A Tale of Two Boats: How the world changed direction to get to COP25
The United Nations had moved COP 25 from Santiago to Madrid. What does it mean for climate activists who went on slow travel to the COP?
by Rob La Frenais
Since November 2015, the independent curator and critic Rob La Frenais conducts Future of Transportation, a research project in art and design with the Srishti Institute of Bengalore in India.
She can see land! Cross the Atlantic Like Greta
While Greta Thunberg just arrived in New York on a sailing boat to attend UN Climate Action Summit 2019, Makery has investigated options how to "Do It Like Greta".
Rising water, new projects for the new flood age in Avignon
Visiting the BigTorrent exhibition, July 4th on the Rhone river, on the occasion of the opening of the 73rd theater Festival of Avignon.
Traincamp, or why go by train to Green Culture festival in Montenegro
Makery spoke to the organisers of the Train Camp that goes by train this week to the Green Culture festival in Montenegro.
Extinction Rebellion organises its first “die-in” in Paris
On Sunday March 24th, a loose coalition of scientists, climate campaigners, churchgoers, anti-capitalist activists and makers arrived, symbolically in front of Paris’s Bourse.
Stig A. Nielsen: “making use of local resources of energy, elegantly”
Unusual approaches of Danish artist, architect and maker Stig Anton Nielsen and his interest to off-grid energy leads to an exploration of kite mills with his Kiteborne start-up.
COP24: how artists commit to the climate
Does watching ice melt help us talk about the climate emergency? A critical view on artists commitment at the end of COP24.
In London, scientists, artists and activists surge to save the Humans
On the eve of COP24 in Poland, the role of artists in thinking long-term about the future of the human species on this planet, alongside a new surge of scientist-led activism.
Digifest, a life hacking festival in South Africa
From June 23-30 in Durban, South Africa, the digital festival Digifest welcomed the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA). With a lot of discussions on the future of makerspaces.
How Wolfgang Tillmans is rebranding Europe
Following an initiative by Wolfgang Tillmans and Rem Koolhaas, designers, experts and artists participated in Eurolab from May 31 to June 3 in Amsterdam. A creative forum to “act for democracy”.
Robertina Šebjanič, the artist who whispered into the ears of axolotls
Whether studying the regenerative abilities of the salamander or the myth of aquatic humans, the Slovenian artist is pushing the limits of life in order to rethink what it means to be human.
And the first speaker is… a horse
A worm breeder, a woodsman, a seaweed maker or performative micro-naps… Welcome to the strange conference Radical Relevances, in Helsinki.
“Think of Yourself as a Planet”
Last days to see the exhibition “After the End of the World” at the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, which speculates on climate change, the end of humans… and becoming jellyfish.
Where are the Bees?
Long banned in Spanish cities, bees are reappearing in Barcelona with the exhibition “Beehave” at the Joan Miró Foundation and in various spots around the Catalan capital.
Artists on the water, a history of pirate ships
In anticipation of “Trans//Border”, a tribute to the activist and navigator Nathalie Magnan in Marseille, Rob La Frenais takes us on a guided tour of aquatic projects by makers, artists and activists.
Cohabiting on the Moon
How can we prepare the cohabitation of robots and humans on the Moon? Artists and space experts discussed the issues at the first workshop of the Moon Village Association in Strasbourg, France.
Bicycling on Mars
How will we travel tomorrow? From railway vehicles to solar tuk-tuk, Rob La Frenais, who conducts the Future of Transportation project with the Srishti Institute, gives a few art and DIY ideas.