The art of co-existence

The Symbiocene - a new era and a new word coined only a decade ago by Glenn A. Albrecht. Isn’t it suiting that we spoke with him for our 10th episode and first season finale! 🙌  The Australian environmental philosopher argues that we need to shake off the Anthropocene - the human-centered era we now live in - and enter a new world: the Symbiocene. In this era we’ll live in symbiosis with all livi...

Loneliness is all around - even on governmental levels where important decisions about our future are made. A feeling of togetherness is looking to be activated. In this episode Lucas de Man pleads for love as an antidote.   With his company New Heroes he's involved in many different societal projects. What he flags is that our behaviour and thought patterns won't change unless we really...

 After this conversation, you'll want to zoom in on everything you wear, eat, touch, basically everything you see around you. Emma Van Der Leest is a biodesigner, researcher and teacher with a contagiously enthusiastic mission to rethink materials and to embrace microbial life. 🧫🦠  Through her (art) work she invites us to rethink our relationship to food, materials, all the things we use on...

This is a clip from our conversation with George Birch. Like to know more? Find the full episode here on "The art of co-existence" podcast. Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @ theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium Publishers podcast

What do David Bowie, lab rats, our gut, and Queer Ecologies have in common? More than you’d think, and Kathy High is the thread that ties them all together.  👩🏻‍🎤  Kathy is a BioArtist, educator, and activist whose work reminds us that everything is connected. Our gut is our “second brain.” Rats share how we show our joy through their joyful giggles. And queer ecologies reveal that non-binary t...

 Meet Eva Laláková - a woman with a mission to stay hopeful and to challenge the systems we live in, changing them for the greater good.  This is not light work. It asks for deep analyses, conviction, patience and trusting the global collective. Collaboration is key! 🤝 🌎 From a coastal region in Ghana to a coral reef inspired governance model 🪸, Eva gives us a glimpse into the work of building...

This is a clip from our conversation with Evgenia Emets. Like to know more? Find the full episode here at The art of co-existence podcast. Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @ theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium Publishers podcast

This is a clip from our conversation with Diane van der Marel. Like to know more? Find the full episode here at The art of co-existence podcast. Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @ theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium Publishers podcast

Musician and friend of the podcast Mark Oomen makes music. But that's not really what this episode is about. You might know his work from the soundtrack of this podcast, but Mark's world stretches much further than that. We talk about his creative, musical and social projects. Mark makes a pretty compelling case that musicians might just be some of the most important people in the room r...

This is a clip from our conversation with Andrew Carnie. Like to know more? Find the whole conversation here on "The art of co-existence" podcast! Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @ theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium Publishers podcast

For episode #5 we invited Evgenia Emets: a visual artist and founder of Eternal Forest, who believes the land is a sentient being with its own dream. And that if we learn to listen, it will tell us exactly what it needs.   🪨 Her starting point is deep time. In her latest artwork a fossilized tree inspired the question: if forests once covered this land, what stops us from dreaming them back into...

This is a clip from our conversation with George Birch. Like to know more? Find the whole episode here on "The art of co-existence" podcast! Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @ theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium Publishers podcast

We invited Andrew Carnie: a British artist whose work explores the science of our bodies and what it means to be human. 🦠 Andrew is inspired by the notion that 38 trillion bacterial cells live inside us, outnumbering our own human cells. So where does You actually end? His art doesn't depict the scientific specifics. It captures the mood of something much bigger: the invisible connections be...

This is a clip from our conversation with Marta de Menezes. Like to know more? Find the whole episode here on "The art of co-existence" podcast! Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @ theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium Publishers podcast

🌊 Heaven is a place on Earth - it’s in the Ocean  George Birch from Oyster Heaven enlightens us with all the benefits oyster reefs have to offer us.  Oyster Heaven is on a mission to regenerate oyster reefs on a large scale, with a vision that this will positively impact societies on different levels. We learn about the creation of a Mother Reef from start to successful (and continuing) finish, a...

This is a clip from our conversation with Diane van der Marel.  Like to know more? Find the whole conversation here @ the art of co-existence podcast! Hosted by: Daphne Frühmann Editing: Axel Frühmann Music: Mark Oomen Instagram: @ theartofcoexistence An Ourcelium Publishers podcast

Marta de Menezes is a Portuguese artist who works at the intersection of art and biology. Here, she explores how biological sciences offer us conceptual and aesthetic opportunities. She is named one of the pioneers of BioArt , but calls herself an artist first; she makes art, and sometimes that art belongs into the field of BioArt, sometimes it doesn't. 🧬 In her work she questions the concep...

In this very first episode of The art of co-existence, Daphne is joined by Diane van der Marel, a Dutch artist, photographer and impact investor.  Diane talks about her strong connection to nature, her artistic practice and she shares a very personal story about letting go, grief and nature’s ability to connect on a deeper level. By observing the wild spirit of her garden, Diane has learned to tru...

How exciting that you found us, welcome!  Here you'll find deep conversations with artists, designers, philosophers, and thinkers who share their wildest ideas and projects of a more symbiotic future. A future where we see, understand and co-exist with nature. You are invited to the art of co-existence. We'll share a new episode on your favourite podcast-app every two weeks. Hosted by: D...