Natascha Hagenbeek, Reza Mirabi & Ghenwa Noiré, Maureen de Jong, Anastasis Sarakatsanos
Saturday 1 April | 15:30 – 18:00 | Tugela85, Amsterdam
Four Amsterdam-based artists present four ‘seeds’ of work, embedded in their practice and in resonance with the Listening to Seeds process initiated by Dancing on the Edge, and in collaboration with Temporary Art Platform in Beirut and Aterraterra in Palermo.
Maureen de Jong & Anastasis Sarakatsanos | Sensorial audio stories
Four artist-activist-gardeners take you on an immersive audio journey into their three gardens: cultivated, re-wilded, or urban pieces of land in Palermo, Beirut and Amsterdam. You may hear how the destructive force of the eucalyptus stems from a colonial past. Or learn among the weeds, why ‘invasive’ plants like wild oats may be exactly what we need. The gardens come to life through the stories and realities of plants.
Anastasis Sarakatsanos | Storytelling Performance
This piece is inspired by our group sessions on zoom over the last months, in which we described existing gardens with all the memories they carry, and envisioned common gardens we will make together in the future. It reflects on the risks and implications of getting together, of planting our seeds in common ground; on the dangers that lurk in the shadows of our garden.
Natascha Hagenbeek | ‘attention to Mother Earth’ ritual in the making
Natascha Hagenbeek invites you to come into dialogue with (urban) nature through the gentle guidance of plant medicine and through exercises by masters of observation and attentiveness. As Vandana Shiva, scientist, ecofeminist and seed freedom activist, puts it: We are a living, conscious strand in the pulsating web of life. We are all members of One Earth Family, interconnected through life. We are part of the Earth, and not separate from her. We are children of Mother Earth, not her masters and owners. We are among the youngest siblings in the Earth family and have much to learn from our elders, the microbes, and plants.
Reza Mirabi with Ghenwa Noiré | Storytelling Performance
If seeds, by sprouting, can break hard – even concrete and asphalt – floors, then they don’t just bring in newness in content, but also in structure. If we view the world through language, where grammar is its system and structure, we can ask: How could seeds yield a shift in grammar – opening concrete narratives to the speculative?
Language: English
Prorgam length: 150 mins
