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Save Land. United for Land<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

6 December 2024 \u2013 1 June 2025 in Bonn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Only 29 percent of Earth’s surface is not covered by water. This is our habitat: the land areas of our planet. Our soils take up to hundreds of years to form. But one extreme event is enough to destroy them in a matter of minutes. Up to 40 percent of the world’s soils are already considered degraded, particularly due to human overexploitation. Preserving our soils is of the utmost urgency not only for ourselves, but also for biodiversity and the global climate. Land is a treasure of existential value that must be preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition combines important positions in contemporary art with exhibits from cultural history and the natural sciences and uses the latest media technologies to understand the global situation of land. What is the state of soils in cities and on rural land used for agriculture and industry? And is there any nature left in the world untouched by humans? What can we do to protect land? The exhibition aims to inspire action for the common good. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Plan your visit to the Bundeskunsthalle HERE<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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G20 Global Land Initiative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Land is the foundation of human existence. This exhibition celebrates the connection between land and life. It joins the voices of art, culture and science to spark awareness and action to reduce degraded land. Co-sponsored by the G20 Global Land Initiative (GLI) at UNCCD and Bundeskunsthalle, the exhibition calls on us to save land and shows us how to halt and reverse land degradation. The G20 Global Land Initiative was established in 2020 by the Group of Twenty (G20) which now also includes the African Union. Under the supervision of the UNCCD, the aim is to reduce degraded land by 50 percent by 2040. Be the changemaker! Pledge and take action before you exit the exhibition! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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30 Years of UNCCD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For 30 years, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has brought nations together to protect and restore land. Every year, the world loses 100 million hectares of productive land \u2013 an area nearly three times the size of Germany \u2013 threatening the livelihoods of more than 3 billion people. This exhibition not only marks a milestone in the global effort, but also serves as an urgent invitation to individuals and communities to join us in securing healthy, productive land for future generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The interactive globe highlights aspects of the exhibition through narratives and cartographies, presented as a spherical projection. (Concept and design by dform, programming, animation, and implementation by BILDWERK)
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Learn more on the website of the UNCCD-G20 Global Land Initiative: g20land.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Land is Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What does the word \u2018land\u2019 mean? Land is the ground that is not covered by water. Land is the platform that connects all living and non-living things on planet Earth. But land also has other meanings: Land is property, land is culture, land is a feeling \u2013 we are bound to the ground by gravity. Land appears in all imaginable forms and can be of enchanting or terrifying beauty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without fertile soils, the existence of humanity and countless other living beings is threatened. Worldwide, two out of five people are affected by degraded land. This is accompanied by natural disasters, food and water insecurity as well as social and economic instability. To better understand land in its complex significance for our lives and to achieve a faster restoration of degraded soils worldwide, we need to consider different perspectives. We need knowledge from the natural sciences as well as from cultural history, sociology and political economy. And above all, we need Indigenous, local knowledge to protect our soils. We do not yet have a \u2018planet B\u2019 in sight. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The interactive globe highlights aspects of the exhibition through narratives and cartographies, presented as a spherical projection. (Concept and design by dform, programming, animation, and implementation by BILDWERK) \u00a9 dform, Vienna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, The Wilding of Mars<\/em>, 2019 \u00a9 Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg Ltd., Courtesy the artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Richard Long, Bluestone Circle<\/em>, 1978 \u00a9 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024; Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jan Hostettler, Feet, over 3000 km on foot, winter, spring and summer<\/em>, 2016 \/ 2019; Photo: Jan Hostettler
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Interactive Globe<\/h1>\n\t

\n\t\tExplore the world interactively and familiarise yourself with the situation of the global land areas! In the exhibition in Bonn, this interactive globe can be experienced \nas an exhibit in full size. Try it out - digitally here or live at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn.\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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