A gathering around joining forces in view of an uncertain future
The current exhibition at Istituto Svizzero, Poetry for Revolutions, brings together artists that interrogate the role of art and its position in view of sociopolitical and environmental crises. No One Is an Island follows up on these strands of thought and asks about concrete approaches to taking action. Based on an ongoing exchange between the Institute for Contemporary Art Research of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and Rome-based curator and activist Sara Alberani (LOCALES, Mediterranea Saving Humans), the event revolves around realities of migration, climate collapse, and vulnerable territories and communities. The urgencies posed by these realities call for action and solidarity, and they challenge us to overcome an intellectual and institutional culture which separates research and theory from practices, and struggles to support grassroots and self-organized transformative processes. How can we join forces instead? What approaches can we share and develop to face a future that otherwise leaves little space for hope?
As part of the Art-Science series curated by Gioia Dal Molin, Head curator, and Maria Böhmer, Head of Science, Istituto Svizzero invites to the two-days event dedicated to the merging of artistic and scientific approaches through ‚transformative research‘, and the importance of taking action in view of multiple crises.
The event includes a public talk and discussion on 30.11.2023, and a participatory workshop on 01.12.2023.
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