Environmental impact of art at Kiezburn
It would be good if all proposals on the dreams platform answer in one question of their application in great detail about the environmental impact of their art / installation / contribution / project. This should also be visible when people spend their tokens. It should serve to sensitize both artists, and voters, to the question what kind of environmental impact is fostered with the money spent on the project.
This is especially important in the light of producing these projects for a single use of 4 days.
Questions include:
What percentage of the material used for a project is recycled / upcycled material, and what percentage is newly bought material?
What percentage of the project will be directly used by its creators after serving its purpose at Kiezburn? What percentage is not used anymore by the creators after the burn? What percentage has to be disposed of (will not be reused)?
What is the electricity need and thus CO2 emission of the project? Will sustainable energy be used (eg. solar panel + battery)?
How many kilos of material will need to be transported to and from Kiezburn for the project? Can this transport be done in a CO2 neutral way?
How many kilos of plastic are used in a project? For each plastic material used in the project - is there a suitable natural material that can be used instead?
Does the project utilize or generate single-use plastic? What materials can be used instead?
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If artists / project creators will be made aware of these questions already before the submission process, that would be great.
More thought time around this topic will make us as a community leave a much better trace, and can save us a lot of money (upcycling).
The dreams platform process / curator lead should also scan each project with these questions in mind, and slash generous budget requests for material significantly already in the application process, when they see that upcycling could very well work in a project instead of buying new materials.
If there are more questions, that could be taken into account, please add what you can think of.
Poll Created Thu 30 Jan 2020 11:32PM
Sensitize both artists and dream voters on the environmental impact of each project Closed Sat 29 Feb 2020 6:00PM
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 52.4% | 11 |
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| Abstain | 4.8% | 1 |
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| Disagree | 42.9% | 9 |
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| Undecided | 0% | 237 |
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21 of 258 people have participated (8%)
Alex Kaos
Fri 31 Jan 2020 6:54PM
Excellent proposal. The Dream World Project was sourced with about 70-80% recycled Material, which I consider a good success story. If Artists/Dreamers are made more aware of the possibilities and processes of up-cycling (which is very easy in Berlin), I believe our ecological impact can be greatly satiated.
popo
Mon 3 Feb 2020 12:20PM
Art is free
Alina, also known as Universe
Sat 8 Feb 2020 12:05PM
YES please!
Alina, also known as Universe
Sat 8 Feb 2020 12:11PM
I LOVE this initiative and think it is important to start a process in this direction. However the questions you propose put the dreamer in a position where they have to do a lot of one-way work - and some questions are way too detailed. Can we dream up an easier system that is not so penalising? As in, recycling and upcycling get a bonus eco point, using non-toxic materials gets a + etc. etc.?
Alina, also known as Universe
Sat 8 Feb 2020 12:12PM
I LOVE this initiative and think it is important to start a process in this direction. However the questions you propose put the dreamer in a position where they have to do a lot of one-way work - and some questions are way too detailed. Can we dream up an easier system that is not so penalising? As in, recycling and upcycling get a eco++ point, using only non-toxic materials gets a ++ etc. etc.? These will then be visible to voters?
walto
Sun 9 Feb 2020 7:43PM
I believe in addressing the eco-problem, but don't think this proposal will make any difference.
Ole
Tue 11 Feb 2020 9:46AM
I like the idea behind it, but this approach would make it even harder to bring art!
Jeff Spirlock
Fri 14 Feb 2020 9:03AM
It would limit how people source materials and possibly create a financial barrier for some.
For example if I had a non profit and I donate art it could be viewed as tax deductible. If the government does not acknowledge used goods in the same tax deduction percentile it would be less appealing to use repurposed material if the artist was relying on said deductions for their art work to be fiscally possible. This could negatively impact larger art coming to Kiez.
Jeff Spirlock
Fri 14 Feb 2020 9:03AM
It would limit how people source materials and possibly create a financial barrier for some.
For example if I had a non profit and I donate art it could be viewed as tax deductible. If the government does not acknowledge used goods in the same tax deduction percentile it would be less appealing to use repurposed material if the artist was relying on said deductions for their art work to be fiscally possible. This could negatively impact larger art coming to Kiez.