Check out this very special event organised collaboratively by Bonniers Konsthall and our friends at The Eco- and Bioart Lab: a panel discussion and a book launch of State of the Art – Elements for Critical Thinking and Doing. The event takes place at Bonniers Konsthall in Stockholm on 30th October 2024 at 18:00 CET.

Speakers: Ionat Zurr, Nina Lykke, Meike Schalk, Caroline Elgh
Moderator: Marietta Radomska

“Today, hope becomes hard work. Climate change, destruction of ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, wars, epidemics, and slow environmental violence evoke feelings of anxiety, anger and grief, manifested both globally and locally in culture, popular science, environmental activism, and art. With global warming unfolding in the Arctic four times faster than in the rest of the planet and the Baltic Sea turning into the largest ‘dead zone’ in the world, environmental crisis is acutely present in the social and cultural awareness close to home. 

Through various mediums, forms, and manifestations, art forges its own creative and critical arenas. These are the spaces where more-than-human crises are being re/imagined, where bio-and techno-utopias rise and fall, where care becomes a lesson, and where visions of possible futures are continuously mobilised and contested.”  

Combining perspectives from such fields as Art/Science, environmental humanities, literature, architecture and design, as well as art-curatorial practice, the panellists will zoom in on the complex positioning, role, and potential of art and creative practices in the times of change, transformation, and uncertainty. 

The panel is combined with the launch of the book State of the Art – Elements for Critical Thinking and Doing (Helsinki 2023). Published by Bioart Society and State of the Art Network, the volume takes a closer look at how practising artists, researchers, cultural actors, and engaged audiences can create elements for critical thinking and doing which can assist all of us in navigating the complexities of the present.

In English.

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Photo credit: Marietta Radomska