MORE-THAN-HUMAN MAKRINITSA
Curated by Hazal Halavut – Beja Protner – Angelica Sgouros – Julia Tulke – Vita Zelenska
The two-dimensional representations we are faced with when looking at standard maps show us landscapes that are inanimate, static, deprived of the life that they give and sustain. Our intervention to the map of Markrinitsa attends to the living beings with which we co-inhabit this landscape and interact in our daily lives, aiming to bring survivance into the represented landscape. We mark the trees that feed us, inspire us, and sustain the (social) ecology of the place. We bring in the dogs that wander the narrow stone streets, enter the “human” spaces, and give us joy, fear, and an opportunity to think about more-than-human collectivity. This way, we create a More-Than-Human Map of Makrinitsa.
“It’s not easy to know how to make a life, much less avert planetary destruction. Luckily there is still company, human and not human. We can still explore the overgrown verges of our blasted landscapes—the edges of capitalist discipline, scalability, and abandoned resource plantations. We can still catch the scent of the latent commons—and the elusive autumn aroma." – Anna L. Tsing
Survivance sun is at its highest when summer is in the middle. It is a turning point of the year—the whole more-than-human world becomes ripe. We are reclaiming Ivana Kupala water from the summer solstice ritual that is widely celebrated in Ukraine. We pour water on each other in a funny and cheerful manner as an expression of affection.
Ivana Kupala is about human and non-human fertility. We are looking for another common kind of fertility that goes beyond giving birth, beyond ripe fruit. It is fertility of connection, of relation, of kin. The water of Makrinitsa brings us all together. It is in all of our bodies right now—the bodies of trees, of dogs, of people—drawing us into hydrofemist relations (Astrida Neimanis).
The two-dimensional representations we are faced with when looking at standard maps show us landscapes that are inanimate, static, deprived of the life that they give and sustain. Our intervention to the map of Markrinitsa attends to the living beings with which we co-inhabit this landscape and interact in our daily lives, aiming to bring survivance into the represented landscape. We mark the trees that feed us, inspire us, and sustain the (social) ecology of the place. We bring in the dogs that wander the narrow stone streets, enter the “human” spaces, and give us joy, fear, and an opportunity to think about more-than-human collectivity. This way, we create a More-Than-Human Map of Makrinitsa.
“It’s not easy to know how to make a life, much less avert planetary destruction. Luckily there is still company, human and not human. We can still explore the overgrown verges of our blasted landscapes—the edges of capitalist discipline, scalability, and abandoned resource plantations. We can still catch the scent of the latent commons—and the elusive autumn aroma." – Anna L. Tsing
Survivance sun is at its highest when summer is in the middle. It is a turning point of the year—the whole more-than-human world becomes ripe. We are reclaiming Ivana Kupala water from the summer solstice ritual that is widely celebrated in Ukraine. We pour water on each other in a funny and cheerful manner as an expression of affection.
Ivana Kupala is about human and non-human fertility. We are looking for another common kind of fertility that goes beyond giving birth, beyond ripe fruit. It is fertility of connection, of relation, of kin. The water of Makrinitsa brings us all together. It is in all of our bodies right now—the bodies of trees, of dogs, of people—drawing us into hydrofemist relations (Astrida Neimanis).
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