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  • Image: Aleksandra Kalashnikova

    Barter - video made by SOSka Group

    Barter is projected and can be seen during Ruilen.
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  • 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...

  • Pebbles

    Pebbles hier, pebbles daar

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

    Swap a haircut

    At the swapping-hairdresser you could get your hair cut once in a while, in exchange for whatever the hairdresser sees fit. Make a deal and get a new coupe. Are you a hairdresser? You were able to...

  • 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

  • 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

  • Swap a Sketch

    Toe aan een korte, verfrissende pauze op je werk of tijdens het studeren? Maak een schets en swappen maar!
  • 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

  • Trade Art for Art and Food for Barbies

    This Sunday at Ruilen we have two very different swap events. In one area, there will be an Art for Art trade . The event will offer a less conventional way of dealing art, where collectors and...

  • Brei, haak en craft helpdesk

    The Knitbitch verleent eerste hulp bij brei- en haak problemen

  • New Order Catalog

    The New Order catalog was included in Volume Magazine 32:2 (2012). It features information on the artworks, an interview with Femke Herregraven and Chris Lee, an introduction by curators Katja...

  • Jaap en de bonenstaak

    De goedgelovige ruil

    Een Brits volkssprookje uit 1890

  • Beautiful Money (Art as Currency, Art as…

    An article on Money, Art and Value by Sal Randolph

  • 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...

  • 'BATTLE POETICS' and 'OTHER ISSUES'

    A project on alternative currencies by Emilio Moreno

  • Project Park Utopia

    A co-created festival of societal reinvention: Self-governance for sustainable living.

  • Project: Chaveli Sifre

    An eye for an eye

    Money can’t buy you this art

    An eye for an eye, a new series of works by Puerto Rican, Berlin-based artist Chaveli Sifre, consists of a collection of paintings and drawings depicting an array objects that the artist desires to...

  • Swap till you drop

    Physical, Interactive and Online Swapping

    Swap Shops and more

  • 'Truc Troc'

    Moneyless

    Artists and art lovers meeting each other and making interesting swap deals.

  • Noppes.nl

    Niet voor niks wel voor noppes

    Als grootste ruilnetwerk van Amsterdam een 'collega' van onze swapshop.
  • Project: Matthijs de Bruijne

    Medium for Exchange

    The project Medium for Exchange by Matthijs de Bruijne started in Copenhagen in the pavilion House in Park. This very beautiful pavilion was made out of aluminum boxes and was located in the Ostre...
  • Project: Antonio Vega Macotela

    Time Divisa

    Fulfilling wishes of prisoners for their artworks

    Time Divisa (2006-2010) is a project by Mexican artist Antonio Vega Macotela, that explores the possibility of replacing money with a time-sharing system. It consists of 365 individual exchanges with...
  • Performance:

    Beambtenbar

    Social payment system

    A beambte (Dutch) is an employee serving in a lower civil service position. At the Beambtenbar, simply getting a beer requires an excessive amount of administration and negotiation, almost comparable...

  • STRO

    Social Trade Organisation

    Social TRade Organisation STRO is één van de weinige organisaties ter wereld die alternatieven voor het geldsysteem ontwikkelt.
  • 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 Aleksandra Kalashnikova

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