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Sue Thomas
I write about life, nature and technology. I recently completed The Empathy Hack, my third novel after twenty years of journalism, academic writing, and several nonfiction books. It describes how wildlife webcams feed our longing to get close to nature, and follows what happens when Robin, coming to the end of her professional life and feeling somewhat lost, becomes the victim of a webcam hack which goes viral and triggers a surge of global activism. The story draws on the power of the umwelt – a unique sensory bubble we all inhabit as described in Ed Yong’s bestseller An Immense World, and the compelling pull to empathy between different species. Could empathy save us?
Home Makers: go for a walk with sounds made by migrant domestic workers
Home Maker Sounds is a collection of soundwalks recorded and co-edited with migrant domestic workers in the UK and Lebanon. The soundwalks aim to amplify the voices of often silenced or mis-represented women, who labour and live ‘behind closed doors’. On this walk in Holland Park, you’ll hear from soundwalk maker Ann, who remembers the
Walking Art Practice: Reflections on Socially Engaged Paths
Walking Art Practice, Reflections on Socially Engaged Paths was published by Triarchy Press, London in 2018. Serving as an intimate walker’s manifesto, this little book consists of a generous collection of short, personal, field reflections by artist Ernesto Pujol on walking as a socially engaged art form, bringing together his experiences as a former monk,
Nonfiction. Art. Activisim. Criticism and Theory. An anthology that explores the rise of activist public art that agitates for social change. Included are discussions of such leading and controversial artists as: the Guerrilla Girls, Gran Fury, Group Material, Women’s Action Coalition, and the Artist and Homeless Collaborative.
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