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Series 6: Reflector - Speculative Energy Futures

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Series 6: Reflector Dr. Sheena Wilson and guest-host artist Patrick Mahon, professsor emeratus of Visual Arts at Western University in Ontario, dive into the methods and outcomes of Speculative Energy Futures, a multi-year, international interdisciplinary research creation project based out of the University of Alberta. Sheena and Patrick interview the 21 participants of SEF about their work and experience creating art, texts, and interactive media in response to the climate crisis, and as climate actions in their own right. Listen for insights into this fascinating project.

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S6E8 Reflector: What’s Up Ahead? 30.09.2025 1:01:34

The eighth and final episode of Reflector features two Speculative Energy Futures projects – Banners and Earth Fortunes. “What’s Up Ahead” refers to both the Banners project’s invocation of billboards […]

S6E7 Reflector: Satire & Systems 30.09.2025 1:12:08

Episode seven of Reflector focusses on three interlinked SEF projects that developed over a number of years and settings: Energy Emergency Repair Kit (EERK), Paramancy, and Notes from the Energetic […]

S6E6 Reflector: Plants Matter 30.09.2025 1:10:52

In this episode Sheena and Patrick look at SEF’s “green” projects to consider how plants and planting show us ways that science and everyday culture can productively intersect, and how […]

S6E5 Reflector: Play & Transformation 30.09.2025 1:02:12

In this episode Sheena and Patrick look at Speculative Energy Futures’ game-related projects to think about how we might take on various “new worlds”, and explore playful immersion as a […]

S6E4 Reflector 4: Storytelling 30.09.2025 56:16

In this Episode SEF team members writer Lisa Moore (Memorial University), artist Sean Caulfiled (University of Alberta), Sheena Wilson and Patrick Mahon talk about a short story collection and a […]

S6E3 Reflector: Indigenous Knowledge Bundles 30.09.2025 34:09

In this episode knowledge keeper Kurtis McAdam enlarges on our understanding of indigenous bundles through a mix of story-telling, teaching and song, and helps us articulate a link between traditional […]

S6E2 Reflector: Bundle 30.09.2025 54:22

In Reflector 2, Sheena Wilson and Patrick Mahon focus on two interlinked SEF projects. Four members of the Speculative Energy Futures team, arist and professor Ruth Beer (Emily Carr University) […]

S6E1 Reflector: Speculative Energy Futures 30.09.2025 1:06:26

In the sixth series of the Just Powers Podcast, entitled Reflector, host Sheena Wilson and co-host Patrick Mahon discuss the multi-year, interdisciplinary project Speculative Energy Futures. The episode explores the […]