Entangled Futures: Mingling ecological knowledges

This series was an educational proposal curated by Maite Pastor Blanco and Laurane Le Goff (University of the Arts London, (UAL) alumni from MA Art & Science, Central Saint Martins (CSM)). The program aimed to provide learning and creative thinking regarding the current ecological change by understanding and rethinking some of the challenges from the Anthropocene. This body of work functioned as a bridge between existing sustainable programs within and outside UAL and as a cross-pollination of knowledges through interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches. Entangled Futures has taken place during the school term of 2021/2022 at the Central Saint Martins campus. Its first part “Understand the Entangled Futures” was concerned with ecology at multidisciplinary levels of understanding. It coincided with the Cop-26 and Cop15 and the Carnival of Crisis organised by the UAL Climate Emergency Network (CEN). The second part “Rethink the Entangled Futures” was concerned with the human industries and the diversity of topics around pollution and new technologies. It was supported by Kate Pelen, previous director of the UAL Climate Emergency Network (CEN), with the help of Abbi Fletcher, current director, and supervised by Heather Barnett, pathway leader of the MA Art and Science course. The preparation of this educational programme took place starting in the year impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic: from October 2020, until closing its completion in March 2022.