Multi-year program: What We Leave Behind

Period: 2027 - 2028

Climate change is a reality that increasingly shapes our immediate future. It necessitates scenarios and new imaginations to grasp its scope and impact, despite many unpredictable factors. In light of possible future scenarios, we question what this means for the present and the development of art in public spaces.

With What We Leave Behind, we start from a radical scenario where The Hague becomes uninhabitable due to climate disasters. This scenario raises several critical questions: What does this mean for art in public space and the city’s collection of sculptures? What do we take with us, and what do we leave behind? Does this future scenario call for different art forms? Is it still meaningful to create monuments if we might end up underwater? Should public art become immaterial, such as performances or rituals? How would this affect the management and preservation of the current collection? Should our advisory approach change? These questions, among others, will be explored in this research.

More information will follow soon. This program is currently under development.