162. 'Our Time On Earth': Radical Visions for The Future by Arts & Ecology
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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🗓️ 7 July 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism. As always, we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transform our anger into productive dialogue on building a sustainable future.
In this special episode, the Outrage + Optimism crew has teamed up with the Dartington Arts School to bring you the first episode of the school’s intriguing new podcast, Arts and Ecology. The podcast explores the nexus between art, ecology, and culture and the role creatives can play in tackling the climate crisis.
In this inaugural episode, Arts and Ecology co-host Natasha Rivett-Carnac and O + O Executive Producer Sarah Thomas discuss “Our Time on Earth,” a major multimedia exhibition currently running at the Barbican in London with co-curator Caroline Till. Till is the co-founder of FRANKLINTILL, a research agency exploring design, colour, and material innovation for a sustainable future.
You’ll also hear from two teams who collaborated on exhibition pieces. Chippindale, CEO of the award-winning digital retail agency, Holition, and George Monbiot, writer, Guardian columnist and environmental activist bring us The World Beneath Our Feet. The piece was inspired by “The Wonders of Soil,” the first chapter in Monbiot’s latest book, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet.
Next, we hear from Anab Jain and Jon Ardern, the co-founders of Superflux, an award-winning experimental design agency creating visceral experiences that bring future possibilities into the present. Their exhibition piece, a lavish multi-species banquet, is entitled, Refuge for Resurgence.
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Notes and Resources
To explore more about the interconnection between art, ecology, and culture, subscribe to the Dartington Arts School’s podcast Arts and Ecology.
Natasha Rivett-Carnac, curator, Arts and Ecology, Dartington School of Arts
The exhibit Our Time on Earth, created by Caroline Till and Kate Franklin, will be at the Barbican in London from Thursday, 5 May to Monday, 29 Aug 2022.
Caroline Till is Co-Founder of FRANKLINTILL. Her book, co-written with business partner and co-curator, Kate Franklin, is Radical Matter: Rethinking Materials for a Sustainable Future and can be purchased here or in the US, here.
Jonathan Chippindale, is CEO of Holition.
You can get George Monbiot’s latest book, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet, here. Or in the US, here.
Anab Jain and John Arden are co-founders of Superflux.
You can listen to Jain and Arden’s piece, Window View, accompanying their exhibition piece, Refuge for Resurgence, here.
To learn more about our planet’s climate emergency and how you can transform outrage into optimistic action subscribe to the podcast here.
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Thank you to our amazing guests this week!
Dartington Arts School
Caroline Till
Designer | Co-Curator of Our Time on Earth
Barbican - ‘Our Time on Earth’
Jonathan Chippindale (Holition)
George Monbiot
Anab Jain and Jon Arden (Superflux)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism, I'm Tom Ravick-Karnack. |
| 0:16.3 | This week we extend to you an invitation to sit back and enjoy a special bonus episode |
| 0:22.4 | introducing the brand new Arts and Ecology podcast brought to you by the Datington Art |
| 0:28.0 | School. |
| 0:29.0 | Hi everyone, it's Tom here, so this week we've teamed up with the folks at Datington |
| 0:50.8 | Art School to co-produce the first episode of their exciting new podcast, Arts and Ecology. |
| 0:57.0 | In this episode, Sarah, our executive producer at Outrage and Optimism, together with Natasha, |
| 1:03.5 | one of the co-hosts of the Arts and Ecology podcast, get together to explore our time on |
| 1:09.3 | Earth, which is the title of a major exhibition currently running at the Barbican in London. |
| 1:15.9 | The exhibition, which is amazing, celebrates the role of global creativity to transform |
| 1:21.1 | the conversation around the climate emergency. |
| 1:24.6 | From the Outrage and Optimism podcast, we've previously had solutions from guests working |
| 1:29.9 | across the creative sectors. |
| 1:32.1 | In particular, I think back on the discussions we had with artists, writers and filmmakers, |
| 1:36.8 | like Oliver Jeffers, Kim Stanley Robinson and Adam McKay, who've offered different views |
| 1:42.5 | on the role of the creative industries can play and should play in tackling the ecological |
| 1:48.8 | crisis, not to mention our wonderful weekly music guest contribution to this question. |
| 1:55.4 | If you enjoy these conversations, the Arts and Ecology podcast offers a lens on the intersection |
| 2:01.0 | of art, ecology and culture and promises an exciting and thought-provoking series delving |
| 2:07.6 | into some of the key questions that creatives working on an ecological crisis are facing. |
| 2:13.0 | Be sure to check out their links in the show notes and hit subscribe. |
| 2:16.6 | So without further ado, I'll hand you over to Natasha and the Arts and Ecology team, |
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