The impact of climate change extends beyond visible symptoms such as extreme weather and rising sea levels; it is also causing a significant loss of biodiversity while threatening ecosystems and the benefits they provide. It is human-centric thinking that has led to environmental disasters and species extinctions. To address this, we must shift from a profit-driven, industrialist mindset to an eco-centric and more-than-human worldview.
In this fireside chat, artist Jiabao Li will be in conversation with Rachel Donald to talk about how her work addresses climate change, interspecies co-creation, humane technology and perceptions by using methods of co-designing with non-human species as an artistic strategy to explore other-than-human intelligences and shift our perspectives. To create a more sustainable way of co-habitation among humans and other species, Jiabao Li creates works that foster deeper ecological connections.
Language: EN
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Jiabao Li (CN)/Photo: vog.photoJiabao Li
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Jiabao Li is an interdisciplinary artist, assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin, founding director of Ecocentric Future Lab and a Harvard graduate. Her works address climate change, interspecies co-creation, humane technology and perceptions. In Jiabao’s TED Talk, she uncovered how technology mediates the way we perceive reality. She is the recipient of numerous awards including Forbes China 30 Under 30 and the Outstanding Professor Award at MoMA. Her work has been exhibited internationally—at MoMA, Venice Architecture Biennale, Ars Electronica, Exploratorium, Today Art Museum Biennial, SIGGRAPH, Milan and Dubai Design Week, ISEA and Museum of Design.
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Photo: Jan HromádkoRachel Donald
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Rachel Donald is the creator of Planet: Critical, the podcast and newsletter for a world in crisis with 14,000-plus subscribers from 167 countries. Planet: Critical connects the dots of science, art, language, politics, media, philosophy and power to reveal the big picture. Donald speaks internationally on this ecosystem as an independent researcher and writer. Alongside Planet: Critical, her world exclusive investigations into climate corruption have been published in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Mongabay, The Intercept, Byline Times and the New Republic.
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Presented in the context of the Studiotopia project. Studiotopia is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
