Curating 'We live like trees in the footsteps of our ancestors'

WEBINAR SERIES 2023 | The Indigenous Gaze: decolonising visual cultures

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Curating 'We live like trees in the footsteps of our ancestors'

Dr. Marianna Tsionki & Dr. Mariana Cunha

The paper will discuss aspects of the curatorial project We live like trees in the footsteps of our ancestors; an ongoing investigation on forms of ecological thinking in artistic practices, and the extent to which environmental shifts and crises come to bear on contemporary art from Latin America. The project is concerned with the dialogues between cultural production, natural environment, and modes of decolonial thinking. By examining the link between artistic practices and the environment in Latin America, this body of work contributes to a decentred knowledge production, while also providing a crucial stance from the Global South.

Drawing on the anthropological and philosophical works of Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Isabelle Stengers and Donna Haraway, it will consider…