Clare M. Cooper has brought together thousands of people to work together on community festivals, skill-share spaces, pleasure activism, speculative design, and critical listening through co-founding the NOW now (2001), Splinter Orchestra (2000), Berlin Splitter Orchester (2009), Frontyard Projects (2016), and Climate Strike Workshop (2019).

Cooper is a Lecturer in Design at the University of Sydney School of Design Architecture and Planning. Disclaimer journal’s profile on Cooper’s sound and performance practice, written by Jim Denley can be found here.