Art of the
Second Renaissance
Collective
This newly formed collective is in an experimental phase that will last six months. The Collective operates based on the principles outlined in the Second Renaissance essays and the function under the principals of the Life Guild. It currently brings together four women who unite to serve and create art for the Second Renaissance. The art produced may differ from conventional notions of art, embracing new and unique forms. The collective is a safe place of sistherhood and also a group which takes artistic action together. We envision that in some later stage the collective will open up to more members to join, including men. Yet, as of now, at this embryonic stage, we are choosing to be a small group of women who can commit and be the nurturers of what is to be born.
Sylvie Barbier
Sylvie ‘Shiwei’ Barbier is a French-Taiwanese artist. Her work synthesizes Eastern and Western philosophies and aesthetics. She is also the co-founder of Life Itself, an organization dedicated to practical action for a radically wiser, weller world.
Her performance art pieces are contemporary rituals, where the audience is invited to take an active and interactive role.
Schuyler Brown
Schuyler Brown teaches the skills necessary to cultivate emergence within individuals and teams. She facilitates meetings and retreats of all sizes to help groups solve complex problems and navigate conflict and turbulence within the system. Her work lives at the intersection of leadership development, organizational design, and esoteric spirituality.
Cheryl Hsu
Cheryl is transversal designer, braiding living root bridges of wholeness and intimacy in the time between worlds, she is a soul-maker of the imaginal, transmuting desire (eros) into art. She is an intersubjective space-holder and gap-diver for collective creativity from Source. She is a spiritual activist, devoted to the democratization of mystical participation and the renewal of the sacred.
Amanda Zamparo
Amanda graduated in biomedical sciences in 2015. After getting underwhelmed with the traditional academic research world, she went on to explore different paths. Social impact, sustainable development, conscious entrepreneurship, collective wisdom and more... While traveling to communities like Tamera, she discovered new ways of living and the love for the Earth became her silent inner compass. In 2023 she was recognized as one of the few stewards of the Flow Game practice, and she keeps nurturing communities that also nurture her back. She is curious about how we humans can surrender to the streams of love and eros, in a wise and regenerative way, and she thinks that creating Art in communion with Lover Earth might be one answer.