The Dutch artist Fanja Bouts' monumental textile work, presented in the main hall at Kunsthall 3,14, tells stories of our geological time, where

human- and capitalism-driven systems create fundamental changes to the planet. The abundant imagery in the double cloth knitted tapestry takes us from celestial bodies – supernovas, angelic creatures and the sun – to the planet Earth, its troubled land, and the dark depths of the ocean. Countless playful characters, both human and non-human, organic and inorganic, create animated stories of our symbiotic existence.

Yet, with a closer look, the fable-like images might have lured us into a honey trap. Within the sweet colors loom the rotten insides of the current state of the Earth — from over-consumption of chicken to senseless warfare and Elon Musk colonizing space — the map unravels stories of our geological time. How can we take action on the climate disaster without falling into denial, naïve dreaming, or dull apathy?

The new work in the exhibition – a sound installation combined with risograph prints – takes its starting point in the degrowth movement in economics and political ecology. In the sonic piece, visitors can listen to interviews and conversations with various researchers within the degrowth milieu. Degrowth, both as a concept and a theory, aims to reduce economic growth, resource consumption, and energy use in wealthy economies while fostering the growth of developing economies to achieve sustainable living standards.