The Globalisation of Plants

The Globalisation of Plants

Workshop and Panel Discussion led by:
Maja and Reuben Fowkes (translocal.org)

4.30 – 8pm, Saturday 6 October 2018
An afternoon of botanic interactions on the ecological realities of travelling plants and the emotional reactions that vegetal migration provokes in zealous circles. Why do distinctions made between native and invasive plant species often mirror, evoke or amplify hostile attitudes to human migrants? How have artists and writers sought to unearth the entangled natural and cultural histories that overlay societal attitudes towards the mobility of the plant world? Should ecologically-beneficial visitors be treated as welcome guests rather than alien intruders? And in the light of anthropogenic climate change, is it incumbent on us to make space for vegetal refugees from native environments that are turning hostile?

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Schedule

16.30 – Workshop‍ with Maja and Reuben Fowkes
(Participation is free, but numbers are limited, >>> PLEASE BOOK HERE <<<)

18.30 – Panel discussion with Michael Smythe (artist and creative director of Nomad Projects), Eiko Honda (curator and researcher Oxford University), Maja and Reuben Fowkes (curators and art historians, Translocal Institute), with a delegated intervention by Cooking Sections (artists Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe).    
(Free attendance, no booking necessary.)