Webinars
As a way of prompting transversal reflection along a common methodology, our chosen research angle is devoted to how water is performed / used in artistic representations of the Anthropocene.
From art installations to film to performance pieces, the use of water as a literal and symbolic performative medium provides the common element uniting these visual art representations.
Our webinars invite dialogues between scholars and artists around chosen themes followed by open discussion with each session’s participants. Registration is free and open to all. Recordings of the webinars will be posted to the site for future viewing.
Waves
This third webinar in the series will be devoted to sonic explorations of water across a variety of disciplines. From hybrid musical instruments drawing on water to the Anthropocene ocean, the session will explore the histories and aesthetic practices that connect...
Depths
This fourth webinar will take a deep dive into the concept of water and the origins of thought. We are inviting two scholars, R.D.V. Glasgow, author of The Concept of Water, and Jamie Linton, author of What Is Water? The History of a Modern Abstraction, to present...
Watershed
This Zoom seminar will offer a dialogue and reading by the British-Egyptian writer, performer, and poet Sabrina Mahfouz about water, politics and power. Sabrina will talk about her ongoing engagement with water and the history of colonialism, focusing on her...