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Tools for a Warming Planet

A collection of local tools to combat climate change




Date
2022 - 2024

Team
Sara Dean, co-creator
Beth Ferguson, co-creator
Marina Monsonís, collaboratorTools for a Warming Planet is a collection of everyday and speculative tools that engage our changing planet. The project combines practices of scientific research and artistic intervention, compiling tools from various modes of investigation. As the climate becomes a more volatile and figured actor in our lives, our methods of ‘knowing’ the environment are changing. Observations in nature, mapping, community engagement, and data collection are changing roles, from exploring unknown or uncharted areas to establishing new metrics, representations, datasets, and relationships in otherwise ‘known’ territories.


Exhibitions


Climate Pop-up. 
Exploratorium.  2025

Manifestations. 
Dutch Design Week. 2022

Collaborative Ecosystems for a Sustainable World. 
Ars Electronica Festival. Austria. 2022. 

La Irrupción. 
Arts Santa Monica Museum Barcelona. 2022

Publication


International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR), 2023.

Ars Electronica 2022: Festival of Art, Technology & Society. Hatje Cantz Publishing, 2022. 

ISEA 2022 Conference Proceedings. 2022

Select Media   


Chris Cummins, “Ars Electronica: Tools for a Warming Planet,” FM4 Austrian National Radio, interview. 2022

“Lecture on collaborative practices at the main stage of Ars Electronica,” La Vangaurdia. audio report. 2022

“Antoni Muntadas and the Catalan Presence in this edition of Ars Electronica,” Exibart. 2022

“La creació digital catalana truca la porta d’Ars Electronica a Àustria,” Exterior. 2022

“Santa Monica reflects on climate, health and the economy in a sample in the framework of ISEA 2022,” LA Republica. 2022

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