Food for Thought - Beckmans x Svenskt Tenn x Beijerinstitutet
April 14, 2021
The figures will be shown in an exhibition at Svenskt Tenn 14-21 April.
This is how Arts Thread writes about the exhibition.
Visual communication brings new perspectives on research
In the exhibition, visual communication provides new inputs to the current research. Complex information has been transformed by the students into artistic projects inspired by the researcher's way of thinking in scenarios. Together, they want to create a greater understanding of the behavioural changes that, according to the research, are already needed for individuals and society and for how today's attitudes are linked to tomorrow's changes. What we will eat in the future and how the food will be produced concerns all of us, as the UN Food Systems Summit, which is being held by the UN for the first time this year, takes note of.
Communicative approaches that want to motivate climate-smart choices
That it can be difficult to make climate-smart decisions, many people probably recognize themselves in. Especially in the grocery store. But what if I as a consumer could get better help in my choices? For example, through packaging that is completely honest with its content and climate impact? Or if I can easily get an answer as to where the food actually comes from and how and when it is produced? Can I be influenced to more climate-smart choices by such a simple thing as the shopping cart being designed in a new way, with a compartment for vegetables that makes up half the basket while the red meat tray has an almost nonexistent place? In the exhibition Food for Thought you get to take part of these and more communicative approaches to the Beijer Institute's research that wants to motivate you and me to make better choices for the climate.
Read more about the individual projects here.
The exhibition at Svenskt Tenn 14-21 April — pre-book your visit
Only two visitors at a time in the exhibition. Please pre-book your visit via this booking system. The exhibition is open during the store's opening hours at Strandvägen 5.
Participating students & supervisors
Alexander Peri, Alva Nylander, Annabella Gustafsson, Clémentine Berglund, Eric Rösmark, Hedvig Moberg, Joel Eriksson, Jonna Zeitler, Leonard Ekenberg, Linnéa Jakobsson, Maja Schein, Sara Solén, Sara Bris and Selvi Albayrak.
Emmy Wassénius, researcher, Malin Jonell, researcher, Patrik Henriksson, researcher, Therese Lindahl, researcher, Julia Urbán, production manager Guldägget, Sweden's communication agencies.
About Svenskt Tenn & BeijerInstitutet
Svenskt Tenn is owned by the Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation and all proceeds generated by the company go to research and preservation of Swedish craftsmanship. One of the institutes funded through the Foundation is the Beijer Institute at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which works for a deeper understanding of the interaction between ecological systems and the development of society and the economy. The goal is to find ways towards sustainable development.
