_Subplots


_Subplots is a research-based design studio examining the often-hidden systems that underpin environmental planning. By developing decision technologies, facilitating conservation conversations and narrating prospective futures using objects, video and installation the studio inquires into areas of environmental governance, science communication and eco symbolism. Established in 2021 by Quentin Lazzareschi and Jacob Bertilsson, _Subplots is a collaborative test site for landscape experiments located between London, Sweden and the Alps.



_Subplots


_Subplots is a research-based design studio examining the often-hidden systems that underpin environmental planning. By developing decision technologies, facilitating conservation conversations and narrating prospective futures through video and installation the studio inquires into areas of environmental governance, science communication and eco symbolism. Established in 2021 by Quentin Lazzareschi and Jacob Bertilsson, _Subplots is a collaborative test site for landscape experiments located between London, Sweden and the Alps.





Subplot_02ss


Skogssvamp (forest mushroom) is a project to develop a web based application for forest owners in Sweden to estimate and visualise the species composition of fungi on their land. As a planning tool for better landmanagement it will simulate how different methods of forestry, such as clear cutting vs selective logging, effects the fungal community over time. 

The project is under development in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agriculture (SLU) with prospective funding from Skogssällskapet.

More information can be found on skogssvamp.se

Subplot_01ew


As the Alps keep warming due to climate change the iconic edelweiss flower is becoming increasingly endangered. Preserving it elsewhere through artificial means suggests a way to avoid extinction, but the question wether it is desirable or not interlinks with a multitude of economical, ecological, and cultural interests. If the environmental context in which edelweiss grows disappears, to what extent is it necessary to conserve it?

Subplot_01ew is the first in a series of experiment to grow edelweiss outside the Alps. The series is meant as a provocation for multi-layered conversations around conservation and identity.

The first version was supported by the Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon and the interreg research program Effondrement des Alpes. 

A second version including a portable cooling chamber is currently under construction.