Tomás Saraceno In Collaboration: Web(s) of Life

We are pleased to host this panel discussion with Tomás Saraceno in collaboration with the Serpentine Galleries. The event features a discussion on the struggle for clean and just energy between artists, thinkers and activists.

In January 2020, Aerocene Pacha, a fuel-free hot air balloon, safely lifted a person into the sky and landed back on Earth, using only the power of sun and air. This moment was organised by artist Tomás Saraceno’s Aerocene Foundation in collaboration with representatives from the 33 Indigenous communities of the Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc basin, in Northern Argentina. Aerocene Pacha’s launch drew attention to the devastating impacts of lithium extraction on the region’s human and more-than-human ecosystems, while proposing environmental and ethical commitments to the planet and its inhabitants. 

In conjunction with the exhibition Tomás Saraceno in Collaboration: Web(s) of Life, join a discussion about the struggles for environmental justice, land rights and a ‘just energy transition’ – an equitable and just approach to clean energy. Tomás Saraceno will be in conversation with Verónica Chávez, President of the Community of Santuario Tres Pozos; human rights lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck; writer Graciela Speranza; sociologist Maristella Svampa, co-author of the seminal 2023 “Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South” as well as more guests to be announced. The evening will be moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine. 

Click here to access the livestream of this event.