Hosts: Patrick Mahon and Jeff Thomas
Featuring: Lori Blondeau, Tom Cull, Michael Farnan, Amelia Fay, Joan Greer, Mark Kasumovic, Mary Mattingly, Adrian Stimson, Andres Villar, and Michelle Wilson
GardenShip and State, currently on display at Museum London, brings together 20 artists and writers who engage in decolonial critique, environmental activism, and 21st century artistic practices to address what is arguably the problem of our times: environmental catastrophe. Ten of the artists in the show will join us. We will explore how we can work together and create together as a global community to restore the planet – while respecting differences and seeking to repair divisions and address injustices brought about by colonialism.
Focusing on the role of water as a life-giving force in the time of the Anthropocene, our ten panelists will introduce their works and activist projects to highlight the show’s overriding preoccupation with the environmental crisis and decolonization. Water is Life will present a mix of regional and international writers and artists who will demonstrate how art projects addressing environmental challenges and positive social change may be productively intertwined to flow in the direction of hope and possibility.
This program is in partnership with Words Fest.
Image: Lori Blondeau, Iskwew on Lake Winnipeg, digital photographs, 2018. Courtesy of the Artist