Imagining Neutopia - Dressing for Evacuation

<p>‘Imagining Neutopia’ is a series of works which fabricates and documents fictional scenarios. Through participatory experiences; human identity, the value of objects and materiality are explored and curated, with the aim to contribute to climate change dialogues.</p><p>Dressing for Evacuation is the first project in the series. The photographed subjects in this project were asked a ‘what if…?’ question and to respond to the scenario of an imminent major environmental disaster. This fictional event is set in the UK, a nation with minimal experience of ‘states of emergency’. Imagining how we may dress, and what we to choose to stuff in our pockets during a large scale emergency evacuation, may offer insights into what we (humans) have close to hand, value or deem as useful in the event of a major disaster, and therefore how prepared/unprepared we may be.</p><p><br></p><p>Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice</p><p>University of Bolton</p><p>23-24 January 2019</p>