Forecast

What is shaping how you think about the planet’s future?

Forecast is Invisible Dust’s new online programme exploring answers to that question.

Bringing together artists, scientists, and change-makers from across the globe, Forecast makes space for reflection and encourages fresh ways of seeing the world.

Our planet and our health

In Forecast’s latest event series, we explored the connections between human health and nature through a series of lunchtime art-science discussions.

We were joined by artists Frances Disley and Marielle Neudecker, scientists Sir David King and Emma Lawrance, Eliabeth Wathuti, the young environmentalist whose rousing speech at last year’s climate change conference in Glasgow is well worth a watch.

Recordings of all of Forecast’s events are available here.

Featured Forecast conversation

“What will our view of nature bring to the future?” was the central question of this discussion chaired by Jessica Swedian, Founder of Synchronicity Earth. The speakers were Milka Chepkorir from the Sengwer indigenous community, artist-architect Usman Haque, psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, and environmental philosopher Danielle Celermajer.

Explore the complete archive of Forecast recordings here.

50 reflections on the planet’s future

We asked the sae question to 50 people from around the world, asking for answers in no more than 50 words:

“What is shaping how you think about the planet’s future?“

Contributors include Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Carlo Rovelli, Lily Cole, Hyphen Labs, Kasia Molga, Usman Haque and Judy Ling Wong.

You can browse read their responses here.

Forecast Artworks & Performances

Ahilapalapa Rands – ‘E Kū mālo`elo`e’ (To Stand Firm) 

“Where I’m from, we walk backwards into the future. Everything known, everything that has happened so far is what we face. Behind us is the unknown. Where we are going.”

Woven Time: A Girdle of Fig Leaves  – Adam Chodzko

A video in the form of a dream premonition. Adam Chodzko speculates about what art might need to become next in order to make a path of hope into the future.

Forecasting: Interesting Worlds – New collaboartive artwork by Fei Jun

You can watch the artist Fei Jun and two of the co-creators of this work in conversation with arts-science producer Lucy Wood and on our watchback page.

Programme Partners

We are delighted to be working alongside some wonderful people and organisations from around the world as Forecast evolves. Our partners include:

• 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust, Uganda
• British Council Germany
• Central Academy of Fine Arts, China
• Flourishing Diversity, UK
• Jessica Sweidan, Synchronicity Earth, UK
• Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York, UK
• Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, USA
• Sydney Environment Institute, Australia

Get in touch

We are open to new collaborations for Forecast in 2022. Get in touch with Ed at ed@invisibledust.com if you would like to arrange a chat.