On May 25th and 26th 2019 LUDWIG initiated and curated a pop-up museum Drowned Land in the Compagnietheater Amsterdam dedicated to rising sea levels and climate change. What are the consequences for us and the world around us?
With electronic composer Piet-jan van Rossum’s imaginary underwater world, video-artist Claude Cattelain’s desperate struggle against the power of the oceans, presentations by the Embassy of the North Sea, the polluted popsicles made by three Taiwanese students and Cynthia Boll’s award winning photo series of the people in Jakarta who live permanently with the water up to their ankles. On Sunday afternoon LUDWIG invited 25 speakers to present their personal connection with water on the soapbox, resulting in a colorful array of views shedding light on the subject from every conceivable angle – from climate activist to business development director Dubai Expo 2020.
