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Reading List: On Practice

Reading List: On Practice

A reading list compiled by Serpentine Education & Civic Curators on the occasion of a new podcast series: On Practice.

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Artists World Illustration

Ecological World-Building: From Science Fiction to Virtual Reality

Alice Bucknell draws a line from the otherworldly, ecological imaginings of writers like Octavia Butler to the "digital gardening" practices of artists like Jakob Kudsk Steensen and Jen...

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An Introduction to Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s New Realities

An Introduction to Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s New Realities

To encounter the immersive virtual landscapes and meditative soundscapes of Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen is to be transported to a new world.

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In Conversation: Tai Shani, Untitled Hieroglyphs

In Conversation: Tai Shani, Untitled Hieroglyphs

Back to Earth artists consider how art, design and philosophy can effect long-term change in the face of ecological crisis.

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In Conversation: Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen with Lucia Pietroiusti

In Conversation: Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen with Lucia Pietroiusti

Back to Earth artists consider how art, design and philosophy can effect long-term change in the face of ecological crisis.

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In Theory: Paulo Freire

In Theory: Paulo Freire

This Education Day, we remember and celebrate the radical educator and theorist Paulo Freire.

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Firewalking: The Institute of Queer Ecology on Fire Island

Firewalking: The Institute of Queer Ecology on Fire Island

"A queer ecological practice demands that we see ourselves in community with other species, instead of above them."

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Reading List: The Understory of the Understory

Reading List: The Understory of the Understory

A reading list from the team behind The Understory of the Understory, an art & ecology festival on soil, earth, land and ground.

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Aesthetics of New AI

Aesthetics of New AI

How do we find the balance between researching AI as a technical object, without distancing it as “other” to the human?

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Bringing together the artists, writers and thinkers of our time to explore timely questions around technology, ecology and equality.

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Discover 50 years of the Serpentine

From the architecture pavilion and digital commissions to the ideas marathon and the General Ecology programme, explore 50 years of artists, projects and exhibitions.

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