Online exhibition proposes an about-turn in economic thinking: Not growth, but balance in nature
De Afbreekeconomie. Photo: Roel van Tour.
ROTTERDAM
.- Bringing the maelstrom of plastic pollution to a halt requires us to think outside the box: How do you eventually break down what you are producing right now? On April 8, Dutch art Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen launched The Breakdown Economy, a bio-based response to the pollution of the fossil-based economy. This online exhibition proposes an about-turn in economic thinking: Not growth, but balance in nature.
You can now make a virtual visit to the online exhibition The Breakdown Economy till December 31st 2021. At the invitation of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Studio Klarenbeek & Dros and the artists collective Atelier Van Lieshout present a vision for an alternative production chain. One is realistic; the other is provocative. In addition, designers Koehorst in t Veld have created a graphic installation that reveals the growth of the fossil- and bio-based economies over recent decades. The result is an exhibition where reflection, innovative makership and brute force are juxtaposed. In 2017, some 50 or so designers and artists already proposed a solution for the flaws in our lifestyle in the Boijmans exhibition Change the System. With The Breakdown Economy Boijmans is digging deeper into the increasingly urgent quest for alternative solutions.