THE END OF GROWTH?
WAYS OF DEVELOPMENT INTO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

"The End of Growth? Ways of Development into a Sustainable Future" is the provoking title of an exhibition the Thai office of the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation has developed. Artists from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia have been invited to submit contributions; four countries with different cultural backgrounds - Buddhist, Muslim and Confucian - and differing stages of development. The idea is to shift away the discussion on growth, social issues and the environment from the 'usual suspects' - politicians, scientists, journalists and representatives from NGOs. Indeed, artists are predestined to examine their environment carefully. Hence, developments, tensions and conflicts are often anticipated in their work and, therefore, often play an important role in social communicative processes. The approach of the exhibition is to promote dialogue between different social groups, to bring academics and NGO workers together with artists, stimulating new perspectives and in-sights within the scope of a critique of the existing development model.