Broken Greenhouse: Research Festival
On September 25–26, Accelerator invites you to the research festival Broken Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures. Two days of talks, lectures, and walk-and-talks starting outside Accelerator and continuing into in the Bergius Botanical Garden with leading researchers and artists exploring the UN climate scenarios.
How can art and science join forces to tackle the climate crisis of our generation? The festival Broken Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures is an interdisciplinary meeting point for art and science, bringing the UN climate scenarios to life.
Through a unique collaboration with researchers across a range of disciplines, and centered on Bigert & Bergström’s exhibition Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures, the festival explores humanity’s complex relationship with climate change. The program offers two types of events for deeper engagement: interactive Walk-and-talks and the Climate Talks panel series, featuring artists, scientists and the public.
Walk-and-talks
During guided walking discussions between the five sculptural greenhouses outside Accelerator and into the Bergius Botanical Garden, researchers from diverse fields share their insights and perspectives on the future. The walks take approximately 1 hour, cover roughly 2 km, and take place outdoors rain or shine.
Climate Talks
At Accelerator’s café, a series of in-depth lectures will take place in both Swedish and English. The sessions cover topics such as the greenhouse effect, climate change in the Arctic, climate activism, the history of the greenhouse, and the Bergius Botanical Garden itself.
Schedule
Friday, September 25
Meeting point: The Reference Point (the hammocks) outside Accelerator
Walk-and-talks:
11:00 AM (ForskarFredag – for school groups)
11:30 AM (ForskarFredag – for school groups)
1:00 PM (English, registration required)
2:00 PM (Swedish, registration required)
3:00 PM (English, registration required)
Climate Talks:
5:00 PM–6:30 PM in Accelerator’s café (no registration required)
Saturday, September 26
Meeting point: The Reference Point (the hammocks) outside Accelerator
Walk-and-talks:
12:00 PM (Swedish, family-friendly walk, registration required)
1:00 PM (English, registration required)
2:00 PM (Swedish, registration required)
3:00 PM (English, registration required)
Practical Information
Participation in the festival is free of charge. Register for the walk-and-talks by emailing accelerator@su.se (please specify your name, number of participants, and preferred time slot). Drop-in spots are offered subject to availability.
Participants
Featured artist and researchers:
Walk-and-talks
Sara Broomé (Meteorologist, House of Science, Stockholm University), Rafael Calderón-Contreras (Geographer, Anthropocene Laboratory, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Mattias Frihammar (Associate Professor in Ethnology, Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, Stockholm University), Caroline Greiser (Landscape Ecologist, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University), Andrew Hattle (Research Assistant, Anthropocene Laboratory, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Keith Larson (Director, Arctic Centre, Umeå University), Erik Kjellström (Professor in Climatology, SMHI Rossby Centre), Olle Lindestad (Researcher in Plant Sciences, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University), Otto Ruin (PhD student in Art History, Department for Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University), Julie Sampieri (Research Assistant, Anthropocene Laboratory, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Mårten Snickare (Professor of Art History, Department for Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University), Gustav Strandberg (climate researcher, SMHI Rossby Centre), Anouck Violette Thaïs Chassaing (PhD student in Aerosol Science, Department of Environmental Science), Anna Livia Vørsel (Architectural Historian, Accelerator, Stockholm University)
Climate talks
Keith Larson (Director, Arctic Centre, Umeå University), Gunvor Larsson (Director, Bergius Botanic Garden, Stockholm University), Anna Roosvall (Professor of Media and Communication Studies, Stockholm University), Alasdair Skelton (Professor of Geochemistry and Petrology, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University), and Mårten Snickare (Professor of Art History, Department for Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University)
