Art, Climate, Transition (ACT) Symposium

London, 28–29 June 2023

Over two days, our partners at Artsadmin and Art, Climate, Transition (ACT) will be co-hosting an international symposium exploring the intersections between contemporary performance, democratic participation and environmental justice. It will be based at Toynbee Studios in London and sits alongside What Shall We Build Here Festival.

The ACT Symposium will feature lectures, panel discussions, performances, audio walks, and feasts. The programme includes: a practical exploration of resilience within environmental movements with Zamzam Ibrahim, a movement workshop with Brussels-based artists Daniel Linehan & Michael Helland, a masterclass in Legislative Theatre with Katy Rubin, weaving with Sheila Ghelani, and a keynote performance lecture from Mathieu Charles, whose innovative performance art reflects his Mauritian Creole heritage, his stance on anti-colonialism, and his embrace of diasporic futurisms.

The programme is being curated by CUSP researcher Dr Malaika Cunningham together with Mark Godber and Róise Goan. It’s supported by ACT (Art, Climate, Transition), through the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Day tickets for the symposium are available to book now and are priced on a sliding Pay-What-You-Can scale. They include a vegetarian/ vegan lunch from the Artsadmin resident café operator Caffé Genco.

Programme

For full programme and booking details, please see the Artsadmin website: https://www.artsadmin.co.uk/events/art-climate-transition-symposium/.

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

10.00 | Arrivals: tea, coffee and sign-ups
11.00 | Welcome and Keynote with Mathieu Négathe-Charles
12.00 | Palace Radio | Impact Radio Hour with Arie Lengkeek and Jacco van Uden
12.00 | Environmental Justice Questions, Workshop with Harun Morrison
12.00 | Building Resilient Movements, Workshop with Zamzam Ibrahim
13.00 | Land Body Ecologies Radio Hour, Palace Radio
13.00 | Lunch, provided by Caffé Genco
14.00 | Land Connection Practices with Hiatus, Physical practice and breathwork with Daniel Linehan & Michael Helland
14.00 | A Fairy Ring for Human-Fungi with Haeweon Yi, Gentle physical workshop
14.00 | Weaving Land and Health with Sheila Ghelani, The People’s Palace of Possibility
14.30 | sens-sing: listening and sounding with nature with Néfur, Participatory workshop
15.30 | Impact Radio Hour with Arie Lengkeek and Jacco van Uden, Palace Radio
16.00 | European Collaborations and Environmental Justice Pecha Kutcha, Quick fire presentations and discussion
16.00 | Cards on the Table: Degrowth with Henry Mulhall, Participatory game
16.30 | Anti-Oppression Circle Poetry Reading, Palace Radio

Thursday, 29 June 2023

10.00 | Arrivals: tea, coffee and sign-ups
10.00 | Impact Radio Hour with Arie Lengkeek and Jacco van Uden, Palace Radio
11.00 | Democracy, Environment, and Artistic Practice, Panel discussion with Marit Hammond
11.00 | I walked for too long and I became a landscape, audio performance and walk
11.30 | Environmental Justice Questions, Group discussion
11.30 | The Enmessing Table, The People’s Palace of Possibility
11.30 | Anti-Oppression Circle, Creative writing workshop
12.30 | Potato Today, Potato Tomorrow: Envisioning a just food future through the potato, Exploratory meal
13.00 | Lunch, provided by Caffé Genco
14.00 | Land Connection Practices with Hiatus, Physical practice and breathwork
14.00 | Creative & Participatory Policy Change for Climate Justice, Legislative Theatre Workshop
15.30 | Cards on The Table: Degrowth, Participatory game
15.30 | Speculative Futures and Environmental Justice, Panel discussion
15.30 | I walked for too long and I became a landscape, Audio performance and walk
17.00 | Closing Gathering with Malaika Cunningham, Sheila Ghelani, and Zoe Palmer
18.00 | Drinks Reception

Tickets

For programme and booking details, please see the Artsadmin website: https://www.artsadmin.co.uk/events/art-climate-transition-symposium/. The tickets are priced on a sliding Pay-What-You-Can scale. The booking page includes a guide to deciding which category to choose. If you’d like to attend both days, add both Wednesday and Thursday to your basket when booking and pay for them together.