Alice Audouin at the Art of Change 21 office
The Paris-based polymath has spent nearly 20 years enabling an ecosystem in which art and environmental concerns meet in meaningful and magical ways. Alice Audouin tells LUX about supporting a new generation of artists who invite us to consider nature via work of intense imagination. Interview by Anne-Pierre d?Albis Ganem
LUX: How would you describe yourself"

Alice Audouin: I work in contemporary art and sustainability as a curator and consultant. I?m also chair and founder of the not-for-profit organisation, Art of Change 21, which supports emerging eco-conscious artists via exhibitions and prizes. We bring artists to each COP conference; for COP26 in Glasgow, 2021, John Gerrard created Flare, about the ocean burning. Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
LUX: What are you up to as a curator"

AA: In September 2022, I curated an exhibition in Brussels at the Patinoire Royale Galerie Valérie Bach, connecting art and environmental issues, and a major show of Lucy + Jorge Orta, marking their 30-year anniversary. My last show was ?Biocenosis 21? in Marseille. We showed 14 global artists at the world?s biggest biodiversity meeting.
Views of ‘Novacène’, Lille, 2022
LUX: And there is the superbly titled ?Novacène?.

AA: Novacene is a book by the late James Lovelock, the scientist who proposed the Gaia hypothesis, which was the first time scientists had said Earth is a kind of living creature. We were inspir...