radical empathy studio
‘empathy is the most radical of human emotions.‘ gloria steinem
the growing global empathy deficit, our lack of empathic concern and perspective-taking, is one of the most serious and urgent emergencies of our time. widely evidenced through scientific research, i believe it to be one of the root causes behind the grave socio-economic, cultural and ecological crises we are experiencing in the anthropocene. never before have we been more disconnected from ourselves, each other and our natural environment.
before the pandemic we were experiencing the biggest movement of people in modern history. people, cultures, religions, languages and values have been mixing more than ever before. yet, our societies struggle to find ways to facilitate this; our systems and services are not designed to enable and embrace it between humans, let alone humans and other species.
my vision as an empathy artist and designer is to fight the global empathy deficit to bridge the divides between us, both between humans and humans and other species. through my work i strive to propel radical planetary empathy into the very core of the systems and structures that shape and govern our shared human and non-human communities to shift us from a human-centred view to a planetary-centred view of the world.
collaborators
BBC / the design museum / parliament of finland / london borough of newham / philadelphia museum of art / tate liverpool / kettle’s yard / lusto the forest museum of finland / puistokatu 4 / finnish institute UK + ireland / embassy of finland in london / bow arts / foundation for future london / greater london authority / LIFT / YLE / bath university / RCA / imperial college london / central saint martins / RCKa / poplar harca
