The video of the conference “Queer-feminist Ecocriticism in Live Art and Visual Cultures” is now out.

This one-day international conference, part of EcoFutures programme, brings together artists, theorists and activists to cover topics ranging from non-human ethics to ecosexuality. Invited guests include Gaia Giuliani, João Florencio and Silvia Federici. It took place on 13 April 2019.

Conference Info/Programme

Links to the videos:

Introduction to the Conference

SESSION 1

Non-Human Ethics and Xenopolitics (introduction)

Rita Natálio

Wangechi Mutu, The End of Eating Everything, 2013. 8mins (video screening)

Gaia Giuliani

Q&A Rita Natalio Gaia Giuliani

BREAK

Quimera Rosa, open lab & talk in the gallery as part of ‘Staring at the Sun’ exhibition

SESSION 2

Sexing the Planet: Performing Ecological Intimacies (introduction)

Isabel Burr Raty

Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle, Ecosexual Wedding Project, 2008-2014. 10mins (video screening)

João Florencio

Q&A

SESSION 3

Repair, Resist, Revitalize: New Synergies in the Anthropocene (introduction)

Nadja Verena Marcin

Helena Hunter

Q&A

Adelita Husni-Bey, The Reading, 2017. 15mins (video screening)

KEYNOTE

Silvia Federici

Q&A

 

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.

EcoFutures: https://www.facebook.com/EcoFuturesFest

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