Artist, researcher — NL

Sometimes called a radical ecologist Arne Hendriks (Amsterdam, 1971) investigates what it will take to make real fundamental paradigm shifts that allow the human species to embrace a different mode of existence. Rather than a fixed entity Hendriks considers humanity to be a temporary state of biological and cultural signifiers that can be examined and altered. He combines earnest declarations with wry humor and scientific fact with speculative explorations about what could or should happen. His installations present ongoing research that invites the public to participate and make up their own minds. In 2013 Hendriks was presented with the Future Concepts Dutch Design Award for his speculative research project The Incredible Shrinking Man, an investigation into the possibilities of shrinking the human species to better fit the Earth. He’s been named one of the 50 future thinkers by ICON Magazine and lectures and teaches around the world. Ongoing projects include KankerCel, the writing of an economic narrative inspired by cancer research, Evacuation (8 Billion City), about the resettlement of the human population in a single point and The Academy of Work, a series of speculative installations investigating the past, the present, and the future of work and Fatberg, the collective creation of a floating island of fat.

http://www.arnehendriks.net/
http://www.the-incredible-shrinking-man.net/