‘ZNE! Examples to follow!’ is an unique art exhibition that shows that expeditions in aesthetics and sustainability demonstrate artistic practices that contribute to the preservation of the planet, intend to influence conscious consumer behaviour and at the same time be economically efficient. The exhibition is an initiative as a part of the Germany — India Year 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities.
The depletion of our energy reserves, the impending climate change and the shrinking of biodiversity have increasingly penetrated and alarmed the public even before the failed world climate summits. We need visions of a sustainable life that interconnect with sensuality, lust and passion of acting on our own. examples to follow!, curated by Adrienne Goehler, intends to encourage this and move the cultural and aesthetic dimension of sustainability into awareness of the senses, thus counteracting the visible erosion of the term.
The exhibition has more than 40 artistic positions in which the boundaries between art, activism and inventions dissolve and the experiences and methods of environmental initiatives interconnect with artistic approaches. After one year exhibiting in Germany, the exhibition is now reaching Mumbai, being followed by Addis Abeba in Ethiopia and Beijing in China. The exhibition will also present technical innovations and material in the area of renewable energies, climate change, re-cycling and examples of sustainable management to spur individual action. Some of the Indian artists participating are Sharmila Samant, Madhushree Dutta, Ravi Agarwal and Manish Nai. Along with them, the international artist of repute Gustavo Romano will be presenting his artwork.
‘Examples to follow!’ was awarded the 2010 special media prize of Deutsche Umwelthilfe, and it received a prize as a project of Werkstatt N of the Council for Sustainable Development. The exhibition, which spreads over five galleries in Mumbai, aims at raising awareness for the fact that a constructive sustainability cannot make do without the arts and sciences. It needs to learn from them how to think in transitions, interim solutions, models and projects.
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