Limits to Growth
2024/2017
NADA Miami Art Fair
Finnish Cultural Institute in New York (Elina Suoyrjö)

During the fair week, the NADA Miami visitor may encounter a figure at the Ice Palace Studios immersed in reading The Limits to Growth, a report written in 1972 by environmental scientists Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and William W. Behrens III. The report predicted and discussed the now obvious imbalance between ideals and dreams of exponential economic growth and our planet’s factual resources. Presented originally in 2017 at a start-up event in Turku, Finland, Nestori Syrjälä’s performative work takes in further connotations through its presentation at an art fair context in 2024.

Shirts: Jaakko Pallasvuo
Tote bags: Bogna Luiza Wisniewska
Performers: misael sato & Heather Lyon
Photos: Diana Larrea & Matt Borkowski