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In this panel discussion, artist/researcher Jol Thoms invites London based artists to speak on the ways in which various forms, imaginaries, and representations of ‘nature’ have been eco/socially harmful to planetary bodies. This will be an initiation of a wider project inspired by the concept of NaturArchy - specifically on the theme of Rights of Nature, or legal personhood for ecosystems. In the project our transdisciplinary network of lawyers, scientists, artists and activists aim to discover how cartographic practice might be transformed to become plural, nonlinear, and alive. Just what can constitute a ‘map’ is a critical question for the Rights of Nature Network. This talk launches a series of international collective discussions, community workshops, a film installation, website, and symposia to help share and imagine (re)new(ed) spatio-temporal representations of some of Europe’s most endangered ecosystems - to build a citizenry of people and place that can break with logics of capital and colonization.
The exhibition “NaturArchy: Towards a Natural Contract”, that brings together art-science-policy on issues of socio-environmental justice, will take place 24/5 – 29/9/24 at iMAL, Brussels, BE