OMA / AMO
Curation:
Rem Koolhaas, Samir Bantal
Exhibition design:
Lucas de Ruiter, Anne M. Schneider, Aleksandr Zinovev, Valentin Bansac, Yotam Ben-Hur, Sebastian Bernardy, Cookies.lol, Marvin Unger, Rita Varjabedian
Curation:
Rem Koolhaas, Samir Bantal
Exhibition design:
Lucas de Ruiter, Anne M. Schneider, Aleksandr Zinovev, Valentin Bansac, Yotam Ben-Hur, Sebastian Bernardy, Cookies.lol, Marvin Unger, Rita Varjabedian
Countryside, The Future contests the assumption that ever increasing urbanization is inevitable. The exhibition explores radical changes in the rural, remote, and wild territories collectively identified here as “countryside,” or the 98% of the Earth’s surface not occupied by cities. Its content is drawn from a large consortium of collaborators representing diverse global geographies and a broad range of expertise.
As the exhibition unfolds, it addresses questions about the development and role of the countryside over time: What was the countryside historically, what did the major political figures of the twentieth century prepare for us, what is the current condition, what needs to be done for the future, and in what ways could this take shape?
As the exhibition unfolds, it addresses questions about the development and role of the countryside over time: What was the countryside historically, what did the major political figures of the twentieth century prepare for us, what is the current condition, what needs to be done for the future, and in what ways could this take shape?