Workshop in London at Serpentine North Gallery

September 29th, 2pm. Free. Registration required (link below)

This workshop starts from the idea that a different future depends on the quality of our present relationships. It looks at ways of deactivating human exceptionalism to focus on a wider sense of care, kinship, relationality and visceral responsibility.

Moving with the concepts of re-fusing, abscising, and the guiding force of Radical Tenderness, central to artist Dani d’Emilia’s art-life investigations over the last decade, participants are invited to actively explore what we may need to let go of, both personally and systemically, to open up possibilities for new forms of coexistence and mutual care within the wider metabolism we are all part of.

We will consider what it takes to un-numb to the pains and pleasures of our entanglement with non-human beings and the systems by which they are subjected to extraction and extinction. How can we develop stamina and resilience for the slow and challenging work of moving through difficult ethical and practical complexities of repairing relations as we collectively face the ever-widening social and ecological collapses?

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The Infinite Ecologies Marathon is a long durational project that looks at the world-building potential of culture in the face of ecological destruction. Committed to working towards planetary thriving, this interdisciplinary series centres artist-led reimaginings for environmental action.

Ecologies is Serpentine’s new interdisciplinary department, dedicated to developing a holistic, flexible and adaptive approach to embedding environmental purpose throughout Serpentine’s programmes, infrastructure and networks. Our mission is to place culture at the core of environmental efforts, demonstrating how environmental commitment can steer the cultural sector. Ecologies emerged from the insights gained through the General Ecology project and Back to Earth.

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The Infinite Ecologies Marathon is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Lucia Pietroiusti, Head of Ecologies, Kostas Stasinopoulos, Curator, Live Programmes, and Daisy Gould, Assistant Curator, Live Programmes

link for registration (by 20th Sept): https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/workshop-radically-tender-invitations-for-re-fusing-and-abscising/