The Care Cycle

Art-science film | 4K V1 2025 8:00 V2 2026 3:00 | Above: teaser


The Care Cycle is a short film that highlights the environmental impact of healthcare by following the "life cycle" of surgical gowns, from oil extraction to disposal / afterlife. Through observational imagery and a poetic voiceover, The Care Cycle traces the geographies of materials across manufacturing, use, and disposal, refiguring the infrastructure of the hospital and medical equipment as embedded in planetary systems.

Produced in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare at Amsterdam UMC, the project contributes to broader efforts to embed environmental accountability within healthcare and systems design. The Care Cycle premiered as a video installation and screening at Dutch Design Week, October 19-26 2025. Screenings continue to take place among medical communities, in classrooms and lecture theatres.



The film holds up a mirror to a throwaway culture in which convenience is paramount. A culture that has become so self-evident that we rarely question it anymore. It is time to do so.
— Groene Zorg Alliantie / The Green Care Alliance


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