Previous Editions
We would like to take you on a little journey and show you our previous events.
ROTTERDAM ART WEEK 2024
Brutus, Jan 30 - Feb 4
"Transitions: Navigating Humanity in a Shifting Reality"
“Transitions” is a compelling new media exhibition that delves deeply into the complex relationship between people and the ever-evolving world we live in. Through videos and interactive installations, this exhibition explores how individuals survive, adapt and shape an existence that is constantly influenced by technological, cultural and ecological changes.
The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the profound impact of rapid change on human experiences, identities and perceptions. It explores the intersections between technology, nature, society and the individual. The exhibition offers stimulating perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that a constantly changing reality brings.
Participating artists: Madelief Kok, Vincent Zanni, Jasper Rouwen, Leonardo Reuvekamp, Diana Gheorghiu, Jurre Latour, Christian Schwarz, Ellis Holman, Severi Aaltonen, Sarah Fokke, Sojung Lee, Livia Ribichini, Mel Chan, Alex Werth, Roman Nieuweboer, Bent van den Berg, VeraLinde Jelsma, Sabina Scortanu, Taco Tarn Joosting Bunk, Anna Oudhof, Jeroen Alexander Meijer, Ayşe Emre, Noëlle Ingeveldt with Juriaan van Berkel, Esther van der Heijden with Nosh Neneh, Jef Nollet with Nakano Blu.
ROTTERDAM Art WEEK 2023
Brutus, Feb 7 - 12
This is our 5th year of being a part of the Rotterdam Art Week! For this jubilee edition, we have chosen Brutus as our location. The participating artists have explored the industrial, raw and dark exhibition spaces that Brutus houses and we’ve created the multi-sensory exhibition that we were all are looking forward to.
Participating artists: Nika Schmitt, Ruben Kotkamp, Caterine van Bijnen, Zhao Zhou, Bent van den Berg, Thomas Meijerman, Clara Schweers, Mitzi Schreuder, Ellen Witt, Mateja Drev and A. Crespo Barba, Brogen Berwick, Ana Laura Richter, Sandipan Nath and Samar Khan, Teresa Fernandez-Pello, Jef Nollet, Muxingye Chen, Leny Maris, Cem Berendsen, Hedwich Rooks, Amrith de Zoete, Robbie Doorman, Quintus Glerum, Jamal Ageli and Camila Chebez.
ROTTERDAM Art WEEK 2022
Max Euwelaan 31, May 17 - 22
This edition of The New Current allowed you to wander through a darkened building with installations, video projections and artworks by 24 young talented artists, combined with a daily performance program.
Three floors of an empty office building, were turned into a dystopian space with art installations about human life and future. You are seduced into this eerie world challenging our views of the human body and our relation to the outside world.
Participating artists: Wouter Smit, Christine Kappé, Eva Lute, Konstantina Mavridou, Vivian Ammerlaan, Olenka Limburg, The Aaboe Knarberg, Niels Bakker, Robbie Doorman, Annebel Bruschinski, Dario di Paolantonio, Ella Hebendanz, Jesus Canuto Iglesias, Tina Farifteh, Sheray of Light, Maurice Nuiten, Carl Rethmann, Jun Ortega, Daphnis Monastirioti, Philipp Groubnov, Valentina Gal, Alma van de Burgwal together with Anne van de Ven, and Sandipan Nath together with Sebastiaan Smink & Boris Acket.
ROTTERDAM ART WEEK 2021
Spaanse Kubus, June 30 - July 4
A former parking garage in Spaanse Polder, an industrial area in Rotterdam, literally made room for young makers during Art Rotterdam Week, 4-9 February 2020.
During the exhibition, the artists examined the space between human experiences and digital technologies, which seem to move increasingly further away from our natural reality.
Participating artists: Roos Janssen, Emre Ozakat, Sarafina van Ast, Moe Kim, Nuno Orlando, Werner van der Zwan, Nina van Hartskamp, Kunrad, Joep Truijen, Leandros Ntolas, Bodil Schermerhorn, Raquel Vermunt, Sophia Bulgakova, Christy Westhovens, Alma van de Burgwal, Zalan Szakacs, Karin Kytokangas, Cem Berendsen & Wessel Kok.
ROTTERDAM ART WEEK 2020
Spaanse Kubus, February 4 - 9
A former parking garage in Spaanse Polder, an industrial area in Rotterdam, literally made room for young makers during Art Rotterdam Week, 4-9 February 2020.
With an area of 2.000m2 at their disposal, the makers were literally given the space to make site-specific and entirely new work during Art Rotterdam Week, commissioned by The New Current. With this grand, non-commercial exhibition, the artists got the rare chance to present themselves and create large and engaging work.
Participating artists: Quinda Verheul, Teun Wolters, Ana Brumat/Henrietta Muller, Oana Clitan, Nikki Hock, Jochem Esser/Boris Acket/Vincent Rang, Roland Spitzer, Jan Kuhlemeier, Cem Berendsen, Alexander van Bakel, Sarah Amrani, Freerk Wilbers, Federico Murgia, Ai Hashimoto, Kim Nuijen, Johan Roelofs, Julie Patard, Sandy Harry Ceesay, Sunna Svavarsdottir, Oana Clitan, Lara Bruggeman.
ROTTERDAM ART WEEK 2019
Cruise Terminal, February 6 - 10
Nowadays we spend the biggest part of our time online in a digital world that has become leading in our social contacts, our career and basically almost all parts of our life. The digital bubble we live in strongly influences the way we connect and communicate with each other, how we see and interpret the world, our own self image and that of others around us. The difference between reality and appearance becomes increasingly difficult to understand. We see with our own eyes, but perceive the world indirectly through video- and audio recordings, which makes manipulation relatively easy. Without being aware of it, these recordings shape our view on everything around us. As a counter-reaction The New Current questioned our place in this digital cloud and made the transition to a place in the physical world.
Participating artists: Kamali van Bochove, Jochem Esser, Allard Medema, Vivien Vuong, Ruben van de Ven, Sabine van der Vooren, Guus Voorham, Quinda Verheul, Romar de Bonte, Donald Schenkel, Annabelle Binnerts, Kwinnie Le, Roland Spitzer, Noortje Stortelder & Zhixin Liao.
APRIL 2017
Second trial edition.
ZOHO Rotterdam, April 8 - 22
In an empty building of 1000m2 at the ZOHO quarter The New Current presented 13 artists. The overall focus of the exhibition was new media in visual arts. The exhibition was accompanied by an accessible program of performances, artists talks, music and events for local residents.
Participating artists: Jochem Esser, Philine van den Hul, Sophie de Vos, Allard Medema, Vera Gullikers, Jan Kuhlemeier, Lisette Schumacher, Donald Schenkel, Barbara Michelle Edelman, Janina Schipper, Hilde Onis, Roel Pothoven & Lisa Blaauwbroek.
OCTOBER 2016
First trial edition.
Lusthofstraat Rotterdam, October 7 - 16
The first edition of The New Current was part of ‘Kunstroute Kralingen - Crooswijk’. In the small atmospheric but very basic building of a previous super market six artists presented their works, supplemented with music and dance performances. The edition functioned as a pilot and laid the foundation for future editions.
Participating artists: Sil Krol, Michèle van Vliet, Jochem Esser, Fanny Hagmeier, Philine van den Hul & Robin Leevel.