Radical change in how we connect to the environment

Kat Austen How do we connect with the environment? This is an
exploration in breaking down the boundries between inside and
outside "myself". We are more permeable than we think. During this
talk, artist Kat Austen will discuss how drawing together knowledge
from multiple sources - DIY science, phenomenology, instinct,
culture - can help to provide a bridge between ourselves and
the outside world. She will illustrate the methodology with
examples from two projects. With the Coral Empathy
Device, she'll discuss how this approach can be applied to the
marine environment by fostering empathy with coral. And with
her second project, Vital | Flows, she'll discuss how this
methodology can be applied to working with communities to
explore food and its meaning.  With Vital | Flows, Kat is
creating an open source artistic research methodology for exploring
environmental topics, creating a platform for rhyzomic
 growth of self-actualised research that brings together and
brings the best out of online and offline knowledge sharing.