Review of Queering Now, Chinese Arts Now, London, 2020
Hongwei Bao
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Deep Trash Eco Trash delves into our present day ecological dystopia to explore alternative futures for our planet and all the diverse creatures within it.
EcoFutures festival takes place in East London and brings together artists, activists and theorists from all over the world to create a platform for discussion and experimentation around urgent environmental and ecological issues such as climate change, extinction, pollution, health and sustainability through an intersectional, feminist and queer lens.
A one-day international conference bringing 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. Artworks by Wangechi Mutu, Adelita Husni-Bey and Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle will be screened for this occasion.
Quimera Rosa’s workshop will utilise bio-hacking DIY techniques to challenge binary identity principles that often separate humans from their non-human relations.
Artists in this international group exhibition produce lived and speculative alternatives to the ongoing ecological and environmental destruction under techno-global-capitalism.
A selection of performance videos reflecting on how stories of migration, border-crossing and refuge-seeking are integrated within ecological discourses from queer, feminist and decolonial perspectives.
Starting from historical effervescent political protests, Xavier De Sousa and Andre Neely's residency investigates the potential of domino-effect actions that grow out of our personal and collective awareness of the urgency of environmental activism.Â
Rooted in queer and indigenous/of colour worldviews, this 2-part workshop offers the space for participants to complicate the concept of motherhood in relation to our environment.Â
Fusing dance, storytelling and audiovisual projections, Mother The Verb is a performance with an air of ritual enacted from queer, trans and indigenous/of colour perspectives.
