International Conference presented as part of EcoFutures Festival
This one-day international conference brings together artists, theorists and activists to cover topics ranging from non-human ethics to ecosexuality. Invited guests include Gaia Giuliani, João Florêncio and Silvia Federici. Artworks by Wangechi Mutu, Adelita Husni-Bey and Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle will be screened for this occasion.
PROGRAMME
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10:30-11:00 – Registration
11:00-12:30 – Non-Human Ethics and Xenopolitics
Rita Natálio
Wangechi Mutu The End of Eating Everything, 2013. 8mins (video screening)
Ama Josephine Budge
Gaia Giuliani
Q&A 20”
12:30-13:45 – Walk to the gallery ‘Staring at the Sun’ exhibition accompanied by performance by Liam Geary Baulch + public showcase of Quimera Rosa open lab & talk in the gallery
13:45-15:00 – Lunch break
15:00-16:30 – Sexing the Planet: Performing Ecological Intimacies
Isabel Burr Raty
Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle, Ecosexual Wedding Project, 2008-2014. 10mins (video screening)
João Florêncio
Q&A 20”
16:45-18:45 – Repair, Resist, Revitalize: New Synergies in the Anthropocene
Nadja Verena Marcin
Helena Hunter
Adelita Husni-Bey, The Reading, 2017. 15mins (video screening)
Silvia Federici
Q&A 30”
19:00 – 20:00 Drink Reception
This conference has been generously supported by the Doctoral College Initiative Fund at Queen Mary University, Arts Council England, the British Association for American Studies & the U.S. Embassy in London and the Tower Hamlets Event Fund.
If you are unable to afford the ticket please get in touch with us.
Accessibility: The venue is fully accessible.
Links
EcoFutures: https://www.facebook.com/EcoFuturesFest
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2444837762472105/
#EcoFutures
Enquiries
General info: info@cuntemporary.org
Press: press@cuntemporary.org
Festival: https://cuntemporary.org/category/projects/ecofutures/
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