One of my projects is on this list of artists working on the climate crisis in El Periódico, a daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Spain. ‘Climate Change Couture’ was a series I started in Singapore in 2013, collaborating with sustainability researchers as an artist-in-residence at Singapore-ETH Centre to co-create garments we might wear under various climate futures. I’m honoured to be on a list of artists I admire, such as Olafur Eliasson (I cited his and Minik Rosing’s work, ‘Ice Watch’, in my PhD), Ai Weiwei, and others. Most importantly, I consider this a full circle moment, because back when I used to live in Barcelona for art school, I would read El Periódico to improve my Spanish. Reading this today made me smile — because I understood the text. Gracias!

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security whose mission is helping people before, during and after disasters, profiles The Sewer Soaperie in their newsletter Climate Chronicles.

Download the entire newsletter here. Thank you to Ryan Bourgart for reaching out!

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.