Speculative Infrastructure
  • Archived

Speculative Infrastructure

About the Event:

Can we adapt infrastructure to withstand the effects of climate change? Where do we begin? Who has already started to build the infrastructure of the future? Communities that live next to rapidly warming and fluctuating bodies of water like Lake Michigan understand firsthand the urgency of these questions. What do they advise? Join CHF for a panel discussion about emerging visions of eco-futurism and green technocultures in the face of global warming. Panelists will explore art and policy-driven imaginaries for how to transform our rapidly deteriorating infrastructures into sustainable, integrated environments.

This program is the third panel in our Deep Dive: Great Lakes series, curated by Rachel Havrelock.


This program is presented in partnership with University of Illinois at Chicago Freshwater Lab.

Derek Hoerferlin

Derek Hoerferlin

Derek Hoeferlin is principal of [dhd] derek hoeferlin design, an award-w...

Read More
​​Juanita Irizarry

​​Juanita Irizarry

​​Juanita Irizarry is a bilingual/bicultural, Illinois-born Puerto Rican. Irizarry is the executive director of Frien...

Read More
Toni Anderson

Toni Anderson

Ms. Toni Anderson is a Chicago native and founder of Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab, MindfulRant, LLC and a suite ...

Read More
Rachel Havrelock

Rachel Havrelock

Rachel Havrelock is Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she also directs The Freshwat...

Read More

[Event tile image description: The event image at the top left of the event page is a low angle photograph of a modern building with green plants growing from each floor. Above is a brilliant blue sky. Image credit: Unsplash]