Art, Ecology, Emergency: Sustaining Practice

Art, Ecology, Emergency: Sustaining Practice (online)
 

Wednesday 17 June, online event
Part one: 11am – 12.30pm
Part two: 7.30pm – 9pm

Organised by the University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute and the Eden Project, this two-part, free online event explores the intersections of artistic practice and ecology, bringing together artists, producers and academics to share their experiences and their research.

Find out more about each session and its speakers below. Please note that all speakers and both hosts will be present and participating in both sessions.

Part One | 11:00am - 12.30pm

Part one will focus on curatorial and academic perspectives, exploring the relationships between ecological research, artistic practice and public engagement.
Questions explored will include:

• What kind of ecological knowledge do we need to creatively navigate our way through crisis and uncertainty?
• How can ecological expertise inform creative practice?
• Are we all ecologists now?

Host

Caitlin DeSilvey: Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Exeter 

Speakers

Lucia Pietroiusti: Curator, General Ecology, Serpentine Galleries, London; co-curator, The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish

Dr Erini Saratsi: University of Reading, lead author on 'Valuing Arts & Arts Research' (2019)

Part Two - 7.30pm - 9.00pm

Part two will focus on artists’ practice and modes of engaging with ecological research.

Questions explored will include:

• How can contemporary art practice open up social, ecological and geological perspectives on landscape and place?
• As artists making work in rural Cornwall, how do local geographies and communities inform and sustain your personal artistic practice?
• Can art play a role in helping us reflect on our individual relationships and responsibilities to nature?

Host 

Misha Curson: Senior Curator at the Eden Project Ltd and Eden Project International Ltd

Speakers:

Bram Thomas Arnold: artist, pedestrian, writer; Arts and Culture, University of Exeter Creative Fellow 2018/2019

Sara Bowler: artist and co-founder of the Goonhilly Village Green Project

The event will be hosted online by Culture Declares Emergency as part of 'The Offer'. It's free and open to all but places must be booked in advance.

Reserve a place here

Contact: artsandculture@exeter.ac.uk