Group show and symposium: The Camille Diaries. Art Laboratory Berlin (ALB), Berlin Curated by: Regine Rapp, Christian de Lutz, Tuçe Erel
Current Artistic Positions on M /otherhood, Life and Care present new artistic works by eleven international women and non-binary artists with installations, video, objects and performance. The project »Camille Diaries« arose from an invitation to take part in the international curatorial swarm for the open call »M/others and Future Humans«, initiated by Ida Bencke (LABAE, Copenhagen, DK) and Eben Kirksey Year: 2020
The one-day symposium will bring the artists together with researchers from the humanities and natural sciences into a critical dialogue. On the basis of the exhibited works, concepts of »Collective survival« and »Arts of noticing« (A. Tsing) as well as »Staying with the Trouble« (D. Haraway) will be discussed in an interdisciplinary manner. Regine Rapp & Christian de Lutz (curators) Accompanying programme Feminist SF: Visions of M /otherhood & Reproduction. .
Rather than a nostalgic reflection, the events examine these authors’ sustained relevance within the current sociocultural and political landscape, inviting experts from divergent fields (visual arts, gender-studies, literature, the life sciences and synthetic biology) to programme their »ideal TV and reading evening« on the topic. Text: ALB
Artwork title: The Red Nature of Mammalga Artists: Amanda Baum, Rose Leahy og Naja Ankarfeldt Supported by: Statens Kunstfond, Dansk Tang, Art Laboratory Berlin Year: 2018-2020
Reflecting on the current conditions of our world (environmental changes, gender aspects, biopolitics, etc.) the artists’ positions propose an ›aesthetics of care‹ as the basis for inter-species coexistence. Here the planet is understood as a symbiotic web in which we are all entangled with one another (humans, plants, animals, environment) on molecular, organic, ethical and biopolitical levels. The artists investigate reproductive mechanisms, biochemical connections between humans and nonhumans, and refer to alternative biomaterials as »source of life« in future times of scarcity and crisis. Text: ALB