Several years ago in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Oliver Ressler and the Wyspa Insitute of Art gathered together diverse concepts and models for alternative economies and societies. The result was an art book and several exhibits that displayed the diversity and power of these counter-models to capitalism.
Five interviews were prepared on video – one for each concept – and shown on a separate monitor, forming the central element of the artistic installation. Ranging in time from 20- to 37-minutes, the interviews include economists, political scientists, authors, and historians.
From Michael Albert’s Participatory Economics to multiple re-imaginings and resurrections of socialism, the exhibit has grown to 16 different concepts, and is ongoing
Ressler’s website describes the intentionally non-hierarchical way in which the exhibit is curated:
Chosen from each of these 16 videos is one quotation significant for the alternative model that it presents. The quote is placed directly on the floor of the exhibition room as a several meter long text piece. This floor lettering, made from adhesive film, leads exhibition visitors directly to the corresponding videos and thereby provides a kind of orientation within this non-hierarchically arranged pool of videos. These videos offer stimulus and suggestions for contemplating social alternatives and possibilities for action.
The book is available for purchase on the Wyspa website.
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I was most interested to read your blog. 20 years ago I had a book published on different economic concepts to point the way to a sustainable world economy. Someone who liked the book recently contacted me to suggest that I update and re-publish it as a blog. She set up the blog and is posting the book in sections as I write and send it to her. Here is the link:
http://www.economicsforaroundearth.com
With all good wishes,
Charles Pierce