WORKSHOP WITH TJ DEMOS FOR MASTER STUDENTS OF PIET ZWART INSTITUTE AND 4TH YEARS BACHELOR STUDENTS OF WILLEM DE KOONING ACADEMY

Is all coming to an end – ecosystems, democracies, and civilization as we know it? Art historian and cultural critic T.J. Demos proposes strategies of temporal re-orientation towards the ‘worlds-to-come’. How can we imagine radical futures beyond end-of-the-world narratives? What does radical futurism, emerging from the traditions of the oppressed and those already living in postapocalyptic conditions, look like? How can we decolonize the future and cultivate certain modalities of chronopolitics to imagine the ‘not-yet’, a ‘justice-to-come’, solidarity and multispecies flourishing?

In this workshop we will explore the anti-capitalist, activistic and aesthetic efforts of radical futurisms, departing from two selected chapters from T.J. Demos’ book Radical Futurisms: Ecologies of Collapse, Chronopolitics, and Justice-to-Come (2023).

Participants are invited to consider and discuss the role of social and political movements, visual culture, and aesthetic practices concerning visions of radical futurity.

Location: Willem de Kooning Academy, Wijnhaven, WH 03-155
Start: 13.30 h. End: 17 h.
The workshop will be co-facilitated by Danny Giles (course director MFA),
Alex Augusto Suárez (course director MIARD).

The invitation to T.J. Demos for this talk (and workshop) is at the suggestion of artist Jonas Staal, and with the support of BAK, Utrecht. On December 14 and 15, Jonas Staal is organising Climate Propaganda Congregation following his latest book on the subject, with a nice line-up of different speakers, including TJ Demos. All students are welcome. To sign up for the Climate Propaganda Congregation, click here.