Tagged: socialist anthropocene

Weather Spectres of the Socialist Anthropocene: An Interview with Rita Süveges by Maja and Reuben Fowkes

Rita Süveges is a Hungarian artist whose research-based practice explores the ecological impacts of industrial systems, ranging from monocultural agriculture to fossil fuels and extractivism. Growing up on the Great Hungarian Plain surrounded by vast crop fields, Süveges witnessed the environmental legacy of socialist agricultural policies. Her interdisciplinary approach combines visual art with in-depth research into technoscientific imaginaries, examining how capitalism responds to environmental crisis through increasingly technological solutions. In her latest project, Weather Spectre, she looked at the history and mythology of weather manipulation.

Maja & Reuben Fowkes: Your solo exhibition Weather Spectre at the Hungarian National Gallery Read more

Dispose, discard, discare: Environmental, political and emotional wastelands in the German Democratic Republic

In everyday use, waste refers to a material which is considered dirty, useless, or worthless, and therefore deserves to be dumped, ditched or disappeared. If these words are uncomfortable to read, it’s probably because they are frequently used as a metaphor in the social and political sphere. In English, there are numerous synonyms for trash and our separation from it. We might speak politely of disposal, but the underlying problem remains the same: how to get rid of dirty junk for good? Some crap can be directly composted or recycled, but that applies only to very specific materials in very … Read more