Junk Space
Museum MORE
Gorssel, the Netherlands
7 November 2026 - 28 February 2027
“The term "Junkspace" was introduced in 2001 by architect Rem Koolhaas. In his influential essay, he describes the built environment spawned by modernization: airports, shopping malls, office parks, highways, and apartment blocks that could be located anywhere in the world.
Modern modular construction—soulless kits of steel and glass—endlessly cut, pasted, and interchangeable. Detached from any specific location, purely functional. An environment where every reference to time, history, and identity slowly fades away.
Junkspace, as Koolhaas wrote, is the marriage of the escalator and air conditioning: comfortable, efficient, and utterly devoid of soul. The result is an environment that is recognizable, yet one with which you rarely form a genuine connection.”
A richly illustrated exhibition catalogue will be published accompanying the exhibition.
Participating artists:
Richard Estes, Michael Mau, Arnout Killian, Carla Klein, Steffen Kern, Florens Kool, Stijn Rietman, Frans Clement, Jans Muskee, Thijs Jansen, Jonat Deelstra, Lisette Stuifzand, Mattijs van den Bosch, Siet Zuyderland, Machteld Schoep, Ben Thomas, Stijn ter Braak, Jan Dirk van der Burg, Anna Reerds, Elvira Smit, Koen Vermeule, Clément Poplineau, Dennis Teunissen, Casper Braat, Ben van Lieshout, Maurice van Tellingen, Satijn Panyigay, Bas Losekoot, Romina Koopman, Rudiger Wasser, Mark Lisser.
More information on the website of Museum MORE
Junk Space
STRAAT Museum
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
29 October - 28 February 2027
Junk Space is the result of a collaboration between Museum MORE and STRAAT, the museum for street art and graffiti in Amsterdam. The museums worked together on the exhibition catalogue, and between 29 October 2026 and 28 February 2027, STRAAT Museum will present its own Junk Space exhibition with a selection of some twenty works focusing on questions of space, appropriation and the creation of meaning.