It was a festival for young and old to experience and create together. Waste becomes recyclable materials and the benefit is more important than the product. Our linear economy is giving way to thinking in cycles.
On the occasion of the New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels, a Circular Culture Festival took place for the first time in Vienna on 11 June 2022 (10 am - 6 pm), focusing on the circular economy as one of the most important topics of the future.
Implementing a circular economy (in Austria) requires not only the restructuring of economic and industrial processes, but also a social transformation that demands a high degree of willingness and acceptance from citizens. The aim of the Kreislaufkultur Fest was to familiarise people with circular thinking, get them excited about the topic in a practical way and set them on the path to becoming circular citizens.
Under the auspices of the IDRV (Institute of Design Research Vienna), the stations invited visitors to participate in the design process: The topic of "recycling" was illustrated by Precious Plastic Vienna, for example, where visitors were able to make an injection-moulded part from recycled plastic on site. EOOS NEXT installed a spherical track on the topic of "Reduce" under the title "Circular Clock": the material flows of non-renewable and natural raw materials were abstracted into spheres and showed a scenario for the next 10 years that does not involve any significant change to our
Instead, it continues to accumulate mineral material. Or the Transitory Yarn project by Alexandra Fruhstorfer, which is dedicated to the topic of "remanufacture" of yarn in the fashion sector. The individual stations, which were realised by different actors, are accessible to visitors of all ages without much prior knowledge. A project website offers more detailed information.
The project was initiated by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (member of the Forum's International Council), supported by the BMK and took place in cooperation with the Circular Economy Forum Austria and designaustria and with the kind support of the MuseumsQuartier Wien. The adaptable content of the R's stations enables the festival to be continued at other locations. In a new context and with changing actors, the Circular Culture Festival will take place as part of Vienna Design Week (16 - 25 September 2022), among others.
The Kreislaufkultur Fest 2022 was organised by the Institute of Design Research Vienna and Designaustria, with the support of the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, as a side event of the New European Bauhaus Festival: www.new-european-bauhaus-festival.eu
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