Learn to think differently about money

SwapUp workshop: Think

1 dec 2012

Let’s say our current monetary system needs re-consideration… Can we think of alternative set-ups, alternative attempts to talk about (political) economy that doesn’t rely on expert jargon? Can we create and foster a space to discuss issues such as value and furthermore generate a possibility for materialization and direct application of these ideas?

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SwapUp workshop: Think - In the SwapUpShop during Ruilen exhibition Aleksandra Kalashnikova

Workshop Think

The workshop “Think” triggered the imagination of its participants to invent new considerations about the monetary system but also about every day moral concepts. In collaboration with brandstof and Life! Spektaculair Denkfestival, you produced, swapped and materialised thoughts and ideas on two different locations simultaneously - at Mediamatic Fabriek and the Beurs van Berlage.

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Brainstorming during the SwapUp workshop "Think" - In the SwapUpShop during Ruilen exhibition Aleksandra Kalashnikova


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Participants of the SwapUp workshop "Think" - In the SwapUpShop during Ruilen exhibition Aleksandra Kalashnikova


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Brainstorming during "Think" workshop - In the SwapUpShop during Ruilen exhibition Aleksandra Kalashnikova

SwapUpShop

This workshop was part of the program of SwapUpShop. Working together with actors, designers, children, artists and thinkers, the SwapUpShop workshops tackled issues questioning the visual representation of value, the playful dimensions and the performative potential of the swapping act. The SwapUpShop ended with a dinner party, merging eating and swapping together as 'critical cuisine'.

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On-line conference during SwapUp workshop "Think" - In the SwapUpShop during Ruilen exhibition Aleksandra Kalashnikova

More information

Are you a thinker, a speaker, a specialist, a dilettante, a critical mind, a dreamer, an idealist, a romantic, an observer, an action taker? 
This workshop was in English.

SwapUpShop was part of Ruilen, an exhibition and series of events about swapping, from October 20 to January 6. Entrance was free for members. You could get a membership, which gave you free entrance for a month, by doing a chore like an hour of barkeeping or half an hour of vacuum cleaning. Otherwise it was €5,-. Children half price.