The Carbon Busters #bus_to_the_future

About This Project

The #bus to the future was The Carbon Busters’ first intervention in public space, held in Aderklaa on November 23rd. The Carbon Busters set off on an exploratory journey through the industrial landscape of Lower Austria with talks by artist Oliver Ressler and cultural archivist Alfred Mühl. The round trip in Lower Austria’s industrial areas heralded the performative intervention PASSS-O by artist Ralo Mayer in dialogue with Oliver Gemballa: The Public Address System for Spells and Spelling Out.

Ralo Mayer: “CO2 spans geological eras and connects past, present, and future biospheres. It’s floating up there, and it’s buried deep below. It’s a ghost. It’s real. This cluster will ride a green-washed machine to proclaim a series of invocations and spells of carbon dioxide. The public might be enchanted; some spells might be broken. To speak about the present, we need to spell out various futures. A resounding of stories, magick, and other multidimensional echoes accompanies the hunting.”

The Carbon Busters is funded by the Federal Government of Lower Austria (Departments: Art in Public Space, and Science and Research), and Weitblick GmbH, and is hosted by the art association Flechtwerk.