After Neurath Project
‘After Neurath' is a project which Stroom organizes over the course
of 2006 - 2008 and includes exhibitions, a symposium, lectures, workshops and various
other events.
Webdossier
Proceed to the webdossier on Otto Neurath, as compiled by Stroom Den Haag.
Flyer
Download the special After Neurath flyer (pdf).
The project 'After Neurath' takes as its starting point the life
and work of Otto Neurath, who lived and
worked in The Hague between 1934 and 1940.
Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was a philosopher of science, a political
economist, one
of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle and also a leading light in
the Unity of Science movement. These varied concerns came together in a
system that by the 1930s was called ISOTYPE (International System Of
Typographic Picture Education), a system of representing quantitative
information via easily interpretable icons (the precursor of the
pictogram which are seen everywhere from airports to the high street). More detail.
October 11, 2006
lecture by Ferdinand Mertens
As a prologue to 'After Neurath' Ferdinand Mertens gave a lecture entitled 'Otto Neurath terug in Den
Haag (back in The Hague)'.
October 31 and November 1, 2006
public symposium
The first big event of 'After Neurath' was a public symposium in which Neurath's history and contemporary
relevance was discussed.
February 21, 2007, 8 pm
lectures by Chad McCail and Oliver Ressler
February 24, 2007, 4 pm
performance/screening by Stephan Dillemuth
February 25 thru April 8, 2007
exhibition 'After Neurath: Like sailors on the open sea'
March 11 thru April 8, 2007
exhibition Sven 't Jolle: TEA TIME tegen de verhoging van de uitbuitingsgraad
April 4, 2007, 20 uur
lecture by Gert Dumbar (only in Dutch)
April 7 thru 19, 2007
design projects by students KABK in Atrium City Hall
Link to photo report of the student projects
February 8, 2008, 8.30 uur
Lecture: Nader Vossoughian, Otto Neurath 'Information and the Global Polis'
Location: De Balie in Amsterdam
September 29, 2007
Stroom Travel: Information Aesthetics
February 10 thru April 6, 2008
Exhibition: After Neurath: The Global Polis
June 28 thru August 31, 2008
Exhibition: After Neurath: A Safe Place - International System of Disaster Pictograms
- 09 Feb '08 - 31 Aug '08
- Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
