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NY400 Week / Holland on the Hudson presents Pioneers of Change, a festival of Dutch design, fashion and architecture on New York's Governors Island to celebrate 400 years of Dutch-American friendship.

Activities will take place in and around eleven officers' houses at Nolan Park, Governors Island, New York.

Open: Fri 10am - 4:30pm
Sat / Sun 10am - 6:30pm
Download Ferry schedule.
House 16:

Brooklyn /
Breukelen


RealTime: Maarten Baas
About Maarten Baas
Born in Arnsberg, Germany in 1978, Maarten Baas moved to the Netherlands in 1979 and graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven in 2002. His graduation works were ‘Smoke’, in which he set fire to chairs and tables before coating them in an epoxy resin to preserve the charred remains, along with an ingenious sundial, which displays the time with shadows. ‘Smoke’ is now considered an iconic collection of contemporary design by museums, critics, collectors and the design-informed public.
In 2005 Baas began collaborating with Bas den Herder, who is now responsible for the production of all of Maarten Baas’s works, producing them in small series or as unique pieces, handcrafted in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, Baas continues to take on ambitious projects and private commissions from hotels, restaurants, galleries and museums all over the world.

www.maartenbaas.com
These names are the titles of the former officers' houses during Pioneers of Change. Click on each name for the specific program:

To download a map and program (pdf, 580 Kb), click here.
Staten Island /
Staten Eylandt
Pop up store:
100 dollars or less

Bowery /
Bouwerij
The luxury of
Silence and Care

Harlem /
Haarlem
Platform21 =
Repairing
Hempstead /
Heemstede
Knitting:
Christien Meindertsma

Bushwick /
Boswijck
Urban
Farming

Flushing /
Vlissingen
Harvest Map:
2012Architecten
Bloomingdale /
Bloemendaal
Go Slow / Droog, Sloom.org,
Vogelzang and van Halem

Gravesend /
's Gravesande
Drawn from Clay:
Atelier NL

Brooklyn /
Breukelen
Realtime:
Maarten Baas
Coney Island /
Conyne Eylandt
Painted / Parsons
The New School for Design

Rhode Island /
Roode Eylandt
Open Talks
Dutch Profiles

Greenwhich /
Greenwijck
Lawn:
Various objects