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Starving for Connection
Navn
Asta Dreboldt Kofoed-Hansen
Uddannelsesgrad
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Design
Institut
Visuelt Design
Program
Graphic Communication Design
År
2024
"Starving for Connection" is an exhibition created to challenge the taboo surrounding loneliness. Through data visualization and exhibition design, the project invites us to reflect on our own relationship with loneliness while prompting discussion about this pressing issue.
The exhibition is expected to tour Denmark in the coming years. Don't hesitate to reach out if you are interested in showcasing the piece.
The loneliness crisis in Denmark has reached unprecedented heights. Between 2010 and 2021, the proportion of people, who often find themselves being undesirably alone, increased by 3.5 percentage points. Youth are particularly affected by this unprecedented trend, with the 16-24 age group experiencing a 5.9 percentage point increase among men and a 6.4 percentage point increase among women between 2017 and 2021. (Sundhedsstyrelsen, 2022).
While this crisis is not unknown, becoming a more prevalent theme in both media and research, it remains highly taboo. The importance of reversing this upward trend and eliminating the taboo surrounding loneliness in our society is pressing. Research indicates that if loneliness takes hold of a person, they may lose up to 10 years of their life and are much more likely to develop severe mental illnesses such as depression (Lasgaard & Friis, 2015).
With my masters project I wanted to illustrate the issue of loneliness in the Danish youth – the group most affected – to inspire discussions and bring different perspectives about the subject to life.
To learn more about the project and the process of making it, please download my project-report above.
Det Kongelige Akademi understøtter FN’s verdensmål
Siden 2017 har Det Kongelige Akademi arbejdet med FN’s verdensmål. Det afspejler sig i forskning, undervisning og afgangsprojekter. Dette projekt har forholdt sig til følgende FN-mål
