MTalks—Side Effects

This podcast expands existing knowledge on the environmental impact of resource extraction, listen as they examine the spatial and scalar implications of lithium mining. Presenting alternatives to dominant extractivist socio-political narratives, they explored design’s value regarding the formulation of sustainable post-carbon futures. The Global Extraction Observatory (GEO) is a research collective led by Dr Eduardo Kairuz and Dr Sam Spurr exploring how new forms of visual and spatial practice can amplify the understanding of the single most pressing issue of present time: the climate emergency. From the open-cut mine landscapes in Australia to the mine-tunnel interiors in the United Kingdom, they examined the aesthetics of energy production and resource extraction to disclose the political, ecological and multi-scalar implications of extractivism.