After The Pandemic – Visions for Radical Renewals Online Exhibition by Swarm Dynamics 2020 Funded by Arts Council England Featured artwork in poster: ‘The Red Rats’ by Fabiana Ardeu (2020), with commentary in galleries below. Instagram @gembelembe Share Contacts If you are an organisation or NGO seeking our help as creative catalyst to think differently…
Building Resilience Imagine that, due to a weird mutation of the virus, the government has to keep a degree of social distancing in place permanently. This means you can only interact physically with your own neighbourhood and community. A global economic recession kicks in hard. How might you pull together to build sustainable resilience, so…
Space Becky Vincer UK From a series ‘We looked at each other, we knew what to do’ (Photographs with text overlay) Space The edge of a garden fence on the far RHS (right-hand side) Top LHS (left-hand side) ‘They made space for me’ Bottom RHS ‘I made space too’ Artist site Twitter @beckyvincer Instagram @beckyvincerartist…
Good morning Becky Vincer UK From a series ‘We looked at each other, we knew what to do’ (Photographs with text overlay) Good Morning Three water meter covers in the middle and a patch of dry grass on the far RHS Mid LHS ‘They said “Good Morning”’ Mid RHS ‘I said it too’ Artist site…
Thanks Becky Vincer UK From a series ‘We looked at each other, we knew what to do’ (Photographs with text overlay) Thanks A patchwork of paving slabs, bricks and grass Top RHS ‘I lifted my hand “thanks”’ Bottom LHS ‘They lifted theirs too’ Artist site Twitter @beckyvincer Instagram @beckyvincerartist Website https://beckyvincer.art/ Share Contacts If you…
New Pleasure We all know the critical importance of living within the limits of the planet, and that the human economy is ultimately a subset of ecology. Models such as ‘Donut Economics’ are gaining more attention, based on systems that meet the needs of all people fairly – within planetary boundaries. We need to embrace…
Wandering at Strange Hours Ryan Powell UK Ryan Powell is a video artist and documentary filmmaker whose work explores the politics of space and the interplay between human action and the natural world. Watch the excellent short film he made for this exhibition here Artist site www.ryan-powell.com Instagram: @ryan_p0well Artist Statement The lockdown has unmoored time…
A window Lofi UK Artist site https://www.lofi.space/ Artist Statement Our world has been knocked out of the rut it was in. It’s too early to tell if that’s going to end up being a positive thing or not, but what’s clear is that this is a window for real change. Of course, global liberalism has…
Conversations on systems with Lofi Commentary by Lofi “My personal work is very focused on the urban environment, and the constant conflict between the natural and the artificial. I embrace themes of urban decay and incongruous contrasts which I enhance with bright false colour in my work, making my art particularly suited to digital reproduction.…
Become Globalisation Interrupters* What are our real human needs? What is useful for human life, for collectivity, for meaningful lives and wellbeing? Can a radical transformation be easier than we think and closer than we expect? As Bruno Latour puts it, ‘if we all began on a personal basis to ask such questions on all…
