091 Artist John Hartley’s Contingency Research

Root Simple Podcast

Our guest this week on the podcast is London-based artist and researcher John Hartley. John is probably best known for turning an office (desk, computer and business suit!) into a sea kayak. We talk about a bunch of John’s projects, including the kayak, and the intersection of art and ecological thinking. While listening to the podcast I’d suggest taking a look at John’s work which you can see on his website ambivalency.net. During the show we discuss:

• John’s interest in peaks and declines
• Why art is uniquely placed to deal with the problems of climate change
• His “Contingency Research Platform” Kayak project
• Hydrohacks
• Zero Dollar Laptop Project
• William Blake’s Angel Oak
• The Peckham Experiment
• Building Jewellery
• The Goldcrest Standard

Special thanks to Kate of the blog Wild Economies for tipping me off to John’s work.

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