Climate Futures: South Asia

Circular Creative Companions

Fold Media Collective Initiatives (Guarantee) Ltd

This project addresses the growing need for standardized procedures, exhibition strategies, and sustainable design in South Asian arts festivals and initiatives, promoting environmentally conscious practices in exhibition displays, artwork logistics, and production. It aims to foster long-term ecological consciousness and climate sustainability within the cultural sector, targeting 15-20 young cultural producers, including students and self-trained professionals. Through workshops and learning sessions, participants will be equipped to integrate climate-responsible strategies into their creative work. Colomboscope will implement these practices in its next edition and share the standard operating procedures across the regional arts sector to inspire broader change.

Regenerating South Asian Climate Futures

Good Life X Lagori Collective

Regenerating South Asian Climate Futures is a collaborative project by Good Life X (Sri Lanka) and Lagori Collective (India) that brings together artists, creative enterprises, and civil society to reimagine urban heat resilience in Colombo and Bangalore. Using place-based foresight and culturally grounded futures thinking, the project enables the co-creation of regenerative solutions rooted in local context. It positions the creative sector as a driving force for systemic climate action across the region.

Susan Schuppli

Director, Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths, University of London

Mentor for Emerging Ecologies (India); Circular Creative Companions (Sri Lanka)

Susan Schuppli is a researcher, artist, and Director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths. Her work combines documentary film, environmental fieldwork, and legal advocacy, with a particular focus on the cryosphere and the effects of climate change on both human and more-than-human communities.

Her films, such as Moving Ice, Listening to Ice, and Gondwana, document environmental change and serve as evidence for broader justice and policy conversations. Susan’s mentorship supports projects that connect creative expression with ecological thinking and experimental media to address climate futures in India and Sri Lanka.

 

Seetal Solanki

Founder and Director, Ma-tt-er

Mentor for Regenerating South Asian Climate Futures (Sri Lanka)

Seetal Solanki is a ‘materials translator’ and the founder of Ma-tt-er, a London-based research and consultancy practice that deepens understanding of materials through learning, advising, and curating. With a background that spans fashion, architecture, and design, Seetal works across disciplines to reframe how materials are understood and valued.

She is the author of the internationally acclaimed Why Materials Matter: Responsible Design For A Better World (2018), with a sequel exploring material migration across cultures and ecosystems. Through her mentorship, Seetal supports regenerative, material-centred approaches to climate resilience and creativity in South Asia.