'Our Time On Earth' - Radical Visions for The Future

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. Jonathan 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 

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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, Regenisis: 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 full sound piece accompanying their exhibition piece, Refuge for Resurgence, here.

This week at Dartington

July 6th - 9th: Dartington Playgoers will be giving an open air performance of Shakespeare's as you like it.

July 9th: Mbira player Millicent Chopin performs storytelling through music and dance.

Make sure to come along to our Saturday market on 9th July, showcasing the best local food and more.

July 8th - 17th: Ways with Words, a festival of words and ideas will be on the Dartington estate.

In the gallery we have a retrospective of potter Marianne de Trey.