Sarah EntwistleRaupenimmersattism. The Affluent Society as Consumed Society or The Myth of Endless Production and Consumption (group show)26.09.2020 - 22.11.2022
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Sarah Entwistle, *1979 in London, UK,
lives and works in Berlin
The project RAUPENIMMERSATTISM grapples with what affluence, growth and degrowth have meant, mean, and will mean to societies, problematising the myth of endless consumption and our cultures of affluence, in particular within the context of Berlin and Germany.
The curators look at the paradoxes of a space like Germany and other “strong economies”, whose strength more often than not relies on the weakness of others. Since the inception of the project – one year ago – what they wanted to understand is the sudden possibility of volatile change, the violence embedded in the structures we inhabit so precariously, and the possibilities or impossibilities of a sustainable future.
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