Artist Talk. Enni-Kukka Tuomala. The Empathy Ecosystem: Perspectives of Humans and Non-humans

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The talk will be focusing on empathy in the context of the climate emergency and rebuilding our relationships with our environment. The artist will share examples of her projects including The Empathy Ecosystem and Forest Empathy.

Tuomala’s radical empathy practice aims to transform empathy from an interpersonal process to an interspecies exchange, challenging us to transition from a human-centred view to a planetary-centred view of the world. By examining the origins of empathy as a concept first and foremost related to art and nature, Tuomala shines light on her unique approach to rebuilding our relationship with our environment to fight the growing global empathy deficit and the climate emergency.