Talk: Oliver Ressler Event

Der Künstler, Aktivist und Filmemacher Oliver Ressler spricht über seine Arbeiten zur globalen Klimaerwärmung.
Im Anschluß daran findet ein Gespräch zwischen Maja & Reuben Fowkes (Translokal Institute, Budapest) und Oliver Ressler statt.

Dr. Maja Fowkes and Dr. Reuben Fowkes are art historians, curators and co-directors of the Translocal Institute for Contemporary Art, an independent research centre focussing on the art history of Central Europe and contemporary ecological practices. Their curatorial projects include the Anthropocene Experimental Reading Room, the Danube River School, the conference on Vegetal Mediations, as well as the exhibition Walking without Footprints. Recent and forthcoming publications include Maja Fowkes?s The Green Bloc: Neo-Avant-Garde and Ecology under Socialism, a book on Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950, as well as numerous chapters and journal articles on topics such as performative re-enactments, de-schooling the art curriculum and the ecological entanglements of deviant democracy. Reuben Fowkes is an editor of Third Text and they are regular contributors to magazines and artist publications. They have given numerous guest lectures and conference papers and are founding members of the Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative at Central European University. www.translocal.org