The System Works, Just Not For You.

The visit to Kingma’s exhibition will be preceded by a lecture by prof. dr. Dirk Schoenmaker who will provide us with an economic framework: What do we actually see on these drawings and (why) do we need to critically review the way our markets work, as Kingma invites us to?

During The system works, just not for you we will gain insight into how financial rules, incentives and power structures translate into everyday realities such as rising house prices, growing debt and social inequality. An event at the intersection of art and science.

Good to know: wear something warm, the industrial art space is not heated.  

Carlijn Kingma is a researcher and artist who uses large-scale drawings to map the financial systems that shape society. Trained as an architect at Delft University of Technology, her award-winning work has been shown at institutions including Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the Depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Dirk Schoenmaker is Professor of Banking and Finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, specializing in sustainable finance, central banking and European financial integration. He is a Research Fellow at CEPR, author and co-author of leading textbooks on finance, and previously worked at the Bank of England, the Netherlands Ministry of Finance, and as Dean of the Duisenberg School of Finance. 

BRUTUS is an artist-driven contemporary art space in a former harbor complex in M4H Rotterdam, offering 6,000 m² of raw industrial space for experimentation and large-scale exhibitions. With its motto “everyone is an insider,” Brutus brings artists and audiences together through accessible, unconventional and immersive art experiences, alongside residencies, a sculpture garden and the Brutus Prize.

The title of this program is loosely based on the name of a book (Geld genoeg, maar niet voor jou) by Follow the Money-researcher Thomas Bollen, who works together with Carlijn Kingma on the research for the art works.