School of climate fiction

/ Introducing LAX LAB 2.0, a community, book club, and educational resource dedicated to the stories and worlds of climate fiction

LAX LAB 2.0 is a newly established school of climate fiction: a community, book club, and educational resource dedicated to the stories and worlds of climate fiction. LAX LAB 2.0 | school of climate fiction is the first major project of the Institute for Art & Environment, officially launching in Spring 2024. Founded by Emma Arnold, the Institute for Art & Environment is an independent and interdisciplinary research platform leading creative, hopeful, and innovative projects with environmental, social, and urban themes.

LAX LAB 2.0 is the re-incarnation of LAX LAB, which was a creative laboratory active between 2018 and 2023 and formerly hosted at the University of Oslo in Norway. LAX LAB was an exploratory space for academic and artistic experimentations, including a photographic study of climate activism and various artistic-activist practices.

One of the most successful activities of the original LAX LAB was a climate fiction book club, established during the pandemic as a way to stay connected through the isolation of lockdown while sparking conversations on the climate crisis through literature.

The diverse participants of the original book club spanned three continents and included academics across a range of disciplines as well as architects, activists, artists…