Supplement to the “Manual for Spaceship Earth”:
Category: Maintenance and servicing
Keyword: Lubricant replacement
Tool: Art
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The world machine is running hot. The system is visibly losing the necessary rhythm. A terrible screeching fills the orbit. The roar of bombs, the wailing of the starving, the muffled cry of the drowning. The glaciers are melting, the deserts are growing. Our wonderful human energy is lost in unsightly friction or flows into the same places over and over again.
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Reason: The lubricant is too old, important points in the gearbox are no longer being reached, while it is clumping more and more in other places. The lubricant is unsuitable for continuous operation – or: it has not been changed at the necessary intervals.
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The lubricant is called “money”
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“Money is an artificial product. Money is man-made. We make the money.
So only we can change it so that it works smoothly.
Invitation to tender:
In this competition, we are looking for ideas that inspire new forms of money or are practically applicable as such. Furthermore, practical tips for the disclosure of drain and refill valves and their proper operation can be awarded. Whether: work of art, text, poem, song, magic, recipe, medicine, program, construct, concept, operating instructions,
…everything is possible … everything is welcome.
Selection criteria: practical applicability, freedom from clumping, inspirational capacity
Nominations and prize: Up to ten entries can be nominated. One prize will be awarded.
Prize money: 1000,- Euro
Jury: Silvia Gaetti (curator) , Dr. Philipp Kapp (publisher), Sarah Hillebrecht (artist), Georg Mann (artist), further persons N.N.
Legal recourse is excluded
Form: The description of the idea/your contribution: maximum one DIN A4 page of text
Sketches, explanations and illustrations (also videos in the form of links to view copies on Vimeo or YouTube or as download links): maximum 8 pages DIN A4
A short biography: maximum 1 page DIN A4
Submission: Please enclose your contribution in a PDF (DIN A4, max. 10 pages, max. 15 MB). Please send the PDF document by e-mail (subject : your name_freeflow 2026) to:
Deadline: The application must be submitted digitally by 21.06.2026 at the latest.
Application deadline: June 21, 2026