Slow Life: Radical Practices of the Everyday
The slow approach represents a need to rethink existing structures and reorganize established practices in the fields of society, economy and everyday life alike. Its essence can be best expressed by consciousness and critical attitude, which bring forth more and more possible alternatives, from permaculture farming to zero-waste household, from voluntary simplicity to the concept of a no-growth economy.
The beginnings of the Slow Revolution date back to the 1980s, to the protest against fast-food restaurants, which drew attention to the importance of healthy, quality food from local source. Carlo Petrini鈥檚 gastronomic initiative has expanded into a global movement over the decades, spanning many areas from work to travel and from design to media consumption. However, the exhibition does not focus on the 鈥榮low living鈥 movements so popular today, some of which limit their activities to offering new products and services for sale. Rather, it presents alternative practices, everyday 鈥渞evolutions鈥, gentle or even radical approaches that challenge the existing growth- and profit-oriented system, show a way out of the consumption spiral, or represent an attitude based on the momentum instead of a busy life-style. The broad spectrum of genres on display includes artworks based on critical thinking, while others offer utopic models for future challenges, or encourage us to change our art consumption habits, as well as the clich茅s of perception and reception in connection with art.
The aim of the exhibition is to highlight the environmental impacts and exploitative practices that have led to the current global environmental, economic and social problems. Our other main objective is to provide a broader platform for artistic positions, which emphasize sustainability and offer alternative lifestyles.
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The slow approach represents a need to rethink existing structures and reorganize established practices in the fields of society, economy and everyday life alike. Its essence can be best expressed by consciousness and critical attitude, which bring forth more and more possible alternatives, from permaculture farming to zero-waste household, from voluntary simplicity to the concept of a no-growth economy.
The beginnings of the Slow Revolution date back to the 1980s, to the protest against fast-food restaurants, which drew attention to the importance of healthy, quality food from local source. Carlo Petrini鈥檚 gastronomic initiative has expanded into a global movement over the decades, spanning many areas from work to travel and from design to media consumption. However, the exhibition does not focus on the 鈥榮low living鈥 movements so popular today, some of which limit their activities to offering new products and services for sale. Rather, it presents alternative practices, everyday 鈥渞evolutions鈥, gentle or even radical approaches that challenge the existing growth- and profit-oriented system, show a way out of the consumption spiral, or represent an attitude based on the momentum instead of a busy life-style. The broad spectrum of genres on display includes artworks based on critical thinking, while others offer utopic models for future challenges, or encourage us to change our art consumption habits, as well as the clich茅s of perception and reception in connection with art.
The aim of the exhibition is to highlight the environmental impacts and exploitative practices that have led to the current global environmental, economic and social problems. Our other main objective is to provide a broader platform for artistic positions, which emphasize sustainability and offer alternative lifestyles.
Artists on show
- Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan
- Anna Zilahi
- Antal Lakner
- Bartha Gabó
- Diana Lelonek
- Emese Benczúr
- Endre Koronczi
- Ex-artists鈥 collective
- Flóra Judit Schuller
- Gideon Horváth
- Krisztina Erdei
- Lois Weinberger
- Manfred Erjautz
- Oliver Ressler
- Oto Hudec
- Paulo Tavares
- Péter Mátyási
- Petra Maitz
- Rita Süveges
- Syporca Whandal
- Szabó Eszter Ágnes
- Tamás Kaszás
- Tibor Horváth
- Ursula Biemann
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