veenweide atelier

For centuries, the Frisian landscape was characterised by meadows, ditches, mounds, and characteristic farms. But in recent years, the landscape is changing drastically due to the impact of climate change. Especially around the peat meadow area, concerns are high: subsidence, desiccation, declining biodiversity and increasing CO₂ emissions are pressing challenges. Precisely here, a different story is also unfolding: a story of resilience and renewal. The Fries Museum and Arcadia present the exhibition Veenweide Atelier: Designs for subsiding peatland. In this exhibition, visitors will discover, through art and design, new ways of living in this landscape. The research project Veenweide Atelier, under the artistic direction of artist and eco-social designer Henriëtte Waal, develops innovative proposals for the peat meadow area. Together with farmers, residents, scientists and designers, it outlines a future in which the peat meadow area remains liveable – for the peat itself, the people who work and inhabit the land and for all kinds of non-human species that depend on it.

Photo by Tryntsje Nauta