Hebzucht

Have, have, have. Greed is an ugly deadly sin – which is probably why it is so often depicted in the work of Hieronymus Bosch. Artist Marsja van der Ven was inspired by it and is troubled by our unbridled desire for more, bigger, faster. She depicts this concern with a life-size dragonfly.

Dragonfly larvae propel themselves forward by taking in water and forcefully squeezing it out the back; like grabbing consumers who thoughtlessly leave everything behind. To construct her artwork, Marsja used an ultimate example of the consequences of that behaviour: electronic waste, one of the fastest-growing waste streams that is hardly ever reused or recycled.