Dreamed Native Ancestry (DNA) : Re-thinking race and migration
In 1977, NASA launched two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, into space to study the outer solar system. Passing beyond our sun’s planetary
Curating contemporary art in the framework of the planetary commons
My paper ‘Curating contemporary art in the framework of the planetary commons’ was recently published in The Polar Journal. Volume
Revisiting Fukushima: responses to an ongoing disaster
I visited Fukushima in 2014. Fukushima. The word – like Chernobyl or Three Mile Island – is synonymous with nuclear
Conflict Minerals: extractive capitalism
Extractive capitalism has spread over our world with a rapacious force. From the mineral-rich Congo to mountaintop removal coal mining
All at sea
Let us talk about oceans. About resilience. About the sailor. During the past week, I have had the joy of spending
Graveyard of Lost Species: a monument for a changing estuary
A few weeks ago, Arts Catalyst launched the Graveyard of Lost Species, a public monument by artists YoHa (Graham Harwood
The active role for culture in a divided nation
A surprising number of people have said to me lately that they don’t know any Leave supporters at all. So I
Critical art and outer space: examining space as a global commons
The ‘Critical Issues in Outer Space’ session at the Association of American Geographers’ huge Annual Meeting in San Francisco last
Acronyms, bat caves and sentient architecture: February update from Washington DC
So here I am, back in Washington DC on Super Tuesday (writing this the day before I post), observing a
Arts Catalyst’s new Centre for Art, Science and Technology opens in London
I’ve been back in the UK for the opening of Arts Catalyst’s new Centre for Art, Science and Technology in King’s
Trust and the taste of flesh: the ethics of Martin O’Brien’s zombie performance
The first three articles from the Trust Me, I’m an Artist project (funded by Creative Europe) have just been published
International Summit on Human Gene Editing: missing voices, divergent views … What is the role of the artist?
A hugely significant meeting in Washington DC last week barely made it onto the front pages of the world’s newspapers.
Cooking up interdisciplinarity (with added artist)
Discussions about the future of science and technology have increasingly considered how interdisciplinary working might contribute to science’s discoveries and
Aerocene – flight without borders
In the dunes of White Sands desert, on Sunday 8th November 2015, for the first time in the world,
Exploring the border of art and space: the “territory of the imagination”
I have spent the last few days with a very special group of people in El Paso, Texas, on the
A personal update – seeking the view from Stateside
I’m excited to let you know that, for the next 12 months, I’ll be based in Washington D.C., from where
