Donna Haraway: Storytelling For The Earthly Survival

Donna Haraway: Storytelling for the Earthly Survival (2016, Fabrizio Terranova)
Talk: Fahim Amir (Philosopher, Artist, Kunstuniversität Linz)

Donna Haraway is a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology, a fem- inist, and a science-fiction enthusiast who works at building a bridge between sci- ence and fiction. She became known in the 1980s through her work on gender, identity, and technology, which broke with the prevailing trends and opened the door to a frank and cheerful trans species feminism. Haraway is a gifted storyteller who paints a rebellious and hopeful universe teeming with creatures and futuristic trans species, in an era of disasters. The filmmaker Fabrizio Terranova visited Donna Haraway at her home in Southern California, living with her – almost liter- ally, for a few weeks, and there produced a quirky film portrait. Terranova allowed Haraway to speak in her own environment, using attractive staging that empha- sised the playful, cerebral sensitivity of the scientist. The result is a rare, candid, intellectual portrait of a highly original thinker.

Credits
Directing, screenplay Fabrizio Terranova
Photography Tristan Galand
Sound Nicolas Lebecque
Film editing Bruno Tracq
Sound editing, Sound Design Frédéric Fichefet
Mixing Cyril Mossé
Music Lawrence le Doux
Visual effects Patrick Theunen, Alain Clément
Postproduction supervisors Alain Clément, Pierre de Bellefroid
Digital titeling animation Clara Sobrino
Process with Isabelle Stengers
Starring Donna Haraway, Rusten Hogness, Cayenne Pepper
Production Atelier Graphoui / Coproduction Spectre Productions, CBA – Centre de l?Audiovisuel à Bruxelles, Rien à Voir, Fabbula, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
With the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l?Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and Commission Communautaire française de la Région de Bruxelles Capitale

Fahim Amir lebt als Philosoph und Künstler in Wien; er beschäftigt sich mit den Übergängen von NaturKulturen und Urbanismus, Performance und Utopie, kolonialer Historizität und Modernismus. Amir lehrt an der Kunstuniversität Linz, europäischen und internationalen Universitäten, betrieb die Bar Schnapsloch und den Verlag Proll Positions, und arbeitete in unterschiedlichen Projekten mit Künstler*innen wie Chicks on Speed, Tanja Ostojic, Rocko Schamoni, Alexander Nikolic, Deichkind und Ted Gaier. Als Teil der Performancegruppe Dolce & Afghaner trieb er mit Plakaten und Interventionen österreichische Rechtspopulist*innen und Boulevardmedien auf die Palme. Daneben war Amir Kurator von Symposien zu Neuer Musik (Ferienkurse Darmstadt), Live-Art-Festivals (Kampnagel Hamburg) und Ausstellungen (Secession Wien). Zuletzt erschien von ihm das Nachwort zu Donna HarawaysManifest für Gefährten (Merve 2016). Sein Buch Schwein und Zeit. Tiere, Politik, Revolte (Nautilus, Herbst 2018) wurde bereits vor Erscheinen mit dem internationalen Karl Marx Preis 2018 ausgezeichnet.

Donna Haraway is a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology, a feminist, and a science-fiction enthusiast who works at building a bridge between science and fiction. She became known in the 1980s through her work on gender, identity, and technology, which broke with the prevailing trends and opened the door to a frank and cheerful trans species feminism. Haraway is a gifted storyteller who paints a rebellious and hopeful universe teeming with creatures and futuristic trans species, in an era of disasters. The filmmaker Fabrizio Terranova visited Donna Haraway at her home in Southern California, living with her – almost literally, for a few weeks, and there produced a quirky film portrait. Terranova allowed Haraway to speak in her own environment, using attractive staging that emphasized the playful, cerebral sensitivity of the scientist. The result is a rare, candid, intellectual portrait of a highly original thinker.