Sylvie Barbier & Rufus Pollock of Life Itself - Why the World Needs a Second Renaissance

About this episode

Sylvie Barbier and Rufus Pollock discuss the need for a second Renaissance through their work with Life Itself.

Sylvie Barbier & Rufus Pollock are the co-founders of Life Itself – a collective of pragmatic utopians committed to practical action for a radically wiser, weller world. Sylvie is a French-Taiwanese ritual artist whose work synthesises Eastern and Western philosophies and aesthetics. Her performance art pieces are contemporary rituals, where the audience is invited to take an active and interactive role. Rufus is an entrepreneur, activist, author, and long-term Zen practitioner who has ...

People in this episode

Host: Artem Zen

Guests: Sylvie Barbier, Rufus Pollock

Topics covered

• Renaissance
• pragmatic utopians
• performance art
• Eastern philosophy
• Western philosophy
• activism

Keywords

• Renaissance
• Life Itself
• performance art
• activism
• Eastern philosophy
• Western philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Life Itself

Places: France, Taiwan

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