Exploring Frontiers: A Rights of Nature Just Transition

In partnership with The River Dôn Project

Humans are part of nature, but often act as if we are separate from it. This not only harms the flora and fauna we coexist with, but makes us sick too. Being disconnected reduces our resilience to events like flooding, leads to species loss, bad air quality and rising temperatures. We are forging a path to an uninhabitable planet, at war with the future generations of all living things.

Working with citizens and communities, the River Dôn Project seeks to demonstrate how we can see and sense into the complex ecosystems and relationships that make up the water catchments that we are all a part of, so that we might start to make better choices together. 

Join us for:

•  An artist conversation chaired by Amy Carter-Gordon, discussing how we can push the boundaries of arts and culture engagement
• a workshop exploring microbial frontiers
• a conversation chaired by Natalie Bennett that seeks to decode our entangled systems and structures

We are the first generation to know the scale of the harm human activity has caused, as well as the last who are able to do something meaningful about it. It won‘t be easy, but by coming together to harness our collective capacities with new eyes and wisdom a different outcome to where we are heading is still possible.

Pushing the Boundaries of Arts and Culture Engagement
Artist conversation chaired by Amy Carter-Gordon
Joanna Penso: Body Synthesiser, Soundscapes connecting humans to nature
Danny Bacchus: Flow State, Immersive Arts visualising and sensing into data
Third Artist: tbc

Exploring Microbial Frontiers 
Mel Lacey & Kelly Parkin: Sewage Fungus, crocheting workshop, exploring biochemistry through live crafts.

Decoding our entangled systems and structures
Conversation chaired by Natalie Bennett
Ella Hubbard: Bioregionalism and Interconnected Societal Systems
Lucy Gavaghan: Legal Frameworks and Ecological Activism
Third Speaker: tbc

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