Embassy of Health – Expo
Health is our greatest good, but in practice, it is difficult to put it first. Especially in our modern, regulated world focusing on efficiency, speed and optimisation, we often only deal with our health when there are already health problems.
The wealth in health
Health cannot be captured in single transactions. It is an interaction between ourselves and our environment. The nature around us, the neighbourhood we live in, the air we breathe, and the social and professional network of people we work with and lean on. How do we find our way to health in an environment full of unhealthy temptations, pollution, loneliness and stress? How can we approach our care and health beyond the transaction? What values allow for health to flow?
Different makers are shaping what our health looks like when we put other values at the center. What if, instead, we focus on taking time, giving attention and forming connections? Will technology make our care more impersonal, or can it help us harness the power of relationships? Do we get healthy by striving for perfection or by embracing vulnerability? In the exhibition “The wealth in health” we make space to approach health from a different perspective and discover renewed values for health. What values are important to you?
Reflecting on the value of health
Welcome to this space. Here we take a moment to pause. In the middle of a busy Dutch Design Week, where things are buzzing and where you are surprised, inspired and stimulated on all sides, we take a small moment of rest and reflection.
Sit back or stand firmly on both feet. Let the noise in the background pass you by and come to yourself. You may want to close your eyes for a moment, you may not. Take one deep breath in and out and let this voice carry you along for the next minute.
When we talk about the value of health, what value comes up for you? What is the value of your health? Perhaps a number comes to mind right now, an amount? Or is it more of a feeling, a thought?
In this busy, rushed society, our health is under pressure. A lot is asked of us. There doesn’t always seem to be time to listen to our own bodies, care about that one neighbour or live in balance with nature.
Imagine a world where we manage to put our health and that of our environment first.
What values are central to that world? What comes to mind right now?
Imagine a world in which health flows through society as currency. Health as something we can save, distribute or exchange with each other. What does this world look like, what image or word comes to mind?
We are curious. What values do you take with you after visiting this exhibition? The coming time the Embassy of Health will explore how we can put health first. In the coming period, using the narrative “The wealth in health” (Gezondheid als valuta)
Embassy of Health will explore how we can put health first together. Do you want to contribute to this value exchange?