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Shock Forest Group talk at Van Abbe Museum on April 12th

Posted on Sat, April 6, 2024

Research group Shock Forest Group investigates electromagnetic radiation and radio in all forms and does so in Eindhoven, the birthplace of the medium. Katya Abazajian, Sheryn Akiki, Axel Coumans, Susanna Gonzo, Nicolás Jaar, Daria Kiseleva and Jelger Kroese introduce themselves and talk about their research methods at

Lithium Triangle Research Studio + Nicolas jaar in Galeria Municipla Do Porto

Posted on Fri, April 7, 2023

Open from 25.03–28.05.2023, Compulsive Desires — The Extraction of Lithium and Rebellious Mountains addresses the entanglement between extractivism and exhaustion, productivity and burn-out, across scales. Curated by Marina Otero Verzier, the exhibition takes as its starting point the ongoing lithium extraction plans in the North of Portugal and the struggles sustained by local communities for their lives and rights. Battles that emphasize how, in what has been described as "green colonialism", the development of the "renewable energy futures", too often involves the dispossession of communities and degradation of ecosystems.