On Thursday, October 3, at 6:00 PM, at PAV Parco Arte Vivente (Via G. Bruno 31, Turin), NABA will take part in the sixth edition of the “Teatrum Botanicum” festival with the exhibition “Recombinant Ecologies” and the performative works by students and Alumni from the Academy’s Visual Arts Area.
The festival and its events are dedicated to emerging artists whose practices are connected to ecological themes.
“Recombinant Ecologies”: the collective exhibition and performative works by students and Alumni from the Visual Arts Area
The exhibition, curated by Andris Brinkmanis (NABA BA in Painting and Visual Arts Course Leader), explores the concept of Recombinant Ecologies, introduced by Stephen Hinchliffe and Sarah Whatmore in 2006. This refers to environments where various forms of life coexist unexpectedly due to climate change in the Anthropocene era. The ideal settings for this phenomenon are cities, from urban centres to the outskirts, where environmental disasters lead to the invasion of species whose natural habitats were previously elsewhere. The exhibition, however, does not limit itself to the theorists' proposition but aims to expand the perspective towards various phenomena of hybridisation and coexistence among different life forms.
The collective exhibition features diverse visions from the artists on display: students and Alumni from the Milan campus of NABA’s Visual Arts Area - Gabriele Carrera, Elisa Ceneri, Martina Ferrari, Edna Gee, Ariana Maria Leva, Nicolò Minisi, Giacomo Segantin, Mario Uliassi, and Filippo B. Chilelli (Pessima Collective) - contribute their personal insights on the current state of ecological issues, shaping a plurality of contexts and viewpoints.
The festival also features performative works by other students and Alumni from NABA’s Visual Arts Area: Penelope Andronico, Nicolò Minisi, Marte Gastaldello, and Marlee Wilson, alongside Luca Frati and Simona Coltello (Pessima Collective). Their works generate symbiotic and relational moments between space, both physical and mental, and recombined bodies. This results in the creation of new hybrid lives: creatures that once inhabited pristine environments migrate into urban settings; new minerals, products of an evolving anthropocentrism; different economic systems that take on distinct and recombinant roles; and the entire queer and eco-queer landscape, fluidifying identity paradigms and liminal spaces.
NABA presents "Recombinant Ecologies" at PAV Parco Arte Vivente: event details
Thursday, October 3, from 6:00 PM
PAV Parco Arte Vivente
Via G. Bruno 31, Turin
Free entrance