WHATS THE ALTERNATIVES? A curios question evolved into a quest to find alternative perspectives into what shapes our reality. Podcast episodes act as inspirational interventions to encourage all of us to invent alternative micro economies and cultures that sustain-the-ability of creativity, livelihoods, communities and planet earth. Speaking to guests across fashion, the arts, alternative economics, post-growth cultures and community groups, who create beyond mainstream narratives, outside of industry and institutional views, with pathways not solely led by profit margins and market places.
Shapers of Society
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WHATS THE ALTERNATIVES? A curios question evolved into a quest to find alternative perspectives into what shapes our reality. Podcast episodes act as inspirational interventions to encourage all of us to invent alternative micro economies and cultures that sustain-the-ability of creativity, livelihoods, communities and planet earth. Speaking to guests across fashion, the arts, alternative economics, post-growth cultures and community groups, who create beyond mainstream narratives, outside of industry and institutional views, with pathways not solely led by profit margins and market places.
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November 21, 2022
EPISODE 6: Fashioning Futures Alternatives - Trend Atelier
<p><strong>“Futures is a question rather than a finished destination” Geraldine Wharry</strong></p> <p>As a member of Geraldine Wharry's Trend Atelier Community, it was an honour to have Geraldine on the podcast and share with the Shapers of Society audience an alternative perspective on futures. Our conversation was recorded nearly a year ago but seems more relevant today in the present. Especially, in reference to changes and challenges we have seen across the world in 2022 and on the back of COP27. As ever with futures, it’s a way of getting ready or questioning the way things are and considering how the future could be. This is part 1 of a series of 2.</p> <p>In this Episode, Geraldine Wharry outlines her journey to the now into the future, as a pioneer and change-maker in the world of trends, sharing the opportunities and challenges within the process. The conversation covers Geraldine’s passion to create change in the world through fashioning sustainable future perspectives involving the climate and social justice, to setting up the Trend Atelier School and Community. We explore degrowth, fashion futures for a sustainable world and how futures thinking can be used to predict our own future on how we want to be in the world. We discuss a re-wilding of fashion, how new approaches are needed and going forward - showing how fashion can be more with less. We discuss the challenges of changing the industry of trends and how to move towards this will involve uncomfortable conversations and democratising of forecasting/trends. Geraldine believes we can all be futurists, and all understand how what we do today can have an impact for future generations tomorrow.</p> <p><strong>To contact Geraldine Wharry and connect with the different work she is currently involved within, please check the links below: -</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.thetrendatelier.com/">https://www.thetrendatelier.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thetrendatelier/">https://www.instagram.com/thetrendatelier/</a></p> <p>Keep up to date on latest releases and forthcoming plans for <strong>Shapers of Society podcast</strong>, press the button and subscribe. If you have any questions or interested in being featured on the show. <strong>Email: we@shapersofsociety.org </strong>or follow-on<strong> Instagram @shapers_of_society</strong></p> <p><br></p>
October 9, 2022
EPISODE 5: Pilgrimage for Nature: Listening to the Land
<p><strong>“Trust and Gratitude are the tools of Revolution”</strong></p> <p>In this episode we are joined by Jolie Booth is a multi-talented creative, who uses her platform Kriya Arts to share theatre, performance, and collaboration for positive change in the world. At the heart of Jolie’s work is ‘to make the world a more compassionate and extraordinary place.'</p> <p>A key part of her work is centred around connection, Jolie states that ‘theatre can be used as an act of subversion, healing, discussion, and a tool for change - making it accessible and inclusive’ and to work ‘needs to look like fun’. Our conversation weaves around stories of interconnectedness of all things - between people, nature, and everyday life that are embedded in history, mythology and culture. We chat about the Pilgrimage Walk to COP26 with her group Listening to the Land. An intervention that co-created new stories, giving the opportunity for ‘everyone everywhere’ to participate and show their love for land. The walk acts as an ‘expression of hope, creativity and a reverential kind of activism’<strong>. </strong>And for Jolie walking across the land has been a life changing experience.</p> <p><strong>Each of Jolie’s projects are rooted in connection, people, and real life. Sharing a need to write new stories of hope going forward. At the heart of these projects is a focus on ‘real people with real life stories’, to find wonder in the ‘everyday’ and in her words how ‘magic can be found in the ordinary.’</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>For more information on Jolie Booth at Kriya Arts you can mind below:-</strong></p> <p><strong>Website: </strong>http://kriyaarts.co.uk</p> <p><strong>Instagram: @Kriyaarts</strong></p> <p>Keep up to date on latest releases and forthcoming plans for <strong>Shapers of Society podcast</strong>, press the button and subscribe. If you have any questions or interested in being featured on the show. <strong>Email: we@shapersofsociety.org or follow on Instagram.</strong></p>
February 28, 2022
EPISODE 4 : Spelling Mistakes Costs Lives - Darren Cullen
<p><strong>In this month’s episode, is an interview with Darren Cullen, a multi-talented satirical artist, illustrator, writer who uses humour and playfulness to draw attention towards alternative perspectives and encourage us to question what we see around us in the media.</strong> Darren initially studied advertising but felt uncomfortable with the ethical implications involved, which he felt encourages people to consume through manipulation and co-ops anything good about our culture - so he soon switched course to fine art. Our conversation dives deeper into his journey and the process of developing some of his key projects. Our discussion focuses on his Pocket Money Loans installations at Dismaland, Subvertising, The Museum of Neo-Liberalism which focuses on marketplaces and co-option of everyday life ‘where everything is for sale’. As he had just got back from COP 26, he shares his experience in taking his Hell Bus to Glasgow and the importance of exposing greenwashing issues in climate change advertising. Darren’s approach crosses many mediums, using his creativity to spread awareness and communicate through 3D models, interactive drawings, dioramas, prints, comics installations, and experiences. Each act as interventions to interrupt the monoculture and expand our perspectives in everyday life.</p> <p>Website : <a href="https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/">https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com</a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/darren_cullen">https://twitter.com/darren_cullen</a></p> <p>Facebook: @spellingmistakescostlives</p> <p>Instagram: @spellingmistakescostlives</p>
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