Climate change conversations
Well, we had a room full of tables, candles, drinks, nibbles, questions and spectres – characters (together with the odd god, a foetus and death) who were both present and not present as part of our conversations.
Here’s the spectral host lining up in advance of the night….
A cacophony of silent spectres
And we welcomed 20 warm-blooded bodies with drinks in hand who nevertheless could appear as ethereal as the spectres with whom they shared the tables.
Blurred and blurring conversationalists
Every table had a pile of curly questions and some inquisitive fortune cookies – “what does growth mean in a finite world?”, “Do humans make progress or is that a myth?”, What’s the role of the spiritual in climate change?” Has capitalism run its course?”……
42 curly questions about climate change
People sat down, picked up curly questions and explored a space of answers with whoever happened to be sitting at the table with them at the time be they human or spectre……
So, Barak, what d’you think?
And after a few minutes, a bell rang and everyone moved tables…..
We learned that the pope and Tracy Emin (who unexpectedly shared a table) talked about what they had in common – revelling in upsetting the establishment apparently….
Sometimes, people (although not, as far as we know, the spectres) drew and wrote their responses on the tables. ….
And through it all, Pip drew the sounds she could hear….
The sound of people & spectres talking about the climate
And, when the final bell rang, we all retired to the Tobacco Factory bar and drank and ate and chatted until it was time to collect up the spectres and head for home.
What will happen next time? Impossible to know…..
We would like to thank Jon Phillips of Muen photography for capturing the visual experience of our Space Explorations Exhibition at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol in September. Click here to view the gallery of Jon’s images and a few of our own.
The Larks and Ravens 