In this episode, Valentina Karga discusses how art and design can help tackle global issues: "In design, we all want to work with making a new object, not recycling an old one (…) we need to put more value on this painstaking effort of maintenance and care." The discussion with Anna Unterstab covers climate anxiety, colonialism in craft and design, sustainability and the links between art, architecture and design. Karga explores how critical thinking, creativity, inclusivity and ethical awareness can be integrated into pedagogy to empower students to address systemic challenges. The dialogue highlights her commitment to co-learning and collaborative methods.

The work of Valentina Karga operates between art, design, architecture and research. It draws together elements of socially engaged practices and speculative experiments that question existing social and physical infrastructures within the realms of energy, economy, and sustainability. She was a fellow at the Berlin Centre for Advanced Studies in Arts and Science, University of the Arts Berlin, a Saari Fellow in Finland, and in residency at the NTU-CCA in Singapore and the Transmediale’s Vilém Flusser Program in Berlin. Her work has been exhibited internationally. 2018-2024 Valentina Karga has been a professor at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HfbK).

This episode is hosted by Anna Unterstab, artistic assistant in the Information Design department at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle.