With a focus on architecture and art, the GfZK’s friends travelled three days to Rotterdam. The inspiration for the trip came from the collaboration with the Rotterdam-based artist Lara Almarcegui and the design studio The New Raw.
We visited the art depot of the Museum Bojimans Van Beuningen, which opened in 2021. It is the world’s first art depot open to the public and was designed by architect Winy Maas.
Further we discovered some of the city’s extraordinary architecture during a half-day guided tour. Together with artist and founder Joep van Lieshout we visited the art space brutus space and attended an exhibition opening of the Kunstinstituut Melly. We also visited the design studio The New Raw, with whom we have been working since 2023 as part of the collection exhibition Things That Were Are Things Again. The studio was founded in 2015 by architects Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki and develops work that promotes the sustainable reuse of plastics with a positive impact on the environment and society. It utilises new digital craft techniques to extend the lifespan of materials. Their focus is on objects made from plastic waste and material cycles.
A visit to the art space The Tale of Tube and a dinner together rounded off the trip.