International collective, based in Germany
AWOL (as in Absent Without Leave) is an artistic collective committed to democratizing climate knowledge and research. AWOL engages in collaborative practices that challenge imperial frameworks and reimagine relationships with the environment as part of a shared struggle for liberation. Through interdisciplinary projects, ranging from lecture performances to on-site research and performative actions, the collective merges memory, archives, and history with data and spatial analysis, crafting new narratives that bridge personal displacement with ecological crisis. Composed originally by Belén Arellano Cañizares, Yaman To'meh, Stefan Ralevic, Eduardo Gonzaga, Santiago Méndez and Giuliana Marmo.