Sooo excited to be sharing with you all the final result of our second part of the permacomputing residency with @marieverdeil at Antre-Peaux in Bourges (FR)!
We made Energy Academy - a video installation tackling the myths surrounding (renewable) energy today. 🔋 ⚡
You can watch the video here (⚠️ the video plays straight away and out loud): https://dashailina.com/energy-academy/energy-academy-FR-sub.mp4
Drawing on the visual and narrative codes of popular science programs such as Bill Nye the Science Guy or C'est pas sorcier, the video questions the concept of the ecological transition. Taking inspiration from research on degrowth, low-tech, and permacomputing practices, Energy Academy examines the widespread myth of free energy via perpetual motion machines, while addressing the issue of shortage and misuse of renewable energies and, more broadly, technosolutionism in the energy sector. Using humour, wacky sound effects, and colourful props, Energy Academy attempts to make the complex and often intentionally obfuscated subject of energy tangible.
Co-produced by @imal and Antre Peaux with the support of Institut Français in the framework of the EXTRA Residencies and Wallonie Bruxelles International 