About this Event
Convened by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht together with artist Marwa Arsanios, chapter three of the project Usufructuaries of earth is a two-day convention that gathers artists, as well as other thinkers and social actors, to share and learn on usufruct as a way of undoing property from the regimes of privatization that perpetually usurp the earth’s resources for the interests of a select few. Along with chapter one of the project—an exhibition with works by Arsanios, and chapter two—consisting of a federated structure of reading groups and a slow-growing reader and learning curriculum on BAK’s online publishing forum Prospections, the third and culminating chapter of Usufructuaries of earth inquires into practices of ethically sharing the earth’s usufruct, and the ways to transfigure regimes of ownership into communal userships.
PUBLIC PROGRAM
24 May 2024, 16.30–21.30 hrs, and 25 May 2024, 13.00–21.30 hrs
The public program is open to everyone, but it is advised to pre-book your ticket through Eventbrite in order to assure access. A ticket for 1 day costs €6, a ticket for both days costs €10. BAK offers without-cost solidarity tickets to enable the participation of those who would otherwise be unable to afford a ticket. Some soup and snacks prepared by b.ASIC a.CTIVIST k.ITCHEN upon solidarity donation. On 25 May, public conversations will be bilingual in English and Spanish. If you like to make use of this, please bring your own headphones and, if possible, a portable charger.
Friday 24 May 2024
11.30–16.00 hrs WORKING SESSIONS* (with lunch by b.ASIC a.CTIVIST k.ITCHEN*)
1. “Beyond Value” convened by Denise Ferreira da Silva and Massimiliano (Mao) Mollona.
2. “Taking Debt Out of the Closet” convened by Verónica Gago and Lucí Cavallero.
3. “Germinating Resistance” convened by Samanta Arago Orzoco and Arelly Collazos of Grupo Semillas.
4. “Failing, Dreaming, Doing: rehearsing abolition” convened by Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho and Yvonne Phyllis.
*A small number of participants can join the working sessions (maximum capacity of 12 people per session) through the following open call: please send an email to [email protected] by midnight 8 May 2024, wherein you introduce yourself, indicate which working group you would like to join and and a short written motivation of no more than 200 words.
*During Usufructuaries of earth b.ASIC a.CTIVIST k.ITCHEN will activate their network with a focus on hospitality initiatives from BAK’s neighborhood and activist situated practices for environmental justice, anti-food waste, rescue and redistribution of surplus food and intersectional solidarity. The contributors are Mark van der Pal, Asia Komarova, Berend Bombarius and Taste Before You Waste.
16.00–21.30 hrs
A public program of conversations and a screening with contributions by Marwa Arsanios, Brenna Bhandar, Yvonne Phyllis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Maria Hlavajova, Layal Ftouni, Wietske Maas, Philip Rizk
Saturday 25 May 2024
13–21.00 hrs
A public program of propositions, conversations, sonic interludes, and commensal moments with contributions by Joud Al-Tamimi, Samanta Arango Orozco, Marwa Arsanios, Clara Balaguer, b.ASIC a.CTIVIST k.ITCHEN, Aya Bseiso, Brenna Bhandar, Lucí Cavallero, Iliada Charalambous, Arelly Collazos, Philippa Driest, Lama El Khatib, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Layal Ftouni, Veronica Gago, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Stefano Harney, Ola Hassanain, Maria Hlavajova, Jinwar, Wietske Maas, Dina Mohamed, Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho (MADEYOULOOK), Massimiliano (Mao) Mollona, Yvonne Phyllis, Sahar Qawsami and Nida Sinnokrot (Sakiya), Philip Rizk, Shela Sheikh.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, 13A Pauwstraat, Utrecht, Netherlands
EUR 0.00 to EUR 10.00