Extinction Rebellion
On Environmental Collapse and the “Creative Rebellion”
An Interview with Nils Agger
We speak with Nils Agger, an activist who has been part of the British RisingUp! network since its inception some two years ago, and who is currently active with the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement. In the wake of the dire warnings of the recently published 2018 IPCC report, XR has been making big waves in the political climate, both in Britain and abroad. Their demands are simple: the UK must achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2025. We met Agger in Katowice, Poland where he was organizing as part of the COP24 summit.
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Towards Restoration
A reflection on “The Most Beautiful Catastrophe”
The exhibition The Most Beautiful Catastrophe (2018, curated by Jakub Gawkowski) was held at Kronika gallery in the Silesian town of Bytom between December 3 – 14, 2018, just a short tram ride from Katowice’s International Congress Center where the UNFCCC’s 24th Conference of the Parties was held. The exhibition, curated by Jakub Gawkowski, featured numerous works of Polish, Czech, Slovak and Hungarian artists, and set out to “problematize the very concept of nature” and “rethink the future of the planet and the relationship between humans and the environment." It is this preoccupation with “the future,” which will constitute the main thrust for the following essay through contextualizing some of the impacts which art may have in staking out a navigable modus operandi for the societies of the future.
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Haunted Castles
Gallery from the screening
Some images from our 4 December, 2018 screening at Cinema Ponrepo accompanied by a live performance by Beth Custer (clarinet, voice, piano), Pavel Fajt (percussion), Martin Alaçam (guitar), Vladimír Václavek (bass), Lloyd Dunn (electronics) and Hearn Gadbois (percussion), with narration by František Skála.
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A Cow’s Diary
Tereza Říčanová
This well-known author of mainly children’s illustrations and literature lives on a farm in Mezná u Pelhřimova, and the spectrum of her artistic activities is truly unique – ranging from the creation of theatre performances for rural children, to organizing workshops and other pedagogical events in her region. In 2018, the Agosto Foundation supported the creation of her “Cow Books” as part of the Perpedes Grant Program. Here is an exclusive into the creative process for her “A Cow’s Diary.”
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The Founding Conference of CENSE
Central European Network for Sonic Ecologies
Budapest, 29 November - 1 December, 2018
Report
At the end of November, the Agosto Foundation had the opportunity to take part in the CESSE Symposium (Central European Society for Soundscape Ecology) in Budapest. This historic city, site of the first meeting of the possible founding of an international network for acoustic ecology, has been rocked by the unrest of Hungarian society revealed in recent protests and riots. Perhaps it’s no accident that, in a land governed in recent years by the egoistic Fidesz party, using repressive populist and nationalist policies, has initiated the creation of a society whose only program consists of acoustic ecology, with an eye on responsible approaches in the field of ecology, environmental sciences, art and education. MOME lecturer and musician Csaba Hajnóczy came up with the idea, and he also served a the lead organizer of the symposium.
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Vašulka Kitchen Brno Celebrates Opening
Video Document
Highlights from the Grand Opening of Vašulka Kitchen Brno Center for New Media at the Brno House of Arts, Tuesday, 30 October, 2018. Vašulka Kitchen Brno (VKB) is a newly established place for research, artistic experimentation and informal education in new media art. It includes the archive of Woody and Steina Vašulka and a permanent exhibition selected works.
Vašulka Kitchen Brno is a 2018 Perpedes Grant recipient.
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Genesis 2.0 – Panel discussion
Wednesday, 12 November, 2018, 6 – 8 PM
Lecture Hall of Náprstkova Museum, 3rd floor
Video from the pre-screening panel discussion on issues raised by the film Genesis 2.0. The discussion took place at Náprstkovo Museum with these participants: Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Flegr, CSc., doc. RNDr. David Hořák, Ph.D., and Mgr. Marek “Orko” Vácha, Ph.D., framed around these questions: What new possibilities exist with the advent of genetic manipulation and genomic mapping? Who decides if and how to push the boundaries further?
Moderated by Vít Bohal. In Czech only.
Video: Dominik Žižka.
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