Driving the Human Festival: Conversation with Julijonas Urbonas (artist, designer, researcher, engineer and founder of Lithuanian Space Agency) and Jan Boelen
A conversation on the project »Planet of People« which will be shown at the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2021. The project is a thought experiment in which the biomass of human bodies becomes a new planet.
Panel discussion with Frédérique Aït-Touati (historian of literature and modern science, theater director), Alexandre Monnin (philosopher, Scientific Director of Origens Media Lab) and Guillaume Pitron (journalist, author and documentary filmmaker), moderated by Sabine Faller Lecture by Gediminas & Nomeda Urbonas, »The Swamp Observatory«
Performance by Vivien Tauchmann, »Self-As-Other-Training: Smartphone (2)«
A performance about the laws of physics which come into play when human bodies are moving in space. Julijonas Urbonas is an artist, designer, researcher, engineer and founder of Lithuanian Space Agency
Driving the Human Festival: Panel discussion with Frédérique Aït-Touati (historian of literature and modern science, theater director), Alexandre Monnin (philosopher, Scientific Director of Origens Media Lab) and Guillaume Pitron (journalist, author and documentary filmmaker), moderated by Sabine Faller The panelists reflect on the effects of human activity on the habitat upon which all life on Earth depends. Regarding the exploitation of the resources of the Earth, different methods to create a more sustainable future are discussed from different viewpoints.
Driving the Human Festival: Lecture and project presentation by Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas.
»The Swamp Observatory«, which is also part of the »Critical Zones« exhibition at ZKM, illuminates the vital urgency of human cohabitation with other forms of life. The swamp offers an opportunity to test the idea of sympoiesis – coming together in order to find a new ethos of coexistence, a direction that stems from the act of recognizing the poetic power of the ecologies surrounding us.
Driving the Human Festival: Vivien Tauchmann, »Self-As-Other-Training: Smartphone (2)« A participative performance by Vivien Tauchmann. Vivien Tauchmann produced five »Self-As-Other-Trainings« that were shown throughout the festival. The »Self-As-Other-Trainings« address the necessity of educating our bodies through the de-contextualisation of these silent exclusions and the active embodiment of the ‘other’ in choreographed storylines, in order to evoke critical self-reflection and eventually provoke behavioral change. The work seeks to demonstrate that empathy is not only a rational capability, but also a physical state of mind through which we can reshape our connections to people beyond our known scope.
More information: https://zkm.de/en/driving-the-human-f…
