From April 21-23, 2021, the Assembly for Permacircular Museums explores the ecological transformation of the culture industry.
Wed, 21.04.2021 – Sat, 24.04.2021 https://zkm.de/en/event/2021/04/assembly-for-permacircular-museumsAssembly for permacircular museumsThe cultural sector is giving more and more space to ecological as well as postcolonial discourses, but at the same time is itself caught up in capitalist entanglements. How can its institutions make the radical shift towards a permacircular future?Over four days, the event brings together keynote addresses, case studies, roundtables, professional workshops, and artist performances to discuss the future of art institutions, share experiences, and explore alliances with radical and grassroots movements. The conference is initiated in the framework of the project »Notes towards a Permacircular Museum« by Stéphane Verlet-Bottéro for the exhibition »Critical Zones«. Following an exercise in mapping the show’s environmental footprint and a collective effort to restore an abandoned fruit orchard near ZKM, the project explores the possibility of expanding museum maintenance practices to more-than-human solidarity and sheltering.Wed, 2 pm–3.30 pm Opening remarks This introduction session will harvest a broad range of questions from the project initiators and guest lecturers, framing the following focus sessions. Institutions increasingly speak of giving nature a voice, and even rights. How are the ethics and practices of cultural institutions affected once we take this claim seriously? Which new visions do we need for art institutions in what Bruno Latour has called the New Climatic Regime, and how can we translate self-criticism into action?with Lucia Pietroiusti (curator of General Ecology at Serpentine Gallery, London)Stéphane Verlet-Bottéro (artist, ecologist, curator)Peter Weibel (CEO of ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe)and an activation by Mira Hirtz (performance artist and art mediator, Karlsruhe)++ Registration and full Program: https://zkm.de/en/assembly ++++ German Livestream: https://youtu.be/GUzOyZF2rWg ++