Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth: Brian Eno, Rob Hopkins & Carolina Caycedo

What can artists offer in response to climate change? The experience of the pandemic has shown us that a profound reimagining of many aspects of society are entirely possible. In what ways can we rethink our relationship to the environment? How can we effect change with our every action? Join us to hear from artists and thinkers delivering an urgent and innovative response to the climate emergency. Back to Earth, the Serpentine’s major environmental programme is a multi-year initiative which invites leading artists, architects, poets, filmmakers, scientists, thinkers and designers to devise campaigns, protocols and initiatives to respond to the environmental crisis. The first Back to Earth publication, 140 Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth, edited by Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist together with Kostas Stasinopoulos, represents the exhibition of these ideas in book form, a unique compendium of recipes, sketches, photographs, texts, actions and instructions from some of the most creative minds of our generation to Remember Nature and help us all build a fairer and more sustainable future. This unmissable event brings together artists and thinkers to share their ideas around ecological challenges and to talk about collaboration and interconnectedness across disciplines as we look ahead and imagine the future in the next 50 or 500 years. Brian Eno is a composer, producer and visual artist. He is widely identified with the appearance of 'Ambient Music' in the 1970s and of ‘Generative Music’ in the 1990s. He has worked extensively with David Bowie, U2, Coldplay, Laurie Anderson, Talking Heads and others. His visual and installation work has been presented in nearly 200 venues over the last 5 decades. Eno is a trustee of Client Earth, director of Earth Percent and co-founder of The Long Now Foundation- a society dedicated to the promotion of long-term thinking. Carolina Caycedo is a Colombian-American artist who is researching community-led alternative energy production across the Americas. The basis of her campaign for Back to Earth is her long-running investigation into human interaction with rivers, from access to clean water supplies to toxicity levels and the impact of dams. Kostas Stasinopoulos is a curator and art historian. He is Assistant Curator, Live Programmes at Serpentine Galleries, London, working across the institution's interdisciplinary programme, Back to Earth and the General Ecology project. Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of transition Town Totnes and the Transition Network; and is the author of the Transition Handbook and most recently From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want. Rob presents the podcast called from What If To What Next in which he considers how to re-imagine our relationships with every day things such as flying. In 2012 he was voted one of the independent’s top 100 environmentalists and one of the observers top British radicals. He has spoken at TED global, and he is a keen gardener and the founder of the New Lion brewery. His spare time he creates extraordinarily beautiful lino prints. Rosie Boycott is a cross bench peer, food campaigner, co-founder of 5x15 and author of Our Farm: A year in the life of a small holding. 5x15 brings together outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories