time ship earth – art prize 2026 : FREEFLOW _ LIQUIDATION
Addition to the “Manual for Spaceship Earth”Category: Maintenance and servicing
Keyword: Lubricant replacement
Tool: Art
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.
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.
The lubricant is called “money” “Money is an artificial product. Money is man-made. We make the money. So only we can change it so that it works smoothly.
Open Call:
In this call, 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, non-clumping, inspirational capacity Nominations and prize: Up to ten entries can be nominated. One prize will be awarded.
Prize money: 1000,- EUR
Jury: Silvia Gaetti (curator) , Dr. Philipp Kapp (publisher), Sarah Hillebrecht (artist), Georg Mann (artist), other 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 (including videos in the form of links to viewing copies on Vimeo or YouTube or as download links): maximum 8 pages DIN A4A short biography: maximum 1 page DIN A4
Submission: Please compile your contribution in one PDF (DIN A4, max. 10 pages, max. 15 MB). Please send the PDF document via e-mail (subject : your name_freeflow 2026) to:
Application deadline: June 21, 2026