Last year I was really excited to be the only artist commissioned to work with Cambridge University’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk on an audio project working towards the Dasgupta Review into the Economics of Biodiversity that was commissioned by HM Treasury.
Working with Dr. Lauren Holt and using the notion of Bibliotherapy for the Anthropocene as the basis for the work Lauren and I undertook separate walks in our local area during Lockdown 1 and talked about the intrinsic value of biodiversity, the subsequent paper and recording of this conversation were turned into a Trail Mix[ED] edition and sent to a diverse international collection of scholars, theologians, philosophers and critical thinkers who were invited to give their own thoughts to the review. Their recorded walks from around the world, made as the pandemic was making its way around the world, were a deep dive into the philosophical webs of intrinsic value, moral status and uses of biodiversity and the natural world.
The Dasgupta Review was launched at the Royal Society a couple of weeks ago – full texts here.