In the exhibition, which can be seen at VOX-POP until mid-September, you will gain more insight into the UvA’s climate research and you can get inspired by artworks and installations. ‘What makes this exhibition special is that we bring together art, science and climate’, says Laura van Rutten, founder of the Klimaatmuseum and alumnus of the Master’s in Public History (Publieksgeschiedenis) at the UvA.
Life-size infographic
The work of eight UvA scholars from different disciplines is an important pillar of the exhibition. The main conclusions from their research will be put into words and images – through art or interactive installations.
The researchers include Spinoza Prize winner Joyeeta Gupta, who focuses on global justice in relation to the climate crisis. In a life-size infographic with enormous pie slices, you are able, as a visitor, to help think about how the impacts of the climate crisis can be distributed more fairly across the world.
Different senses
‘In the exhibition, we make a lot of use of behavioural design’, says Van Rutten, ‘in which not only can something be seen, but other senses are appealed to as well. Knowledge simply sticks better when you are actively engaged with something.’
You can also, therefore, move and touch many of the pieces in the exhibition, or immerse yourself in them in a different way. One example of this is an installation about social tipping points, in which you, as a visitor, can turn cogwheels yourself to experience how society can be set in motion. Or a sound art piece in a darkened lift, where for a brief moment you’ll feel that you are metres deep underwater in the Amsterdam harbour.
