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Conference “Les reparacions fotogràfiques i el més-que-humà”, by T. J. Demos, at the KBr

10 10Europe/Madrid May 10Europe/Madrid 2022 - 19:00 - 20:00

In the face of the tragic event of extinction of the multispecies we are experiencing, the depiction of the disappearance of the more-than-human appears as a melancholy photographic practice. But what about the politics of its aesthetics? The imagery of lost species can cynically commodify the loss or serve as a liberal duel repertoire, connecting photography with a necrospeculative economy. But could its associated ecological effects of pain and despair connect mourning with militancy, a transformative anti-capitalist climate justice policy, and a collective testimony that fuels the demands of a future reparator? How do you see repairs from a global crisis? And how could contemporary photography have a restorative horizon in itself?

(Intervention in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish)

T. J. Demos is a professor in the Department of Art History and Visual Culture at the University of California (Santa Cruz) and founding director of the University’s Center for Creative Ecology. He writes about contemporary art and global politics and investigates the intersection of visual culture, radical politics, and political ecology. He is the author of numerous books, including Beyond the World’s End: Arts of Living at the Crossing (Duke, 2020). He recently co-edited The Routledge Companion on Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Climate Change (2021) and led the Sawyer Seminar-funded Beyond the End of the World research project, funded by the Mellon Foundation (2019-21). He chairs the Climate Collective, which offers public programming at the MAAT (Lisbon).

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Date:
10 10Europe/Madrid May 10Europe/Madrid 2022
Time:
19:00 - 20:00
Website:
https://kbr.fundacionmapfre.org/ca/activitats/restitucions-fotografia-deute-passat/

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Fundació MAPFRE
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Sala d’exposicions KBr Mapfre
Av. del Litoral, nº 30, 08005 Barcelona
Barcelona, Espanya
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