Nadine Gouders
Nadine Gouders is an ideals-led cultural worker supporting artists, designers and cultural institutions in the realization of projects. She’s worked for several Dutch museums as a curator, project manager and registrar, shaping her as a researcher and ally in the production of artistic work and exhibitions. Her practice is connected by projects with a sensibility for social-political developments and impacts felt by the humans and non-humans she works and co-exists with.
In the Collaborations for Future program, a laboratory for unexpected climate collaborations, designers spent time with a climate scientist. Not only did they have access to the scientist’s work, they could also ask questions and get to know the scientist on a personal level. This is quite unique, because normally we do not have easy access to scientific knowledge, let alone the possibility to interact with scientists in an environment where they can go beyond their role as scientists: to philosophize, explore and create together.
In Open Climate Call, developed by Myrthe Krepel, visitors were given a simple task: to have a phone conversation with a climate scientist. Before the phone starts ringing, participants hear a short introduction that invites them to reflect on the ‘art of conversation’. For both the person calling and the climate scientist the phone line is a space of exploration and play. How do we talk about climate change? How do we talk about difficult things in our society? What is a good conversation? The public debate often follows a monological structure, in which we use language to clarify and safeguard predetermined interests to others. Talking with people who have different views is often not easy. However, individuals with different perspectives that come together can create something new together.
19.10.2023 - 27.10.2024
Foundation We Are, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven