You Are Invited: Big Prizes Inside / Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig

Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
 
You Are Invited: Big Prizes Inside, 2025
Social practice prompt
 
You Are Invited: Big Prizes Inside is an invitation for participants to reflect on their relationship to collective climate action with the people that know them best. Through a structured set of questions, participants are invited to clarify their values, seek input from trusted relationships, and identify areas for growth. Participants are invited to share their commitments with the artist and, optionally, the public. The work shifts focus from technical solutions to the relational and adaptive challenges of collective action, emphasizing that meaningful climate response requires shifts in attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs. The vocabulary of gambling plays with perceptions of risk and value in an addiction economy. By centering reflection and dialogue, the piece creates a space for individuals to recognize their role within broader systems of change and to take adaptive steps toward collective engagement.
 
Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig is a social practice artist working at the intersection of climate action, systems change, and adult development. Through social scores, participatory prompts, and collaborative inquiry intensives, her work invites collaborators into inquiry and reflection to re-imagine social environments.