JRC SciArt is happy to announce the first in a series of talks organised as part of the Leonardo LASER Network.
This talk will discuss the theme of the upcoming exhibition of the JRC SciArt project, in an attempt to weave through the intricacies of gauging the current situation as to the Rights of Nature, from an artistic, philosophical and governance point of view. It take place on the 23 February 2024 at 12pm CET, live at JRC Ispra with webstreaming available.
You can register to receive the link on the Leonardo website.
Watch the recording on Leonardo LASER's YouTube channel.
Moderator: Adriaaan Eeckels (JRC SciArt project leader)
Speakers: Roger Strand (Centre for the Study of Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen); John Palmesino (Curator, Lisbon Architecture Triennale); Chus Martínez (Head of Institute of Art, FHNW Academy of Arts and Design in Basel, Switzerland); Derrick De Kerckhove (Former director of the McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology, University of Toronto)
Discussant: Claudia Schnugg (Curator and researcher; curator for the NaturArchy exhibition)
About the talk: NaturArchy is a project and exhibition resulting from two years of artistic research at the interface of science-for-policy taking place at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. The provocation at the heart of NaturArchy is that we must extend Rousseau’s social contract to nature if we really want to be successful in the fight against environmental degradation, extractivist practices, and socio-environmental injustice. Probing issues of deep ecology, sustainability and the decolonisation of nature from a transdisciplinary perspective that brings together artists, scientists and policymakers, the project aims to unlearn the social norms that determine our thinking, and propose new itineraries to re-connect with nature to overcome the blind spots of the dominant paradigms that brought us to dominate, extract, consume. This event wants to celebrate the power of imagination and of artistic practices in governance and complexity. In opening a space of play that unlocks new potentialities and ways of being-in-the-world, this LASER panel provocatively pushes us to reconsider identity, territory and stewardship, sense anew the deep entanglement of human and non-human, and relate global commons and local politics; materiality and the intangible; heritage and innovation; person and environment.
About Leonardo LASER: Leonardo/ISAST LASER Talks is a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of LASER is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 50 cities and 5 continents worldwide.
What: JRC SciArt x Leonardo LASER Event
Where: JRC Ispra & Online - register to receive the link on the Leonardo website.
When: 23/02/2024, 12:00 PM CET
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