Workshop: Non-human guidance in life, art and gardening
Schedule
Sat Oct 05 2024 at 01:30 pm to 03:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Amstelpark | Amsterdam, NH
About this Event
Workshop: Non-human guidance in life, art and gardening
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max. 15 participants
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This workshop is part of and .
The artwork Otterdam was inspired by the return of the otter to Amsterdam after 50 years of absence. These iconic wetland beings returned to the capital during a period of unprecedented drought in the Netherlands and Europe, like an omen at a time when it is becoming clear that we need to radically reimagine our relationship to the water.
For the vast mayority of human existence non-humans were highly valued guides. As John Berger put it: "the domestication of cattle did not begin as a prospect of milk and meat. Cattle had magical functions, sometimes oracular, sometimes sacrificial, living by voices we may never hear." With the otter as a guide, Otterdam is as much a practice as it is a structure. It’s an embodied exploration of wetland gardening, ecology and the joys of 'ottering'.
What we'll do:
In this workshop we explore non-human guidance in life, art and gardening. We’ll do a few experiments and discuss non-human guidance, human-animal cooperation.
Writer Paul Kingsnorth described the need for 'humans to rejoin the Great Conversation among Life on Earth’. This workshop explores living within a much broader horizon, and as the Elders say, being part of a community starts with tuning in.
Other-than-human lifeforms are very welcome.
Where is it happening?
Amstelpark, 1 Arent Janszoon Ernststraat, Amsterdam, NetherlandsEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
EUR 11.20