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Organiser : Timo Maran

Participation at the conference Traces of Extinction to present the publication and project The Veil of Nature in collaboration with Fanny Weinquin.

The aim of the event is to discuss mass extinction from different perspectives: as a subjective experiential process, as a breakdown of semiosis, as an impoverishment of nature-cultures. In this context, our aim is to find ways in which creative culture and artistic research can raise awareness of and mitigate species...

Organiser : Timo Maran

Participation at the conference Traces of Extinction to present the publication and project The Veil of Nature in collaboration with Fanny Weinquin.

The aim of the event is to discuss mass extinction from different perspectives: as a subjective experiential process, as a breakdown of semiosis, as an impoverishment of nature-cultures. In this context, our aim is to find ways in which creative culture and artistic research can raise awareness of and mitigate species extinction.

TARTU2024
https://tartu2024.ee/en/programme/conference-traces-of-extinction-species-loss-solastalgia-and-semiotics-of-recovery/

TARTU 2024
https//tartu2024.ee/en/unfit-remains/

As part of Tartu 2024, curated by Fanny Weinquin.

The exhibition explores man’s relationship with nature and conservation practices, dealing symbolically with the desire to revive an extinct plant from Charles Darwin’s herbarium. Contemplating the role of the Botanical Garden as a preservation and science place, the art works navigate between documentation, illusion, and narration, creating a fertile dialogue between art and science.

12:00 Opening

13:00 Guided tour with Justine Blau & Fanny...

As part of Tartu 2024, curated by Fanny Weinquin.

The exhibition explores man’s relationship with nature and conservation practices, dealing symbolically with the desire to revive an extinct plant from Charles Darwin’s herbarium. Contemplating the role of the Botanical Garden as a preservation and science place, the art works navigate between documentation, illusion, and narration, creating a fertile dialogue between art and science.

12:00 Opening

13:00 Guided tour with Justine Blau & Fanny Weinquin

14:00 Book launch: Veil of Nature by Justine Blau, K. Verlag

14:30 Panel Discussion: Veil of Nature – A speculative conversation with ecology, evolution, and conservation scientists and artists. Moderator: Sara Bédart – Goulet

During her residency at Fonderie Darling, Justine Blau will pursue her research into the topic of solastalgia, or the psychic or existential distress of certain individuals faced with the destruction of the natural world. Through collaborative work in the form of recordings, photographs and videos, she will interrogate different conceptions of nature that exist outside of the Western dogma of modernity, as they relate to the subjects of genesis and animacy inherent to Indigenous worldviews...

During her residency at Fonderie Darling, Justine Blau will pursue her research into the topic of solastalgia, or the psychic or existential distress of certain individuals faced with the destruction of the natural world. Through collaborative work in the form of recordings, photographs and videos, she will interrogate different conceptions of nature that exist outside of the Western dogma of modernity, as they relate to the subjects of genesis and animacy inherent to Indigenous worldviews. Arriving in Quebec at a moment where the impact of climate change is deeply felt, she wonders about the impact of recent forest fires on the landscapes and the stories that are embedded in the land. She asks: what do we do when landscapes leave us ?

Residency programme run by Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg

https://fonderiedarling.org/en/

During her residency at La Gare de Matapédia in Gaspésie in Québec, Justine Blau will pursue her research into the topic of Solastalgia, through collaborative work in the form of recordings, photographs and videos, asking : what do we do when landscapes leave us ? Residency in collaboration with the Fonderie Darling, Montréal

Residency programme run by Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg

https://www.garedematapedia.ca/
https://fonderiedarling.org/Gare-de-Matapedia-pole-artistique

A publication in relation to the  the De-extinct research project with the Sicyos villosus as a main protagonist.

Endemic to the Galapagos Islands, Sicyos villosa was collected by Charles Darwin during his journey on the Beagle (1831–36) but is now extinct. This forlorn member of the Cucurbitaceae family is still known to science thanks only to a single specimen preserved in the Sainsbury Laboratory of the Cambridge University Herbarium, where Darwin’s complete botanical collection is...

A publication in relation to the  the De-extinct research project with the Sicyos villosus as a main protagonist.

Endemic to the Galapagos Islands, Sicyos villosa was collected by Charles Darwin during his journey on the Beagle (1831–36) but is now extinct. This forlorn member of the Cucurbitaceae family is still known to science thanks only to a single specimen preserved in the Sainsbury Laboratory of the Cambridge University Herbarium, where Darwin’s complete botanical collection is preserved. Aftering reading that a group of contemporary scientists were hoping to de-extinct Sicyos villosus using biotechnologies that could recover its DNA from Darwin’s specimen, Justine Blau began to investigate what it means to bring a species back to life. She undertook a journey to understand the desire for de-extinction and what it was, exactly, that science was now trying to save. While Blau uncovers the conservation complex, her camera discovers another potency of nature held in abeyance.

https://k-verlag.org/

Project support by the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA), Luxembourg,  the Ministry of Culture in Luxembourg and the Focuna, Luxembourg