Politics of Nature, Curta Brasília Festival

“Politics of Nature” (PoN) is a board game created by Jacob Raffn and Frederik Lassen, that builds upon French philosopher Bruno Latour’s concepts of strengthening relationships between humans and nature. Politics of Nature aims to connect European and Brazilian youth around the climate cause, biodiversity and environmental protection. The game strives to bring new perspectives on coexistence and the importance of mitigation of the climate crisis to Brazilian youth via an interactive platform for mutual inspiration and dialogue.

At the 2020 online version of the Curta Brasília festival, PoN formed the thematic frame of the CVR platform – a virtual cinema dedicated to virtual reality films, where the audience met as avatars in the virtual lobby to stream 360 degrees films directly from the website on smartphones, tablets, or laptops – for example SONGBIRD (DK/ENG).

Danish Cultural Institute in Brazil co-financed the 2020 PoN Atelier, where a selected group of researchers, artists, developers and VR creators in Brazil, Denmark, France, and the US collaborated during 10 online sessions in October and December. Here they developed a visual script for a PoN VR experience to be shot in 2021 and a future digital version of the Politics of Nature game.