GRID Graphic Museum Groningen presents Puin Hoop: Reprint of the 1980s. A thought-provoking exhibition about the past that turns out to be surprisingly relevant today. On view at the University Museum Groningen.

The 1980s: a time of shoulder pads, pop idols and neon colours. A decade of extremes and technological progress, which we often look back on with a certain nostalgia. But is that nostalgia really justified?

Because all that progress went hand in hand with economic stagnation, the endless search for housing, environmental problems and people becoming increasingly disconnected from one another, while social divisions grew deeper. Looked at from this perspective, very little has changed. Forty years later, we are struggling with exactly the same problems.

Step into a world that at first glance seems very different from our own, but on closer inspection feels surprisingly familiar. Almost the same people, almost the same problems and almost the same mess. But where there is rubble, there is hope.

Explore surprising installations, discover remarkable printed matter and experience contemporary artworks by a new generation of artists. Discover that although times may change, people do not change all that much.

Commissioned by: GRID Graphic Museum Groningen
Exhibition concept: Bart Breman
Exhibition design / curatorship: Paul&Albert
Graphic design and image editing: Studio Schuttinga
Project management: Marius Breukink
Production: Ra’fat Ali, Lawand Zaza, Kevin Perrin, Frederik Nienhuis (Luminoxx), Gerard van der Beek (Simplex Furniture), Bart Kempinga, Jan Bouma (OpMaat3D), Leander van Boven (Salty Code Productions), Margriet Haan, Multimedia Group, Van Duinen Houtbewerking
Texts: Bart Breman, Elina Klungel
Film: Studio Bruusk
PR, marketing and online: Atelier Valentina, Corné Boot
Education: Lisse de Bie
Advisors: Martin Hillenga, Sebastiaan Vos
Photography: Daniek Snijder

Artists: Abel Kamps, An Ye Zhi de Jong, Carlijn Kingma, Dagmar Stap, Marta Calero Segura, Mart Veldhuis, Milah van Zuilen, Moigimy Ajeki, Siou Jeng Tsao, Willem de Haan, Yuri Veerman.