Prototypes for Possible Worlds (2019-2020)
Speculative Energy Futures: Prototypes for Possible Worlds
Co-Leads: Dr. Sheena Wilson, Dr. Natalie Loveless
Researchers, Artists, and Co-Applicants who have participated in Prototypes for Possible Worlds include: Ruth Beer, Jessie Beier, Sean Caulfield, Evan Davies, Wallace Edwards, Soheila Esfahani, Caitlin Fisher, Joan Greer, Steven Hoffman, Tsēmā Igharas, Satoshi Ikeda, Luke Johnson, Natalie Loveless, Patrick Mahon, Janice Makokis, Kurtis MacAdam, Lisa Moore, Tegan Moore, Sourayan Mookerjea, Mark Simpson, Scott Smallwood, Rachel Snow, Diana Steinheuer, Clarence Whitestone, Sheena Wilson
December 10–21, 2019 and January 7–11, 2020
Opening Reception: December 13, 2019 from 7–10 p.m.
FAB Gallery, University of Alberta
Speculative Energy Futures: Prototypes for Possible Worlds was a research-creation exhibition that showcased some of the initial explorations from the first year of a collaborative, interdisciplinary, multi-year project that brings together artists, designers, activists, engineers, policy makers, scientists, humanists, social scientists, Indigenous legal experts and more, to inquire into the complex intersections of climate change and energy transition as interlocking sites of possibility as we imagine/model a range of potential low-carbon just futures.
Speculative Energy Futures (SEF) uses arts-based practices to imagine alternative futures. By grounding the project in research-creation and artistic research, SEF aims to bring together scholarly inquiry and creative processes to explore questions and express knowledge that is not necessarily accessible or representable in a traditional academic context. In this way, Speculative Energy Futures aims to express more diverse perspectives on the topic of energy transition, so we can re-imagine energy futures beyond what we currently understand to be possible. In December 2019, the SEF team held their first collaborative exhibition, titled Speculative Energy Futures: Prototypes for Possible Worlds. Co-lead by Dr. Sheena Wilson and Dr. Natalie Loveless, this “proto-exhibition” featured initial explorations from the first year of team collaborations.
Related Links
Tam, Kenneth. “Art exhibition explores energy futures.” Future Energy Systems, News, 19 December 2019, https://www.futureenergysystems.ca/news/post/art-exhibition-explores-energy-futures
Seed Time: Planting Ideas about Time and Sustainability
Dejardins, Rudy. « Une exposition pour explorer les futurs énergétiques » Le café show, 17 décembre 2019, https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/le-cafe-show/segments/chronique/147359/exposition-arts-energie–futur-universite-alberta-prototypes-possible-worlds-speculative-energy-futures
