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Pedro G. C. de Oliveira

Just in Case, 2022
Custom Electronics, Aluminum, Wood, Steel, Living Algae, Found Tools and Objects

Just in Case consists of a participatory research based art project that acknowledges how different epistemologies and different worlds might lead to different theories about climate emergency, ecology, technology, arts, and design.

One of the by-products of the current discourse around climate futures is a stark binary split: Nature vs Culture, Future vs Present, Society vs Capital, Tradition vs Change. This division widens even more when taking into consideration the current techno-solutionist approach to the environment, the generational gap, and the false belief that the Global South needs to be saved by the North.

Just in Case is not only a play on the idea of preparedness and emergency cabinets, but it is also an attempt to minimize epistemic injustice during the creative process.