Established in 2021 by intermedia artist John Crawford in collaboration with other performing artists and designers concerned with environmental issues, Eco ArtLab creates performances and exhibitions that enhance ecological awareness, engaging with new forms of expression enabled by the emerging media technologies of our time.

Inspired by earth’s natural beauty, including aesthetics of human involvement, the creators of Eco ArtLab have a passionate desire to respond to the escalating crisis driven by the rapidly evolving human capacity to alter planetary ecosystems. We embrace multi-dimensional approaches to a systems view of life in which humans are part of a larger, living whole. We have expertise in the use of advanced digital technologies for artistic creation, combined with a strong grounding in traditional approaches to film, theatre, dance, music, media and design, with many years of experience in artistic projects that integrate all these areas. We acknowledge how lack of attention to crucial values combined with unquestioning acceptance of rational thought can create unhealthy dependence on ill‑considered technological “solutions,” and all our projects are grounded in that understanding.