Feeling the Heat
At a time of global urgency for action on the climate crisis, can creativity, collaboration and experimentation help inspire a better future? Through Dr Ryan Jefferies, we learnt how Science Gallery Melbourne at the University of Melbourne has boldly begun a journey to promote social change. From First Nations people’s knowledge and culture, to urine batteries that charge your mobile phone, to 3D-printed edible insects. We also learnt how innovation, speculation and provocation by artists and scientists are fostering youth-led action to tackle climate change and promote greater sustainability in Australia and around the world.
About the Director, Science Gallery Melbourne
Dr Ryan Jefferies is Director of Science Gallery Melbourne at the University of Melbourne, and has over 20 years experience within the cultural sector and as a research scientist at leading Australian and international institutions. He is a passionate advocate of the blurred intersections between arts, technology and science and the bold promotion of social change through disruptive and speculative creativity. He is also Director of the Grainger Museum and a Fellow of the Centre for Visual Art at the Victorian College of the Arts. Ryan has held previous roles at Murdoch University, the University of Western Australia, University of Bristol, Western Australian Museum and Museums Victoria.