Chiara Di Leone – Power Play
Kicking off the Helsinki Tangle was researcher and writer Chiara Di Leone, whose talk “Power Play” launched us straight into our theme by examining the techno-economic power structures at play in climate forecasting.
Ryan Waller – You can get with this, or you can get with that
Control was a theme that threaded through Ryan’s talk at the Tangle, where he described that exercising control is often the foundation of power, and how having a certain degree of control over your creative practice can help with forging your own direction.
Laura Pappa – What’s work?
As a graphic designer and typographer fascinated with the urban landscape, Laura Pappa’s work operates at the intersection of place and image. In her talk in Helsinki, Pappa explored her mechanisms of staying engaged in creative practice over time.
Chimera Gastronomy — with Noam Youngrak Son
Behind an unsuspecting door on a rainy street in Oslo, a small group of people came together across two days to reimagine what bodies could be. The workshop “Chimera Gastronomy”, led by Noam Youngrak Son, offered a sticky, existensialist investigation into (co)existence via edible mediums.
Spring, Fountain, Font — Meandering alongside Laurenz Brunner
In order to understand the self, you need to know what to call it. From the Tangle in Oslo, Laurenz Brunner takes us on an onomastic journey.
Discriminating Machines and Design Justice — Learning from Nushin Yazdani
Berlin based transformation designer, artist and AI design researcher Nushin Yazdani works at the intersection of machine learning, design justice and intersectional feminist practices, and writes about the systems of oppression of the present and the possibilities of just and free futures. These are takeaways and resources from her talk at the Tangle.
Entangled Practice
In the narrow Brahegatan in central Stockholm giant letters spelling “ANNONSBLOCKERARE”, filling out the street like a highway billboard trying to sell us something we probably don’t need. But what is the message this time?