Natural debt #1#2

Series of performances were I’ve been acting as an issuer on behalf of humanity and giving back our debt at the Earth Overshoot Day. Symbolizing the irrational consumption of the resources available to us, the absurdity measured these resources in monetary terms, critic of the economic approach as a whole. 

Construct of Nature 

In 2020 during series of performances a debt in total amount of printed $2,000,000 was returned.

Banknotes been printed on the leaves of Reynoútria sachalinénsis (Fallopia sachalinensis) and Reynoutria japonica an invasive plants species that invading at vast areas.

Two hundreds banknotes denominations of 10.000$ each been given back to nature in different parks, green zones and squares in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.

As a result of global pandemic we have been reduce the carbon emission and overs our impact to planet and move the date from  29th July (in 2019) to 22 August (in 2020). But we still need an 1.6 planet to satisfy our needs. 22 August the date when all ecological resources from 2020 year are used and we starting to take resources from next year.

Through my performance I will start to give back our Natural Debt to planet, returning plant leaves with imprinted bills on them, symbolizing expenses, debt, institution of money and economy as an archaism and a subsystem below the concept of nature, ecology and the planet future.

The second event took place in Saint Petersburg as part of the opening of the Biennale “A World Without Labor II” by N I I C H E G O D E L A T, with the theme of 2020 — Universal Basic Income. The event was also streamed live online on Online performance art festival 

The first performance event was dedicated to Earth Day, which in 2020 fell on August 22. The event took place in Moscow, at the Muzeon Park place. It was broadcasted via a live stream on Zoom. — Online performance art festival

onlineperformanceart.com/22nd-august2020-at-3pm-utc-natural-debt-by-igor-tereshkov-vancouver-ca-duration-7min/