ETOM NEB Lab

The ETOM NEB Lab is a co-creation lab to evolve and realize trans-national cooperation, best-practice, research, and capacity building. The Lab builds for a circular ecosystem on a three-year rhythm to bear and sustain plural transdisciplinary collaboration projects and to establish a decentralized and recurring European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM) festival.

The growing Lab and ETOM partnership already includes around 10 official NEB-community members and 30 more partners from 15 countries, on a heterogeneous and cross-sectoral background, with an initial emphasis on Central Europe.

The Lab’s and ETOM motto «Diverse Modernism | Modern Diversity» reflects an inclusive approach, addressing the trans-European heritage, global and future perspectives of Modernism and the variety of protagonists, and today involved actors, backgrounds and agencies. This includes the built heritage of Modernism and history of modern ideas, its transnational genesis and contemporary approaches, and the sustainability and resilience of modern values, such as societal emancipation, social equality, and democratic participation and its relevance for contemporary planetary challenges.