Mediating
the Ecological
Imperative

SNSF Sinergia 2021 – 2024

Ana Vaz, Atomic Garden, BR / PT. 2018 and É noite na América / It is Night in America (BR 2022).

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On Ana Vaz' Atomic Garden:

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A bewitching cross between an eco-horror and a documentary, Ana Vaz’s film É noite na América / It is Night in America casts a sensuous spell over the cityscape of Brasília. Threatened by extinction, the secret lives of exotic animals are vividly rendered on expired 16mm, a film stock that also verges on disappearance.

On Ana Vaz' É noite na América:

Artist
Location
Date
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All
Gardening
Drought
Climate change
Carbon Footprint
Digitalization
Art History
Responsability
Anthropocene
Human
Supererogation
Duty
Sustainability
Textile
Art
Repair
Second Hand
Commodity
Capitalocene
Extinction
Climate Change
Sculpture
Animal
Peru
Nature
Venezuala
Flora and Fauna
Community
Indigenous
Nahua
El Salvador
Anthropology
Object
Mexico
Empathy
Wáxarika
cacao
cooperation
cooperative strategies
water defense;
Metlapanapa River
socio-environmental activism
potentiality
transgender
body
Guatemala
Territory

Voices is our public outreach format. In collecting short statements and responses from all society, we want to include otherwise unheard voices and foster a broader dialogue on the ecological imperative. We also want to relate our own conception to perspectives from outside academia. The format of Voices relies on Hito Steyerl's concept the poor image, which emphasizes the potential of easily accessible, low resolution footage brought to common use.

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This interactive platform has been made possible thanks to the support of the Anniversary Foundation of La Mobilière Cooperative.