Interview of Brazilian Indigenous artist, activist and leader Thaline Karaja, “The Future is Ancestral”

For the first edition of emergences by @bureau_communes, in Paris, Delphine Bedel and I are were invited to make a contribution on the topic of sustentability. Who can say more on the topic of sustaintability than the ones facing the direct effect of predatory practices?

We invited Thaline Karajá, an indigeous Brazilian singer, songwriter, mother, activist for the environment and the Iny Karajá people, and the first indigenous person in the world to participate in The Voice, the singing reality competition, to give her perspective on the matter:

“Sustainability is the balance of everything, not just the best way to live (individually). The human being needs to realize that there is a limit to everything. The world today is globalized, but even so, we have stopped looking around us and seeing that we are in a world that needs more attention than just being exploited in a predatory way.”

To acquire a copy of the magazine, check the website of Bureau Communes.

CREDITS:

émergences 01

genèse & métamorphose

novembre 2022

Directrice éditoriale

Noémie Vidé

Coordination artistique

Jean-Baptiste Lorthiois

Noémie Vidé

Graphisme et mise en page

Camille Vidé

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Talk: DAE Lecture Series hosts → Acts of speaking out and speaking back, giving voices a way to go, a conversation with Ilga Minjon and Vivian Cintra

Wednesday 19th April, 19h00-20h30 CEST
Witte Dame Zaal, 5th Floor of DAE

This lecture was hosted together with and Ilga Minjon (she/her) a curator, researcher and advisor working at Stroom Den Haag and a tutor at Design Academy Eindhoven with a background in Art History, and interests in societal questions around public space, ecology, and technology. She aims to weave future imaginaries from artistic practices that speculate on the senses and (networked) relations, as well as on queer, decolonial and feminist re-writings of belonging.

Together we reflected on the topic of speaking, exploring who’s voices we listen to why, and what they are used for.

This session was beautifully moderated by Toni Wagner, a researcher, designer, feminist, fascinated by literature, activism, type, processes and the humanism inbetween.

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Talk: “Conducting a Code: a Masterclass for Festivals & Events”, at Go Short Film Festival Nijmegen

During this masterclass, we had an open discussion to explore the critical issue of preventing transgressive behavior in the festival world. Luce Grosjean from Miyu Distribution virtually joined the masterclass to elaborate on the establishment of, and motivations behind Keep Festive, an anti-harassment and discrimination network. We discussed the potential tools needed to create a safe and respectful environment, including the implementation of a code of conduct for festival organizations. Collectivelly, we also adressed the importance of taking action around a festival’s professional guests, volunteers, and partners to ensure a positive and inclusive experience for everyone involved in a festival and explore different ways that festivals and events go about establishing a safe space.

This session was moderated by Emilia Mazik and was organized in collaboration with Kaboom Animation Festival, the Keep Festive Network and Engagement Arts NL.

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Talk: “Using Code of Conducts to create safe working spaces”, at Theater a/d Rijn

Upon the invitation Theater a/d Rijn, I was in conversation with Merel Severs about our work with Engagement Arts NL.

I also gave the audience an introduction on how Codes of Conduct can help us to create safe workspaces and guided the audience in a group exercise on the matter.

Important questions: what makes a code important for makers, and how do you use them in your work? The session stared with a lecture, followed by a writing session to create our own codes of conducts. What would you include in the codes of conduct to create a safe workspace?

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Talk: “Political Activism as an Artistic Practice”, at Casco Art Institute, for Platform BK Jubileum Solidarity Camp

Upon the invitation of Platform BK, I was speaking at Casco Art Institute with Delphine Bedel and Merel Severs about our work with Engagement Arts NL and we brainstormed about active listening, community building and political activism as an artistic practice.

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