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  • Buurtouders Nederland

    platform voor oppas

    Buurtouders Nederland maakt het voor ouders mogelijk om op elkaars kinderen te passen. Het is een praktisch voorbeeld van ruilen in het dagelijks leven.
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  • Cincinnati Time Store

    History of swapping

    Offcorse, swapping is a very old habit. But the first (conceptual) swap shop operated from May 18, 1827 until May 1830 and was very successful.

  • Food swapping

    You Cooked Something? I’ll Trade You Granola!

    Don't throw away, but get all your food-centric friends together and do a swap!

  • Swop:art

    Achieving zero waste and non-consumption featuring art swop.

  • Time/Bank

    Paying with 'hour notes'

    An interesting alternative economic system, which is used in Dutch art scene.
  • project: Carolina Caycedo

    Day to Day

    Personalized exchanges

    Artist Carolina Caycedo trades personal possessions and services. She creates art that discusses concepts of boundaries such as those between producers and consumers, professionals and amateurs

  • 'BATTLE POETICS' and 'OTHER ISSUES'

    A project on alternative currencies by Emilio Moreno

  • Swap Shoppe

    A lively exchange of goods and services by Lauren Schaefer

    "Never took that box to goodwill? Have homemade crafts for trade? Require help with gardening? Unsure how to fix that bike? Addicted to Craigslist’s Free section? Visit the Swap Shoppe , a lively way...

  • Swap Up Shop

    A platform to exchange objects and question the notion of value in relation to design

    The Swap-Up shop started sometime ago as a collective of Kali Nikitas, Florian Pfeffer and Rick Vermeulen
  • project: Lise Skou, Andrea Creutz

    Swop Network

    Swop Network was initiated in 2003 by Andrea Creutz (Copenhagen) and Lise Skou (Aarhus), as a platform for the production and dissemination of materials and ideas surrounding contemporary political

  • The Dutch Time/Bank Network

    A network of cultural institutions in the Netherlands

    Parallel micro economy based on trust and solidarity as a response to the current distrust of existing financial and economic systems and the radical cuts in art funding

  • Beautiful Money (Art as Currency, Art as…

    An article on Money, Art and Value by Sal Randolph

  • The New Economy Manifesto

    "Fortunately for us, we live in the right place at the right time to explore new possibilities and implement strange outlets, which is exactly what I intend to do"

    An article by Lauren Schaeffer

  • Open Field

    A cultural commons project in the spirit of gift economy

    Open Field is an open air summer gathering in the big green yard of the Walker Art Center

  • Pebbles

    Pebbles hier, pebbles daar

    Verhuizen, boeken, kleding, schilderen, speelgoed, postzegels, laminaat leggen, massagecursus, alles samen ruilen.

  • Work Dress

    For barter only

    Between an apron and a tool belt, this dress is made for work and can only be obtained by bartering. The Work Dress has been bartered with people in exchange for a website, photo sessions, research...

  • Pirate Cinema

    The true world currency now seems to be energy and not the Dollar, Pound or Euro

    Energy is based on actual assets whereas currencies appear to be have become virtual money and inspire little long term confidence. Let's swap our energy.

  • STRO

    Social Trade Organisation

    Social TRade Organisation STRO is één van de weinige organisaties ter wereld die alternatieven voor het geldsysteem ontwikkelt.
  • project: saron paz

    Story Store

    Installation by Saron Paz

    Exchange your stories and objects in the Story Store. The Story Store was an exploration into the connections between objects, stories, and people.

  • The Swap Box Project

    Take Somethin', Leave Somethin'

    A project where street art meets swapping and creates fun for the community.

  • Lunch Swap

    Connecting Art, Food and Life

    A community project using the medium food with the means to emphasize facilitating and nurturing new beginnings as well as maintaining ongoing connections

  • Buy Nothing New

    Buy nothing new en ontdek wat je al hebt

    Een bewustwording van onze bezittingen.

  • Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

    Children, Swapping and Entertainment

    A live broadcasted BBC children's program started in 1976 which evolved around swapping and got better known as ‘Swap Shop’.

  • Meta-Monumental Garage Sale

    "Maybe the Garage Sale is a methaphor of the mind"

    The Meta-Monumental Garage Sale is a multimedia installation and performance by the critically acclaimed artist Martha Rosler
  • project: Caroline Woolard

    Cigarette Barter in WWII Berlin to America

    A selection from the Barter Archive of Caroline Woolard

    Is mutual determination a threat? Barter Archive is an archive of barter imagery, exchanged stories, comic books, economic textbooks, barter manuals, and reciprocity agreements.

created Lilian Stolk modified Alie Sonneveldt

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