'Failing to make it better' brings together culture, architecture and climate to explore how we can design a more inclusive, accessible future. Together we reflect on where we are and explore what we can do to adapt to the challenges of a better future.

The program is planned and organised by ROMs Guest Curator 2023-2024, Aidan Moesby.

18.00 - 19.30
Each person speaks for 15 mins followed by question and answer

19.30 - 20.00
Social time / mingling

Aidan Moesby - Designing and adapting our future public and cultural spaces considering climate change and access.

Jørgen Knudesn - We talk about cultural life, but what does that mean and for who? Who gets to make it and who gets to see it?

Tine Skjøld - Sharing some of the learning from running Norway's only accessible inter-disciplinary arts festival for young adults at NUK.

Tuva Braen - The climate crisis impacts in many ways. What role can climate psychology play in helping us to cope emotionally with the crisis?

Bidragsytere:

Aidan Moesby is a British artist, curator, and writer, identifying as disabled and neurodivergent, who addresses intimate and personal themes in his practice. He possess valuable expertise and a personal commitment to inclusion and accessibility in the field of the arts.

Jørgen Knudsen is educated as a chemical engineer, art historian and theatre scientist. Currently works as theatre manager at Black Box Theatre. Central to his artistic work is as a member of the artist collective Baktruppen (1986-2011). Long experience as a composer in several genres, mostly in theatre and dance in Norway and abroad. As a composer, I am most active in the Norwegian-Polish duo Nor_Pol. Their latest release is Construction i in 2020. In the period 2012-2015 he worked as festival director for DanseFestival Barents in Hammerfest, and then worked as a performing arts consultant and senior advisor at the Arts Council of Norway from 2015-2021.

Tine Skjold is a committed advocate for youth and inclusion, working as a producer at Ny Ung Kunst (NUK). With a background in social work and youth engagement, she focuses on empowering young people with disabilities and ensuring that their voices are heard in decision-making processes at both local and national levels. Skjold works to create inclusive arenas and opportunities for young people, especially those with intellectual disabilities, and fights for their rights in various public and governmental forums.

Tuva Bræin is a clinical and climate psychologist and leader of the climate committee in the Norwegian Psychology association. She has written several articles on psychological barriers to climate communication, and works within the public sector as a lecture, speaker and promoter of mental health and sustainable behavioural change.