Charlie is a movement and communications strategist. Part of the creative team that helped start Extinction Rebellion in 2018, he is also a member of cultural collaboration Hard Art.
Trigger warning: this post contains flags. This article answers three questions about the Fête of Britain graphic identity we believe are fundamental to the work of Absurd Intelligence: 1. What the fuck do you mean, “Britain”? 2. And what’s with the Union Jack? or, rather 3. How will we
Culture
When the world’s gone utterly snooker-loopy, Absurdity is the only answer.
Culture
Or, why talk is cheap, and the head will fuck us all unless the heart and hands respond.
Hard Art
Two new absurd interventions in the world this week: a climate comedy novel, and a series of dialogues on assemblies.
Activism
It’s time to do the previously unthinkable: get over ourselves, and start actually working with each other.
Activism
Right and left have failed us, and the centre cannot hold. Are you tired of pretending the slo-mo disaster movie doesn’t star us? And are you ready to do the previously unthinkable? Part one of two: the broken models of behaviour we need to escape.
Culture
Using the lesser known Greek concepts of time, Kairos and Aion, to save us from the tyranny of Chronos.
Culture
A reminder that we can, and will, together forge a better world.
Climate
The Absurd Intelligence team helped our friends at Save Our Juries write and gather support for an open letter protesting the outrageous sentences handed down to five people for nonviolent protest - the highest sentences this country has ever seen for these actions.