Lucia Pietroiusti and Love Ssega at Kew Gardens on Art and Nature | 5x15

Lucia Pietroiusti is Head of Ecologies at Serpentine, London. As a curator, programmer and organisational strategist, she works at the intersection of art, ecology and systems, often outside of the exhibition space. Ecologies at Serpentine is a holistic initiative and purpose-led department aimed at embedding environmental responsibility throughout the organisation’s infrastructure, operations, networks and programming. Pietroiusti was the founder of Serpentine’s General Ecology project, and the curator of Sun & Sea (Lithuanian Pavilion, 2019 Venice Biennale and ongoing tour). Together with Filipa Ramos, she is the curator of Songs for the Changing Seasons (Vienna Climate Biennale, 2024); Persones Persons (8th Biennale Gherdeïna, 2022) and The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish. Pietroiusti is also a curator of Back to Earth (Serpentine, 2020-22), and Infinite Ecologies Marathon (2023-24). Recent publications include More-than-Human (with Andrés Jaque and Marina Otero Verzier) and Microhabitable (with Fernando García-Dory).
Love Ssega is a London-born musician, producer and performing artist of Ugandan heritage. Climate activism weaves through his latest work, which has been shown at UN COP26 and New York Times Climate Forward. A previous Artist in Residence with Philharmonia Orchestra, he has also been commissioned by the National Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Serpentine Pavilion and Whitechapel Gallery on site-specific works and had visual work exhibited internationally at MoMA PS1 and MIT Museum. Love Ssega is the founder of arts and community clean air movement LIVE + BREATHE. He is currently an Allianz Foundation Fellow (Berlin), Chair of Shadwell Opera and a Trustee of Brian Eno-led climate charity EarthPercent.
Interview by Rachel Campbell-Johnston, who was the chief art critic of The Times from 2001 to 2021. Before that she was a Times leader writer. She has a lifelong interest in wildlife and farming and lives on a small farm on Exmoor.
5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. This talk was recorded live at Kew Gardens in London, May 2024.
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