"Staging Encounters with Landscape Matter" with Aroussiak Gabrielian

Name: "Staging Encounters with Landscape Matter" with Aroussiak Gabrielian
Start: 2025-03-03T17:30:00-05:00
Location: McCarty Auditorium, A+A 109 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37916

Schedule

Mon, 03 Mar, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

McCarty Auditorium, A+A 109 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37916 | Knoxville, TN

For the past five years, I have been developing design prototypes that interrogate the position of the human in our environmental future by catalyzing new rituals that force humans out of their exploitative relationship with the more-than-human world and obligate them to collaborate and thus co-evolve toward more inclusive and ethical models for living. My work – as executed through creative practice, written scholarship, my research lab, and teaching – aims to torque our imaginaries to help us re-think our interactions with both human and non-human agents on this planet. In this lecture, I will present my recent creative project, writings, and work from my research lab and teaching. Together, these efforts aim to reorient our imaginaries, fostering new ways of engaging with human and non-human agents to navigate the increasing challenges of our shared planetary existence.