dutch design week, 17-25 oktober 2026 eindhoven

De Sociale Zuster

An interactive installation in which the Nursing Station transforms into a space for care, encounter, and reflection.

Hosted by Edith Bootsman

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Accessibility

Tactile
Fully wheelchair accessible

Opening hours

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The Social Nurse and her team open the nursing station to counter digital distance in an increasingly isolated, technology-driven world. In the consultation room, conversations, workshops, and exchanges cultivate real human connection, inviting participants to pause and reconnect.

The Nursing Station

Loneliness, care, and connection – these are the core themes of the project. The Social Nurse and her team open the nursing station, a performative installation that shows how technology and individualism affect our contact with others. In an increasingly distant society, it is urgent to create new ways to meet and connect. Visitors enter a space that invites them to pause, reflect on their social habits and digital use, and experience the power of small moments of attention.

The Consultation Room

In the consultation room, the Social Nurse team guides visitors through conversations, workshops, and exchanges. They ask questions, listen, offer support, and invite reflection on personal social patterns and digital habits. The interactive moments are designed to encourage presence, to experiment with contact and closeness, and to experience how small gestures can carry meaning. It is not about solutions, but about attention and discovering new ways to connect with others.

A recipe for deeper connection

The work is rooted in personal experiences, reflections, and observations, and demonstrates that even small moments of contact can be meaningful. The project inspires new ways of coming together, shows how collective care can take shape, and invites participants to reconnect with one another and with the community.

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De Sociale Zuster in gesprek
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De Sociale Zuster in gesprek
De Sociale Zuster in gesprek
Ri Oost
Joy de Vegt

programme.hosted_by.about Edith Bootsman

Edith graduated in 2025 with a Bachelor in Education within Fine Arts and Design at Academie Minerva. With a feminine and caring approach, she creates installations and performances that make social issues tangible and invite reflection on technology, individualism, and social structures. In 2025, she founded The Social Nurse, which she is now further developing together with a team of Social Nurses. She has been nominated for the Minerva Education Prize, Research Prize, and Henk Pijlman Prize.

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