Affirmative sustainability

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Program

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.: RESPONSIVE TALK

With contributions from:
Maren Haffke (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Vera Tollmann (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Lynn T. Musiol(les dramaturx)
Christian Tschirner (Schauspielhaus Hamburg / les dramaturx)

Moderation: Katharina Alsen and Benjamin Sprick

1 - 2 p.m.: MUSIC LUNCH

Cello Manifesto

2 - 4 p.m.: WORKSHOP

SIGNA (Signa and Arthur Köstler)

Yeah, let's re-use this!
The symposium "Affirmative Sustainability" asks how renunciation and resource conservation in the arts can be experienced as an affirmation and creative opportunity. The focus is on ecological and social aspects of sustainability, which are reflected in artistic practices and call for possible alternative futures. In this way, it is possible to discover how reduction is transformed from a supposed deficit into a productive aesthetic strategy - from minimalist stage sets to low-energy work processes.

In political and media debates, the sustainable use of resources is usually portrayed negatively and associated with loss and restriction. The arts and their history show an alternative perspective: practices such as moderation, reduction or conscious omission can be productive and positive. This understanding is referred to as "affirmative sustainability". The symposium would therefore like to examine how artistic approaches affirmatively shape renunciation and the moderate use of resources and thus open up a productive 'epistemology of scarcity'. The focus here is on the ecological and social dimensions of sustainability. This is understood above all as relational work - between people, materials, resources, institutions and aesthetic forms. This perspective ties in with cultural-theoretical, sociological and philosophical positions of the 21st century.

In the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and social inequality, technical or political solutions often dominate the discourse. Less attention is paid to the power of cultural imagination in the concert of opinions and positions: what images of the future can we create and how do our actions influence the register of artistic utopias? Sustainability can be thought of as a productive practice that has its own aesthetic and social qualities. The performative arts in particular offer a suitable field of research for this. They are processual and ephemeral, work with living bodies and are based on the relationship between performers and audience. This allows relationships to be redesigned, materials to be reused and resources to be used more consciously.

Eintritt frei

Online participation is possible.

Konzept und Organisation: Katharina Alsen und Benjamin Sprick