The Sustainability Situationship

An AI generated image that should not exist but does because capitalism doesn’t care about sustainability – The Actor Jason Schwartzman as a hedgehog in London portraying the average situationship enjoyer.

This audio essay was made as my submission to the Utopia in the Ruins panel at GRASP fesitival 2025. Part relationship podcast, part interview show and part essay, The Sustainability Suituationship explores the dynamic similarity between unsatisying romantic relationships and the unsatisfying discourse of sustainability under capitalism. Thanks to the organisers for inviting me and to my interviewees for the piece, the dating app media culture researcher Erinne Paisley and the artist Mette Riise. You can listen to the piece here.

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