{"id":30591,"date":"2024-08-13T09:46:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T08:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/?post_type=calendar_event&#038;p=30591"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:07:36","slug":"state-of-the-art-crisis-imaginaries-techno-utopias-or-possible-sustainable-futures","status":"publish","type":"calendar_event","link":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/event\/state-of-the-art-crisis-imaginaries-techno-utopias-or-possible-sustainable-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"State of The Art: Crisis imaginaries, Techno-utopias, or Possible (Sustainable) Futures?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull migrated has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-electric-yellow-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-04ae6134 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Futures?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-311ee341ba83956febc25db8e34cc0f7 wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday 30 October 2024 18:00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Credit_Marietta-Radomska-2560x1920.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Credit_Marietta-Radomska-2560x1920.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Credit_Marietta-Radomska-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Credit_Marietta-Radomska-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Credit_Marietta-Radomska-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Credit_Marietta-Radomska-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Credit_Marietta-Radomska-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Credit_Marietta-Radomska-1280x960.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-88a7cd46 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A panel discussion and a book launch of <I>State of the Art \u2013 Elements for Critical Thinking and Doing<\/I><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Speakers<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Ionat Zurr, Nina Lykke, Meike Schalk, Caroline Elgh<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Moderator<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Marietta Radomska<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">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 \u2018dead zone\u2019 in the world, environmental crisis is acutely present in the social and cultural awareness close to home.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">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.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:284,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">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.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:284,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The panel is combined with the launch of the book <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbioartsociety.fi%2Fprojects%2Fpublications%2Fpages%2Fstate-of-the-art-elements-for-critical-thinking-and-doing&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccarolina.andreasson%40bonnierskonsthall.se%7C8da849d220f2429f7acc08dc8466e855%7Cf1a858b07af74b1ab6a380d528a8ba64%7C0%7C0%7C638530824753676360%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eS%2Bp7vf7dcAUIFc9V9BNKP1ZVHmvseXf%2FZzpYQIH0rc%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">State of the Art \u2013 Elements for Critical Thinking and Doing<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (Helsinki 2023). Published by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbioartsociety.fi%2Fprojects%2Fstate-of-the-art-network&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccarolina.andreasson%40bonnierskonsthall.se%7C8da849d220f2429f7acc08dc8466e855%7Cf1a858b07af74b1ab6a380d528a8ba64%7C0%7C0%7C638530824753692758%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fZZe6EGaXkyFgKN9a2yturNLPEyv7yEcLMTblYmej54%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">State of the Art Network<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In English.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The panel is co-organised by The Eco- and Bioart Lab.\u00a0The event is supported by FORMAS &#8211; A Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development [grant number 2022-01728].<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Biographies<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Associate Professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Ionat Zurr <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">is the Chair of the Fine Arts Discipline at the School of Design, The University of Western Australia. She is an artist-researcher, who formed the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tissue Culture &amp; Art Project<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in 1996 which led to the establishment of SymbioticA: the Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts. Zurr\u2019s collaborative ideas and projects reach beyond the confines of art and is often cited as an inspiration to diverse areas such as new materials, textiles, design, architecture, ethics, fiction, and food. Her co-authored book <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tissues, Cultures, Art<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (Palgrave McMillan) was published in 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nina Lykke<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is a poet-philosopher and Professor Emerita of Gender Studies at Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden, and Adjunct Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. She* has participated in the building of Feminist Studies in Scandinavia and Europe more broadly since the 1970s. She* is co-founder of the International Network for Queer Death Studies. Her* monographs include: <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cosmodolphins<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (2000), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Feminist Studies<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (2010), and <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Vibrant Death <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(2022).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Meike Schalk<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is an architect and Associate Professor in Urban Design and Urban Theory at KTH School of Architecture. Her research combines feminist inquiry into affects and effects of the current economical, physical, and social transformations of welfare housing; emerging scales of post-welfare landscapes; and environmental learning with practice-oriented research methods. Schalk is a member of the Artistic Research committee at the Swedish Research Council. She is a co-initiator of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Aktion Arkiv.org<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:235}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Marietta Radomska<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"none\">is an Associate Professor of Environmental Humanities at Link\u00f6ping University; director of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Eco-and Bioart Lab<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/ecobioartlab.net\/<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">; co-founder of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Queer Death Studies Network<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">; and co-editor of the book <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">State of the Art: Elements for Critical Thinking and Doing <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(2023). She works at the intersection of environmental humanities, continental philosophy, queer death studies, visual culture, and artistic research; and has published in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Australian Feminist Studies<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">; <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Somatechnics<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">; and <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Artnodes<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, among others.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Caroline Elgh<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is an art curator, writer, educator, and PhD researcher in gender studies at Tema Genus, Link\u00f6ping University. Her work within the fields of feminist environmental humanities, blue humanities and posthumanities explores postdisciplinary processes at the intersection of art, science, political ecology and speculative fiction. Since 2024 she is Co-Director of the multi-university platform The Posthumanities Hub. Previously she has been working as a curator at Bonniers Konsthall.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">Image: Marietta Radomska<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-theme-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2571061f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-container-1 is-position-sticky\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Priser<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f7a842f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0713c77e136d6583cf34ff17443f94c9 wp-block-paragraph\">Free entrance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pre-registration required<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tiny-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Ticket release August 21. 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