Climate Imaginaries at Sea presents: 'Salaxis I'
An exhibition by Müge Yılmaz and students from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie
- Start date
- 23 April 2024
- End date
- 25 April 2024
- Location
- BG 3
- Room
- VOX-POP
Salaxis I
Through engaging in monthly activities such as field trips, workshops, and material research, students have developed a series of drawings and prints centered around their world building exercises of a fictional island called Salaxis. Müge's lecture at the outset of this research journey shed light on innovative proposals to environmental challenges posed by rising sea levels and ground subsidence. From cultivating salt-tolerant crops to exploring the speculative potential of salty water in a futuristic and science fiction based context, the exhibition offers unexpected perspectives on our relationship with the changing environment.
The exhibtion will be opened on 23 April (16:30 – 19:00) with the launch of the Climate Imaginaries at Sea zine #2. The exhibtion will remain open on 24 and 25 April between 9.00 and 17.00. Entree is free of charge.
Other activities part of the Climate Imaginaires at Sea Festival
The festival will take place at various locations in Amsterdam. On April 23rd, prior to the zine launch in VOX-POP, you can engage with the artists and their creative processes at Perdu. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson will provide a keynote lecture, during which she will use Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe's consciousness to dismantle the present moment and to ask what it means to listen to water.
From April 19th until April 25th, you can explore the thought-provoking works the followingartists and researchers: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Müge Yilmaz (in collaboration with with Travis A G Geertruida, Janis Rafa, Carlos Irijalba, and Jun Zhang), Carlo de Gaetano, Janine Armin, Femke Dekker, Joy Brandsma, Dorothy Blokland, and Mikki Stelder at Bradwolff Projects, Amsterdam.
