Werkplaats voor de nieuwe wereld / Workshop for the New World

Contemporary urban sentiment indicates a desire for a local, fairer, more sustainable, and more meaningful world: the beer-brewing hipster, the status symbol hand knitted sweater, and the hacker helping to build an open source project.

But what is the relationship between the craft-brewed beer and the self-driving car? Between craft revivals and the rapid development of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence? How aligned are these two developments with each other?

Workshop for the New World explores the past, present, and future of work; how work determines our physical and social environment. By looking at work's future, we investigate possibilities for a sustainable and inclusive world.

The exhibition consists of an installation that explores and stretches work's definition, reinterpreting the history of work and defining a new strategies for work's future, and features a bimonthly program where we test the New World and submit it to contemporary thinkers and doers.

The exhibition is made possible with the support of the Creative Industries Fund NL, the municipality of Maastricht and the Province of Limburg.

More information?
Click at the digital Map of the New World.

Workshops and Lectures
The full program will be posted on our website and Facebook page.

Workshop for the New World is a project by monnik commissioned by Bureau Europe.

We’re looking for participants
monnik is looking for a range of people, from thinkers and doers, to makers of homemade items, to help with the exhibition!
 

Date: 1 May – July 5, 2015, opening on Friday, 1 May, 17:00 - 19:00 by Boris van der Ham.
Location: Bureau Europa
Admission: 1 euro

Workshops
During the exhibition Workshop for the New World, Bureau Europa will offer workshops that support the idea of the exhibition.

Thursday 07 and Friday 08 May 12:00 – 17:00
Vivid Electrics Workshop
Ever wanted to bring electronics to life? All you need is a creative mind and the commitment to work two days on a fancy project. We're going to make an interactive installation for the festival, a blend of electronics and art.

This workshop takes part on Thursday and Friday of the WE Festival. It is highly recommended to attend both days since Thursday is going consist mainly of brainstorming and planning while on Friday the planning will be put into practice.

Location: Bureau Europa

Entrance: 1 euro
Sign up via WE festival / nick@bitfasching.de

Satuday 9 May 14:00 – 16:00
Demotech: Design for Self Reliance

Designer/maker Reinder van Tijen takes you to his workshop in the Landbouwbelang. Here he shows his innovative DIY solutions for a nicer and more sustainable world. Including workshop: Learn from the 'master' how to make something special with simple materials.

Location: meet at Bureau Europa and from there you can walk together to Landbouwbelang

Entrance: free
Sign up via info@bureau-europa.nl mention ‘Demotech 09 May’

Sunday 10 May 11:00 – 17:00
Ambacht: glas in lood

Dieter Lievens verplaatst voor 1 dag zijn werkplaats naar Bureau Europa. Hij zal de hele dag een demonstratie Glas in Lood geven, vragen beantwoorden en meer…

Thursday 14 May + Friday 15 May 11:00 – 17:00
Pop-up co-working space organised by Caracola

Every Thursday and Friday Caracola is organizing a pop-up co-working space in Europe Bureau. Join us and work in the unique context of the exhibition on the future of work. Enjoy free wifi, fresh barista coffee and a healthy lunch

Location: Bureau Europa

Entrance: 1 euro
Sign up info@bureau-europa.nl. Please mention ‘Co-working space 14 mei’ or ‘Co-working space 15 mei'.

Saturday 16 May 14:00 – 16:00
Demotech: Design for Self Reliance

Location: meet at Bureau Europa and from there you can walk together to Landbouwbelang

Entrance: free
Sign up via info@bureau-europa.nl mention ‘Demotech 16 mei’

Sunday 17 May 13:30 – 14:30
Leesclub voor de Nieuwe Wereld(in Dutch only)

Thursday 21 May + Friday 22 May 11:00 – 17:00
Pop-up co-working space organised Caracola

Sign up info@bureau-europa.nl. Please mention ‘Co-working space 21 mei’ of ‘Co-working space 29 mei’.

Saturday 23 May 14:00 – 16:00
Demotech: Design for Self Reliance

Location: meet at Bureau Europa and from there you can walk together to Landbouwbelang

Entrance: free
Sign up via info@bureau-europa.nl mention ‘Demotech 23 mei’

Thursday 28 May + Friday 29 May 11:00 – 17:00
Pop-up co-working space organised by Caracola
Sign up info@bureau-europa.nl. Please mention ‘Co-working space 28 mei’ of ‘Co-working space 29 mei’

Saturday 30 May 14:00 – 16:00
Demotech: Design for Self Reliance
Sign up via info@bureau-europa.nl ‘Demotech 30 mei’

Sunday 31 May
De plastic keten: Upcycling van gebruikt plastic
Met Loet Gescher & Juulke Brosky

In deze 2 uur durende workshop gaan we aan de slag met plastic boodschappen tassen. We maken van deze tassen een nieuw materiaal m.b.v. een transfer pers. Je maakt verschillende collages van oude plastic zakken (spaar ze!) die uit een aantal lagen plastic bestaan. Deze persen we waardoor het een dikker, steviger plastic wordt waar je weer mee kan gaan ontwerpen. 

Locatie: Bureau Europa

Kosten: 10 euro
Schrijf je in via info@bureau-europa.nl o.v.v. ‘Plastic keten 31 mei’

Thursday 4 juni + Friday 5 juni 11:00 – 17:00
Pop-up co-working space powered by Caracola
Sign up info@bureau-europa.nl. Please mention ‘Co-working space 4 juni’ of ‘Co-working space 6 juni’.

Saturday 6 juni 14:00 – 16:00
Demotech: Design for Self Reliance
Sign up via info@bureau-europa.nl ‘Demotech 06 juni’

Thursday 11 June + Friday 12 Jund 11:00 – 17:00
Pop-up co-working space powered by Caracola
Sign up info@bureau-europa.nl. Please mention‘Co-working space 11 juni’ of ‘Co-working space 12 juni’.

Saturday 13 June 14:00 – 16:00
Demotech: Design for Self Reliance
Sign up via info@bureau-europa.nl ‘Demotech 13 juni’

Thursday 18 June + Friday 19 June 11:00 – 17:00
Pop-up co-working space powered by Caracola
Sign up info@bureau-europa.nl. Please mention ‘Co-working space 18 juni’ of  ‘Co-working space 19 juni’

Thursday 25 June +  Friday 26 June 11:00 – 17:00
Pop-up co-working space powered by Caracola
Sign up info@bureau-europa.nl. Please mention ‘Co-working space 25 juni’ of ‘Co-working space 26 juni’.

Saturday 27 + Sunday 28 June
Cultural Hackathon (more information will follow)

Saturday 27 June 14:00 – 16:00
Demotech: Design for Self Reliance
Sign up via info@bureau-europa.nl ‘Demotech 27 juni’

Saturday 27 June 20:00 – 22:00
Lecture : Gilde 2.0, mode en ambacht

Met o.a. Janne Kromhout
Locatie: Bureau Europa
Meer informatie volgt snel!

Exhibited works 
Neurotic Armegeddon Indicator: 
Tom Schofield 

BC — AD: 
Ami Drach (1963-2012) and Dov Ganchrow 

Wifi Dowsing Rod: 
Mike Thompson, Thought Collider 

XYZen Garden: 
Jonathan Odom 

Watching Time Fly By: 
Mark Sturkenboom 

Fingers Mk III: 
Nik Ramage 

Takmes: 
Studio Jenske Dijkhuis 

Modern Fossil: 
Christopher Locke, Heartless Machine 

Bibliotecha: 
PZI students & alumni

 
This project is generously supported by the municipality of Maastricht, the Province of Limburg and Creative Industries Fund NL.