Glacier Dreams
REFIK ANADOL STUDIO: Enter the creative process behind a groundbreaking multi-sensory project which explores our collective melting memories of a fundamental life force on earth.
The Utopians
BARBICAN CENTRE / NOWNESS: Artist and scientist Joaquín Fargas embarks on a quest to reveal the environmental impact of extracting lithium, a key component of electric cars – which aren’t as sustainable as Tesla or Toyota want you to believe.
Flamenco Queer
THE NEW YORKER: Renowned Spanish dancer Manuel Liñán comes out to challenge convention by pursuing his love of performing flamenco – dressed as a woman – in a conservative society with rigid cultural traditions.
The Other Petra
BBC REEL: Hegra is an ancient archaeological site in Saudi Arabia, famous for spectacular Nabataean ruins – monumental tombs from an abandoned necropolis.
A quest to preserve Ukraine’s musical history
ATLAS OBSCURA / BBC WORLD SERVICE: Musicologist Miklós Both is on a mission to save traditional songs from remote villages.
Ballet and Bullets: Dancing Out of the Favela
VICE: A group of young ballerinas from one of the most violent favelas in Rio de Janeiro use dance to strive for a brighter future.
Brazilians use apps to dodge gun violence
NBC LEFT FIELD / WIRED / MONOCLE 24: As violence rises in Rio de Janeiro, people are using mobile apps and crowdsourced data to help each other stay safe by sharing information about shootouts in real time.
Uruguay’s open prison
BBC NEWS: At Punta de Rieles, inmates can set up businesses, start rock bands and circulate freely – with the goal of helping them reintegrate into society when their sentences have been served.
Favela ballet: A chance to dance in Alemão
THE GUARDIAN: In Rio de Janeiro's notorious Morro do Adeus, a young dancer is helping girls transcend their harsh reality through ballet.
Omar Obaca: Argentina’s Created Candidate
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A black politician invented by marketing gurus to satirize Argentine politics become an online sensation, but also been accused of reviving offensive stereotypes about the marginalized Afro-descendent community.
The Slum Priests of Buenos Aires
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Before he became Pope Francis, Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio sent many priests to work and live in the slums – or “villas” – of Buenos Aires.
Pinball Paradise
BBC: Hidden away in a dark basement in Budapest, the Hungarian Pinball Museum is a true blast from the past.
