I finally attended my graduation ceremony at UNSW on 22 August 2024. For PhDs, you wear a bonnet and they read out your thesis title. You also doff the bonnet as a sign of respect. I doff the bonnet virtually to you all! Petrichor rules!
(Brooklyn, New York)—Jejune Magazine, a socially aware fashion and art publication, features Creative Minds Against Climate Change. I’m honoured to be on a list with artists I admire, such as Bahia Shehab and Camille Seaman. The image shows Experiments in Nature (2017), a series of performances and installations of scientific experiments in nature, conducted in an artscience residency in the Amazon Rainforest in Manaus, Brazil. Read the article here.
It was wonderful to be part of the planning committee and to attend the first Asia-Pacific reunion of the Obama Leadership Network in Bangkok a couple of weeks ago, with the tireless staff from the Foundation and Auntie Maya Soetoro. It was a joy to be with people I have known for years but only met in person just then, or after a long time. I am inspired by your work and love bringing arts, culture, science, and design to you all. Love and gratitude!
27 June 2024
My PhD is officially conferred today, and never again will I have to choose between Ms./Mrs./Miss ever again.
It’s a relief to announce that I’ve finally completed my PhD, which began late 2019, pre-Covid (which meant it was in the Beforetime, which feels like millennia ago). Until I get conferred sometime this year, this will be the last period of my life where my title will be Ms. 😎
Radio Paradise is a non-commercial, listener-supported Internet radio station based in Eureka, California and one of the first online radio stations of its era. Producer Alanna Goldsmith interviewed me for their series, Radio 2050, a flow of music and conversation — exploring ideas, new perspectives and boots-on-the-ground efforts for a better future in the year 2050 and beyond. Listen to Episode 35, Art for Change, here.
The Ephemeral Marvels Perfume Store and The Weighing of the Heart are featured in the online exhibition, ‘Changing climate, changing practice,’ in Bader + Simon gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio and curated by AC Panella, Ph.D. and Emma Logan. Thank you for having me! View the exhibition here.
It was a pleasure speaking with Tamara White, founder of Bader + Simon Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. How cool to connect all the way here in Sydney. We talk climate change deniers, bucket lists, whom I want to be stuck with in an elevator, and a theme song to my life. Thank you for having me!
Listen to the interview here.
Hello, Fulbright friends, I’m finally on this cool network we have. Come say hi and let’s collaborate!
Cover photo from the series, Experiments in Nature (edition taken in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil)
Check out this kind article about my work on art and climate on Arts Help. I’m chuffed to be in a publication that believes art is a vehicle for social change. Writer Phoebe Bulotano focussed on my work in Manila and the Amazon Rainforest.
An important correction is that the ‘Seawall’ project is by artist Poklong Anading; I have a minor contribution to the installation in that some of the Apocalypse Project works are in it.
“Founded on the principle of art making the world a better place, Arts Help is the largest digital art publisher, with a community of 20 million members. The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals serve as the framework that guides the mission of the organization.”
Thank you so much!
View the article here.
Catherine Sarah Young 