The contemporary-art-commissioning agency IHME Helsinki is continuing its collaboration with Helsinki Open Waves on new episodes of theArt, Science, Ecology podcast. The members of the IHME Helsinki Advisory Board are hosting its second season, carrying on discussions started in 2021. The new episodes update ideas about ecocide, sustainable energy, and energy identity, and about the role of the arts in all this, topics that are even more urgent today than in 2021.
IHME Helsinki unites the worlds of art, science, and climate work. We promote the cultural change needed in the environmental crisis and motivate citizens to adapt to a life within planetary boundaries. Each year we produce a public artwork and a series of events with international artists and local partners to bring hope amid the environmental crises. Our work is made possible by support from the Saastamoinen Foundation, Kone Foundation, and Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation.
Sustainable Curatorial Practices: Biennials and Public Art
In this fourth episode of the podcastPaula Toppila, Executive Director and Curator at IHME Helsinki, discusses ProfessorFelicity Fenner’s bookCurating in a time of ecological crisis. Biennials as agents of changewith the author.Felicity is Professor in the Master of Curating & Cultural Leadership programme, at UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture, Sydney. She is also Chair of the City of Sydney’s Public Art Advisory Panel and has a long career as a curator of international exhibitions. In this podcast Felicity shares her experiences of and insights on curating art in public spaces, the evolution of environmental art exhibitions, and the impact of various art projects, including biennials. The conversation also covers the challenges of and approaches to reducing the environmental impact of art events.
Reading recommended in the podcast:
Prudence Gibson:The Plant Contract(2018), Brill:https://brill.com/display/title/35267
Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris:The Hydrocene. Eco-Aesthetics in the Age of Water(2024):https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003397304/hydrocene-bronwyn-bailey-charteris
Credits
Producers:Paula Toppila, Saara Moisio
Host and guest:Paula Toppila and Felicity Fenner
Sound technician:Bailey Polkinghorne
IHME jingle: Viljami Valdén
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