This activity, within the framework of the Climate Refuge and curated by the artist Alexandra Kuhn, is not an instruction manual for these times of change. It is about seeing ourselves participate in this cultural shift by sharing knowledge that will help us discover our belonging to the web of Life and a desire to care for and sustain that vital web to which we all belong—animals (human and non-human), plants, fungi, minerals, microorganisms, elements, energies, dynamics... This sense of rightful belonging is the foundation of Ecosophy.  

Multiple notions (eco-notions) will flow between each other and between us, helping each one to compose their own journey in this cultural transformation, this paradigm shift, in which we find ourselves. 

Alexandra Kuhn, curator of this program, studied graphic design at La Neumann (a school based on Bauhaus principles) in Caracas, Venezuela. Her studies took place at a time when the designer's craft was manual and encompassed artistic skills such as drawing, three-dimensional composition, color, ceramics, textile art, printmaking, etc., as well as intellectual skills such as art history, philosophy of aesthetics, and the history of the book. In 2013, she participated in a Bioart artist residency at the SVA School of Visual Arts laboratories in New York, under the mentorship of Suzanne Anker. From 2014 to 2017, she completed a master's degree in Art and Artistic Professions at the SUR School of Artistic Professions. el Círculo de Bellas Artes.

Program

Mon, Jul 15

Nature: 1. naming / 2. theory and practice / 3. perception / 4. dynamics / 5. nature / 6. culture / 7. life / 8. ecology / 9. art ecoart, bioart      

Wed, Jul 17

Life: 1. Zoe and bios / 2. Deep ecology and the ecosophical tree / 3. Ecosophy / 4. Ecopsychology / 5. Rewilding

Mon, Jul 22

Body(ies): 1. social body / 2. psychological types and nature / 3. action - contemplation / 4. green politics / 5. care / 6. eco-feminism

Wed, Jul 24

Damage: 1. limit / 2. paradigm / 3. power / 4. pollution / 5. words: post-nature , post-natural , capitalocene , anthropocene , etc. / 6. atomic bombs / 7. ecological footprint / 8. climate damage

Mon, Jul 29

Sensitivity: 1. inner landscape / 2. fractals / 3. sensitivity / 4. criterion / 5. radical

Wed, Jul 31

1. " Re"humanization / 2. Fear / 3. Antidotes / 4. Actions / 5. Go Green / 6. Conclusion