Sensing Resonance - Barbara Kapusta

How might possible futures unfold if we successfully adopt certain circular production and consumption practices? Building upon existing data and their potential for a net-zero emission trajectory, the research project 'Narratives for Circular Economy-driven Net-Zero Emission Pathways' is developing concepts for various future scenarios to facilitate the integration of circular economy principles.

In her participative work 'Assembly', Barbara Kapusta proposes her own form of circular economy: remnants of the misproduced vinyl work 'A New Fiery Community' are offered to visitors for recycling. The artist’s poetic instructions encourage participants to cut up and glue the vinyl: to refuse, strike, redesign, or rethink. Additionally, Kapusta infiltrates the Vienna Climate Summit with short video animations: here and there, heavy-breathing, sweaty, melancholic creatures appear in film sequences inserted between the presentations, which seem to be urging viewers to pause for a moment.

As part of the Klima Biennale Wien Nora Mayr curated with 'Sensing Resonance' encounters between the artists Imayna Caceres, Barbara Kapusta, Julian Palacz, and Borjana Ventzislavova with selected research units of the CircEUlar project for the Klima Biennale 2024.

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24 Jun – 25 Jun 2024
Wiener Klimagipfel at KunstHausWien
CircEUlar-Projekt x Klima Biennale Wien

ARTIST
Barbara Kapusta

SCIENTISTS
Volker Krey (IIASA), Elena Verdolini (CMCC), Marina Jovanovic (IIASA)

CURATOR
Nora Mayr