As part of Bigert & Bergström’s exhibition ‘Broken Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures,’ our partner Accelerator hosts a two-day research festival on September 25 and 26. The festival serves as an interdisciplinary meeting place for art and science to bring UN climate scenarios to life. Through walk-and-talks with artists and researchers—including members of the Anthropocene Laboratory—and a series of climate lectures, guests are invited to discuss and explore humanity’s complex relationship to climate change.
In the walk-and-talks between the five greenhouse installations outside of Accelerator and in Bergius Botanic Garden, researchers from different disciplines will share their expertise and perspectives on climate-related challenges and futures in conversations with participants and the artists. The walk-and-talks last about 1 hour and are approximately 2 km. The walks take place outdoors regardless of the weather.
Participating researchers in the walk-and-talks are:
Sara Broomé (meteorologist, House of Science, Stockholm University), Rafael Calderón-Contreras (geographer, Anthropocene Laboratory, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Mattias Frihammar (Associate Professor of Ethnology, Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, Stockholm University), Caroline Greiser (landscape ecologist, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University), Andrew Hattle (research assistant, Anthropocene Laboratory, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Keith Larson (Director, Arctic Centre, Umeå University), Erik Kjellström (Professor of Climatology, SMHI Rossby Centre), Olle Lindestad (researcher in Plant Sciences, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University), Otto Ruin (PhD student in Art History, Department for Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University), Julie Sampieri (research assistant, Anthropocene Laboratory, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Mårten Snickare (Professor of Art History, Department for Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University), Gustav Strandberg (climate researcher, SMHI Rossby Centre), Anouck Violette Thaïs Chassaing (PhD student in Aerosol Science, Department of Environmental Science), Anna Livia Vørsel (architectural historian, Accelerator, Stockholm University)
The Climate Talks is a series of short lectures about subjects such as the greenhouse effect, climate change in the Arctic, climate activism, the history of the greenhouse, and Bergius Botanic Garden. The lectures will be in Swedish and English.
Programme
Friday 25 September
Walk-and-talks:
11.00 (ForskarFredag – for schools)
11.30 (ForskarFredag – for schools)
13.00 (English, registration required)
14.00 (Swedish, registration required)
15.00 (English, registration required)
Climate Talks:
17-18:30 at Accelerator Café (no registration required)
Lectures by: Keith Larson (Director, Arctic Centre, Umeå University), Gunvor Larsson (Director, Bergius Botanic Garden, Stockholm University), Anna Roosvall (Professor of Media and Communication Studies, Stockholm University), Alasdair Skelton (Professor of Geochemistry and Petrology, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University), and Mårten Snickare (Professor of Art History, Department for Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University)
Saturday 26 September
Walk-and-talks:
12.00 (Swedish for families, registration required)
13.00 (English, registration required)
14.00 (Swedish, registration required)
15.00 (English, registration required)
The research festival is free to attend. Please register for the walk-and-talks by emailing accelerator@su.se (indicate your name, number of participants, and time of the walk). Walk-in spaces will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The initiative is the result of a collaboration between Accelerator, the Bergius Botanic Garden, the Bolin Centre at Stockholm University, the Anthropocene Lab at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Bigert & Bergström.