Locating Critical Zones
Conversation, Panel Discussion and Film Screening
Sat, November 19, 2022 11:00 am CET
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- Online
»Critical Zones. Observatories for Earthly Politics«, was conceived and exhibited at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (2020–2022) based on a concept by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel.
For the Goethe-Institut South Asia, a travelling adaption of Critical Zones titled »Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground« is co-produced by the ZKM | Karlsruhe, and the Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai. It shows a selection of artistic positions and is complemented by further works from Indian and Sri Lankan artists.
The South Asia tour of the exhibition will begin in Mumbai on October 28, 2022. Further in association with the respective Goethe-Instituts, »Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground« will be exhibited in Colombo (opening on November 10) and Pune (opening on November 18) in 2022, followed by Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore in 2023.
An online accompanying program will take place as part of this exhibition.
program
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3.30 pm to 4.30 pm »Working Interdisciplinary«
»Working Interdisciplinary«
From 3.30 to 4.30 there will be a conversation between participating artists Sonia Mehra Chawla, Sonia Levy and Mira Hirtz, co-curator Critical Zones - India and Sri Lanka.
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4.45 pm to 6.45 pm »Toxic States«
»Toxic States«
Panel discussion with Ravi Agarwal, Mukul Sharma, Parnay Lal Moderator: Latika Gupta
In this panel discussion, participant:s will talk about landfills. Landfills are considered hiding places or archives of global production, transforming the local ecology into a place without natural metabolism. Many landfills appear to be quiet, however, the chemicals and toxic metals mix and seep into other layers. They smell of decay and putrefaction and attract waste collectors who rummage through the mountains for waste and scraps. Without the landfills, however, the global economy could collapse, as this is where the outcasts of capitalism - "negative goods," "polluted" bodies, and other beings - closely interact and normalize .
Locating the waste landfill as a terrestrial Critical Zone of material, human and more than human entanglements, the panel will critically examine the concept of toxicity / pollution/ contamination/ co-evolution as a way in which ‘nature,’ is produced and how it impacts our understandings of the current ecological condition.
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7 pm to 8 pm »Cloud Studies«
»Cloud Studies« by Forensic Architecture.
Film screening: Followed by a conversation between Samaneh Moafi (Forensic Architecture) and Ravi Agarwal.
Partners
Diese Veranstaltung findet in Zusammenarbeit mit Toxics Link statt.