Curator
Exhibition at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
The exhibition explores the cultural meanings of wood and forests on the spectrum that is drawn by cyclic histories of material, political and social dynamics. It opens by tracing the omnipresence of wood in our lives, from the smallest to the planetary scale; it then focuses on the recurring decline and return of forests around the world, and proceed by offering reflections on the myriad functions they play in the development of markets, the construction of identities, and the hosting of experiments. It concludes by offering an excursion into the inherently uncanny nature of forests. With that, the exhibition also highlights the resonance and unexpected innovations invoked by forests, real and abstract, in design and architecture.
2014