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Future Cities and The Power of Imagination: Create your own farming city

In March 2020, CRIN joined the Digital Maker Collective at the Tate Modern’s Tate Exchange event Uni To Unicorns, to explore the intersection between art schools, technology and social good.

Play, EnglishMaria ThanMay 19, 2020Environment, Tate Exchange, CRIN Diaries, ArtsComment

Everyday toxics exhibition and discussion in Geneva

This week CRIN hosted a temporary art exhibition and discussion in Geneva on toxic exposure in our everyday lives and what is being done to raise awareness of these issues. The event was hosted at the Bocal Local, an eco-responsible grocery shop in Geneva, while the meetings of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions took place in the city.

Read, EnglishMaria ThanMay 10, 2019Environment, Bodily integrity, CRIN Diaries, Arts

CRIN at the Venice Biennale

CRIN will be participating in this year’s Venice Biennale as part of the ARTIVISM exhibition, in collaboration with the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. The event will explore creative responses to large-scale identity-based violence and mass atrocities.

EnglishMaria ThanMay 6, 2019CRIN Diaries, ArtsComment

The Beta Test

CRIN joined forces with the Digital Maker Collective in March as part of the week-long event called BETA Society hosted by Tate Exchange. It brought together tech activists, students, creatives and the public to explore ideas for making society a better, fairer place. For our part, we organised Beta Utopia — a first attempt at drawing a picture of a world where human rights are respected, where problems come with solutions, and where anyone can pick up a pen and contribute.

Play, EnglishMaria ThanMarch 20, 2019Tate Exchange, Arts, CRIN DiariesComment

Utopia: The world we’re fighting for, not against

CRIN is launching Utopia — a new collaborative project that draws a picture of what a rights-respecting world would look like, bringing together the factual and imaginary as a tool for change.

Play, EnglishMaria ThanFebruary 28, 2019Tate Exchange, Arts, CRIN DiariesComment

A UN expert walks into a bar…

In 2014 Baskut Tuncak was appointed as the UN’s top expert on human rights and toxics, a topic which some of the world’s governments have argued is not a human rights issue at all.

Read, EnglishMaria ThanNovember 7, 2018Arts, CRIN Diaries, Environment

Everyday toxics — what can I do?

Toxic chemicals are everywhere. In the food we eat, the water we drink, even the air we breathe. We are constantly exposed to a cocktail of dangerous elements, often without our knowledge or consent.