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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 5B: Bowery / Bouwerij The luxury of silence and care: Driessen & Verstappen, Arthur Elsenaar & Taconis Stolk People love to be caressed, preferably by a beloved person. But when a person strokes another person’s body, eventually fatigue occurs in the movement and the motivation. Variation, attention and unpredictability are important aspects for an enjoyable stroking sensation. This is one of the main reasons for Driessens & Verstappen for developing the Tickle Salon: a machine that is able to stroke with indefatigable attention.	The robot can carry out sensitive movements over the skin in aiming for variation, unpredictability and flexibility. The public is invited to experience this special way of caressing. The inside of the room will be a bubble of silence, where all signals of mobile phones and data services are eliminated to make visitors feel pleasantly isolated, even if it's crowded. BuBL space by Arthur Elsenaar & Taconis Stolk creates serenity in a world of mobile communications. About Driessens & Verstappen and Elsenaar & Stolk
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 EylandtPop up store: 100 dollars or less Bowery / BouwerijThe luxury of Silence and Care Harlem / HaarlemPlatform21 = Repairing	Hempstead / HeemstedeKnitting: Christien Meindertsma Bushwick / BoswijckUrban Farming Flushing / VlissingenHarvest Map: 2012Architecten	Bloomingdale / BloemendaalGo Slow / Droog, Sloom.org, Vogelzang and van Halem Gravesend / 's GravesandeDrawn from Clay: Atelier NL Brooklyn / BreukelenRealtime: Maarten Baas	Coney Island / Conyne EylandtPainted / Parsons The New School for Design Rhode Island / Roode EylandtOpen Talks Dutch Profiles Greenwhich / GreenwijckLawn: Various objects