This lecture by Lucia Pietroiusti was part of ARIA's Worlds’ End Symposium held in Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana on 17 & 18 August.
When we look at animals and plants, we often witness a kind of preparation upon the changing of the seasons: an evolutionary dance between weather and choice, where the very first hints of a transformation prompt a withdrawal of nutrients from leaves; the springing up of shoots and buds; the storing of foods and fats; the building of burrows and nests. In the face of transformation, our more-than-human companions may not know what lies ahead, but doubtlessly they know how to prepare for it. In this talk Lucia Pietroiusti draws from her experience as a curator working across art and ecology; as well as her research and training in mourning, grief and ceremony. Accompanied by thinkers from Vanessa Machado de Oliveira to Federico Campagna and Ernesto de Martino, Pietroiusti will try to ask questions of a world that’s ending. In a time of profound transformation, what habits of mind, what stories, what rituals, may help us hold, and weather, change? What embers do we already hold of what has been? How to make space for what we may never experience? And what does art have to do with any of this?
Listen to Q&A following the lecture: soundcloud.com/user-199358479/aria-transmission-lucia-pietroiusti-lukas-likavcan
Lucia Pietroiusti is Head of Ecologies at Serpentine, London. As a curator, programmer and organisational strategist, she works at the intersection of art, ecology and systems, often outside of the exhibition space. Ecologies at Serpentine is a holistic initiative and purpose-led department aimed at embedding environmental responsibility throughout the organisation’s infrastructure, operations, networks and programming. More on: luciapietroiusti.earth
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ARIA - Algo-Rhythmic Ideation Assembly is a summer school that hybridizes art, education, and theory through immersive (role)play. Each edition features two residencies, a public symposium and related events, closed-door workshops and also a real-game play created by Omsk Social Club.
Learn more: www.sum.si/projects/aria-algo-rhythmic-ideation-assembly
and projekt-atol.si/en/work/worlds-end-symposium-public-programme/
ARIA was developed and curated by Tjaša Pogačar and Brandon Rosenbluth.
Production: Projekt Atol Institute (Lara Mejač and Uroš Veber)
In collaboration with: Šum journal (Društvo Galerija Boks)
Co-Production: Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana, International Centre of Graphic Arts Ljubljana (MGLC)
Visual design 2024: Nicola Tirabasso
Video documentation and montage: Jan Drozg
ARIA is part of More-than-Planet project, co-funded by the European Union as part of the Creative Europe framework and supported by the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the City of Ljubljana.
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