The New Institute and V2_ have selected exceptional work by recently graduated artists and designers from all over Europe for ‘Test_Lab: The Graduation Edition 2013’. These new talents will present their work in The New Institute on 9 July, showcasing a selection of installations, demonstrations, performances, prototypes and experiments by a new generation of artists and designers graduating this year from European art academies.

This year’s selection includes design scenarios for modified babies and new organs (Agatha Haines, Royal College of Art, London), a performance giving voice to Nigerian spam emails (Andre Castro, Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam), a database that forecasts the future of the art world (Jonas Lund, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam), surprising relationships between LA’s social and physical landscapes (Benedikt Gross, Royal College of Art, London), a live Bluetooth-swallowing experiment Jo Caimo, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent), a candle that lasts a lifetime (Verena Friedrich, Academy of Media Arts Cologne), and a custom-made concert (Custom Made Music, Utrecht School of the Arts).

See V2_’s website for more information on the participating artists and works

About Test_Lab: The Graduation Edition
Young people are society’s innovators and change agents. They reveal the future to us by creating it. Therefore, at the end of every academic year, Test_Lab takes a close look at a selection of outstanding art and design work created by young artists and designers graduating in emerging arts across Europe.

Test_Lab: The Graduation Edition 2013 is a coproduction of V2_ and The New Institute and is part of The Ruin programme.

Where: The New Institute, Museumpark 25 Rotterdam
When: Tuesday, July 9, 20.00 h
Free entrance, no registration required.