Description

The concluding conference of the CANDID project was held at The Waag (WEIGH HOUSE), a 15th-century building on NIEUWMARKT square in AMSTERDAM. Originally a CITY GATE and part of the WALLS OF AMSTERDAM, the building has in its long history also served as a GUILDHALL, MUSEUM, FIRE STATION and ANATOMICAL THEATRE.

It was depicted in REMBRANDT‘s 1632 painting THE ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. NICOLAES TULP, but these days it functions as another type of hack space, as the base for the WAAG SOCIETY, a foundation that fosters experimentation with new technologies.