The Eremocene is the time of loneliness, a concept proposed by the American biologist Edward O. Wilson as a response to the debate about the concept of the Anthropocene. We will centre the afternoon on this concept, as well as other ones, coined by Wilson, such as biodiversity, biophilia, and The Half-Gamlestan Theory.
In an outdoor workshop titled “Every Species is a Masterpiece”* we will borrow and use the present as a stage and a backdrop for an exercise about a possible future; we will blend speculative design and affective pedagogy and together explore what the method and genre of Paucispecies storytelling could be.
There is a real risk that the seminar will be disrupted by a monster/pet calling out to us from Harvard, USA. We apologise in advance for this!
The seminar/workshop is initiated by Katka Černá, Thomas Laurien, and Åsa Ståhl, and is arranged in collaboration with The Research Cluster Environment: Ecological and Climate Challenges at HDK-Valand, Göteborgs konsthall, REBEL research program at Halmstad University, and Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre (GGBC).
Seats are limited, so please express your interest in joining asap to: thomas.laurien@hdk.gu.se
*The title of an essay compilation by Edward O. Wilson (2021).
