Speculative Art & Fiction with SB Divya and Jonathon Keats

from How do you like it so far? · host SB Divya, Jonathon Keats, Colin Maclay, Henry Jenkins

This week's conversation with scientist turned author SB Divya and philosophy student turned conceptual artist Jonathon Keats continues our series on climate futures by beginning with the notion of a thought experiment, and how that is manifested in both Divya’s fiction and Jonathon’s art projects. They discuss the tools each of them uses to invite their audiences to participate with them in optimistic speculation about the future, and how they try to overcome resistance to that journey through entertainment and playfulness. In questioning why we tend to look for definitive answers and discount our own subjective experiences, they lead us to home in on the commonalities between creativity or “the artistic mindset” and the scientific method, which are often presented as opposing each other. And recalling our previous episode with James Paul Gee, if we are able to let go of the assumption of human exceptionalism—for example considering time in terms of the cycle of a river, or the life of a tree—we are able to gain new perspectives on our humanity.A Full transcript of this episode will be available soon!Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:SB Divya’s work:MachinehoodContingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Possible SituationsRuntimeJonathan Keats’ work:Thought ExperimentsPornography for PlantsStrange Skies - Travel documentaries for plantsDIY Universe KitThe Century CameraThe Millennium CameraFables: The Book of the UnknownWork with the Earth Law CenterFlux ExchangeBlack Mirror (Netflix)Stanley MilgramCaesium Standard (for the atomic clock)What Is a Human? By James Paul GeeEpisode #80: James Paul GeeHenry’s course: Science Fiction as Media TheoryBuckminster Fuller: Operating Manual for Spaceship EarthEpisode 84: Sarena Ulibarri and Ed Finn on SolarpunkEpisode 83: Indigenous Voices for Environmental Justice with Candis Callison & Julian Brave NoiseCatShare your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at [email protected]:Koyaanisqatsi - reverse ( ISTAQSINAAYOK ) (from the original by Philip Glass)“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at [email protected]:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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