …
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