14. Superflux

Working at the intersection of the climate crisis, politics and artificial intelligence, this critically acclaimed studio was founded in 2009 by Royal College of Art graduates Anab Jain and Jon Ardern. While studying under Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby at the RCA, the pair were encouraged to consider the implications of emerging technologies on modern society, which led them to create Superflux. The London-based practice ‘constructs narratives, worlds, and tools that provoke viewers to engage with the rapidly changing world’, explains Jain.

Currently operating out of Somerset House, the Anglo-indian studio creates installations – from dining tables oozing with fungi to a high-tech apartment of the future – that make viewers carefully consider the planet. Among their notable projects is Invocation for Hope (pictured). Exploring the impact humans have on the planet, this installation of more than 400 pine trees is currently on show at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts. Up next is a film with Omidyar Network that explores capitalism, data, and the environment.

Weaving together a warren of themes, mediums, and technologies, Superflux is bringing conversations about pressing issues to the centre stage. Its work is evocative and visceral and challenges viewers to imagine ‘plural futures’. superflux.in