“Future Narratives for Planet Earth” aims to create new narratives to change our mindset concerning the RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE. It also aims to use art for re-embracing the future as a space of possibility and as a practice.
The Project
The patriarchal, Eurocentric and dichotomous mindset of the past two centuries, from which imperialism, colonialism and the idea of the human species’ boundless superiority (or at least that of Western elites) have brought our planet to the brink of collapse.
Human beings became the most important factor for biological, geological and atmospheric processes on Earth and have also become the background of the climate catastrophe.
Nowadays, environmental challenges have a fundamental effect on the relationship between HUMANS and NATURE. The need to raise awareness about these challenges has now become urgent. In such a context, can artistic languages have a role in changing our mindset and helping the planet?
“Future Narratives for Planet Earth” intends to use the broad experience of the partnership comprising of cultural associations, theatres and non governmental organisations in the field of socially engaged art and artistic projects to address the topic of climate catastrophe interconnecting their unique skills on an international level. The project’s main aim is to re-embrace the future as a space full of possibilities.
The project partnership is formed by 7 organisations from different European countries:
UNIT Graz, Austria (Coordinator)
www.uni-t.org
CESIE ETS, Italy
www.cesie.org
Mhtconsult, Denmark
www.mhtconsult.dk
Theater Bellevue, Netherlands
www.theaterbellevue.nl
QENDRA E ARTEVE VIZUELE MULTIMEDIA, Kosovo
www.qendra.org
Hessisches Landestheater Marburg GmbH, Germany
www.hltm.de
Het nieuwstedelijk vzw, Belgium
www.nieuwstedelijk.be