EL Putnam in Planetary Thinking

Friday October 26 to Friday November 22
Performance: Friday November 1, 6 to 9 pm.

How could local conditions and beliefs play into the technology we make and use? How could a diversification of technologies dislodge the monopoly of big tech and their associated sociotechnical imaginaries? Planetary Thinking addresses a widespread condition of disjointedness after the project of globalisation by producing hybrid cosmologies in times of ecological, economic, and political uncertainty.

Questioning big tech companies wielding power greater than nation states, Paul Dolan, Alis Oldfield and EL Putnam challenge the impact of technological borders, boundaries and sovereignties. Simon Blackmore, Andy Broadey and Helen Knowles challenge hegemonic western systems of music, health and culture.

Photo credit: EL Putnam performing Imbue with Spirit as part of “Creation Myths” Performance Art Event curated by Livestock (Frances Fay and Katherine Nolan) in conjunction with Under the Feet of Shadows by EL Putnam and Mike McCormack at Mart Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, September, 2024. Photo by Serhii Sapoval