THESE ARE NOT BLUEPRINTS, 2025

12 A2 Risoprints, 13 sound recordings, 4 wooden benches in the shape of a caterpillar

These are not blueprints—takes its starting point in the degrowth movement in economics and political ecology. In the sonic piece, visitors can listen to interviews and conversations with various researchers within the degrowth milieu. The movement critiques humanity’s compulsive hunger for growth, which, as argued by the movement’s supporters, should not be an end in itself. Degrowth, both as a concept and a theory, aims to reduce economic growth, resource consumption, and energy use in wealthy economies while fostering the growth of developing economies to achieve sustainable living standards. Degrowth does not equate to radical visions of living in a hole in the woods, but slower, simpler, and meaningful living. The movement prioritizes the well-being of humans and more-than-human others over unsustainably growing economies, moving towards post-growth world.

The title of the work refers to a message that is often echoed in the degrowth community: The future imaginaries are not set in stone, but rather flexible and ever-changing constructions, fluid within the complex landscape of political and socio-economic turmoil. Rather, they are nudges in a direction we should and could see our planet move into. 

The recordings are available in the Kunsthall Archives

This work has been exhibited at

-> Kunsthall 3,14 (2025)
   Bergen, Norway
-> 18th Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics and 11th International Degrowth Conference (2025)
   Oslo, Norway
-> Sagene Kunstsmie: Making Degrowth Art (2025)
   Oslo, Norway






Photos by Guttorm Glomsås

The front of the flyer with the descriptions of the different researchers