Temperature regulation has become a deeply political issue in our boiling world. In this episode, we speak with London-based artist Susan Schuppli about her work on the violence of temperature and the inequities of climate control, and with architectural historian Joseph Siry about the role of air conditioning in twentieth- and twenty-first century building design. We ask what it takes to claim universal rights for livable temperatures and how contemporary art can help recalibrate existing ideas about comfort and convenience.
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07/23/24 • 49 min
Art of Interference - Air 6: Air Conditioning
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S2E6 AIR CONDITIONING
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LK = Lutz Koepnick
ML = Maren Loveland
TH = Tori Hoover
SS = Susan Schuppli
JS = Joseph Siry
YF = Yuriko Furuhata
Introduction
LK:
Earlier in April, a team of scientists ran some experiments in the Bay area shooting aerosols into the air. They were rightly worried that the Global North would fail to meet its goal to reduce carbon emissions and halt planetary warming. What they were trying to do is
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