Superflux: The Craftocene

The exhibition The Craftocene brings together for the first time three major works by the London-based design studio Superflux: the multispecies banquet Refuge for Resurgence (2021); Nobody Told Me Rivers Dream (2025), an ongoing investigation into the intelligence of rivers; and a new commission created specifically for the Weltmuseum Wien titled Relics of Abundance (2026).

Building on the term “Craftocene” (a play on Anthropocene and Holocene) coined by Superflux, the exhibition explores how craft, technology, and ecological intelligence might converge to form new ways of living together. It questions Western notions of progress and our current practices of production and consumption, undertaking a kind of archaeology of the future.

The works are presented alongside objects from the collection of the Weltmuseum Wien. By juxtaposing these speculative works from Superflux’s studio with historical artifacts, the exhibition invites visitors to reconsider the stories of these objects and the lives of those who created them. It encourages the exploration of new, coexistent relationships between humans and more-than-human worlds—moving beyond an anthropocentric perspective.