“Our task is to make trouble, to stir up potent response to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places”
– Donna Haraway
We long to bring forth through correspondence, attunement and thoughtful engagements, a way of thinking, feeling and seeing with others, with matter and with life.
in alterotopia
we will explore…
….beyond hope and despair, how to be other, multiple, both.
…the radical potential of artistic practice and prefiguration
…relational, situated and entangled power-with, in defiance of human exceptionalism
…embodied ways of understanding power, oppression and injustice
…powerlessness and radical ambiguity
Alterotopia is the second iteration of two practices coming together: the artistic practice of Marijke de Pous and the activist academic practice of Flor Avelino. Apart from finding resonance in the content of each others work, we share a passion to gain insight and strength from paradoxical thinking, to address the deeply rooted troubles and injustices of our time, and last but not least, a warm appreciation of the joys and beauty of life.
With Alterotopia we want to deepen our understanding of what is at stake in our practices and explore the radical potential of this type of collaboration. Starting point is to build on our ongoing (artistic) research on the topics of power, paradox, embodiment and creative belonging.
Our hope is that Alterotopia will become the home of many other creative encounters at the intersection of art, research and activism. A place to share the audio, visual and written work that these encounters inspire, and an ongoing invitation to find ways to dance with the trouble together.
If you are excited about what’s to come, we’d love to keep you in the loop! You can use the button below to receive updates as Alterotopia takes further shape.
