Unknown Fields

Unknown Fields (UK/AU) is a nomadic design research studio directed by Kate Davies and Liam Young. They venture out on expeditions into the shadows cast by the contemporary city, to uncover the industrial ecologies and precarious wilderness its technology and culture set in motion. Unknown Fields make provocative objects, films and books from this expedition work, published extensively in The Guardian, BBC, Wired, New Scientist, and collected by The New York Metropolitan Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum and M+ in Hong Kong among others.

Francisco Förster

Francisco Förster is an astronomer and research scientist at The University of Chile. He did his PhD at the University of Oxford, and works on supernova science and astroinformatics. He leads the project ALeRCE, which is trying to classify all the variable objects in the sky.

TNL! Lithium

Complementing the exhibition Lithium, which is currently on show at Het Nieuwe Instituut, this discursive programme seeks to recharge online visitors with a series of lectures and conversations. From mineral extraction to mental exhaustion and renewable energy landscapes, each event will expand on the role of lithium in the different conditions of burn-out that are addressed in the exhibition.