Lars Pubben: Eksters Ogen

An interactive installation about how colonisation has shaped itself economically in modern times.

We as Dutch people have colonised many different countries in our past for our own economic growth. Fortunately, those times are over. We have confessed our guilt, said sorry, changed signs on statues and are teaching our children what we did in our past. All so that we can sleep soundly.

Yet many people do not know that colonisation still occurs in this day and age and has taken on a new form in a cunning way. Large companies still have power over the colonised countries and we as colonisers play a major role in this.

Just like in the past, we still steal everything that glitters or shines, just like magpies (eksters), whilst the blisters (eksterogen) of the exploited only grow bigger by the day.