South African professor Premesh Lalu gives a lecture about The Herds, a groundbreaking public art and climate initiative designed to inspire action and renew our bond with the natural world. From April to August 2025, life-size puppet animals stormed through city centers on a 20,000km journey from Kinshasa in the Congo Basin to Nordkapp in the Arctic Circle, fleeing climate disaster. Events and performances by world-class artists responded as the herds moved, bringing together the worlds of arts and science in an urgent call for climate action.
This lecture as part of the Ties That Bind Us series.