Ocean Imagination and Ocean Action Film Program
Contemporary Art Institutions as Agents for Ocean Sustainability
June 7 –
June 8, 2024
Design: Lana Jerichová
Programming
EN/ES
TBA21–Academy Artist Film Program
Curated by María Montero Sierra and Markus Reymann
High-Level Event on Ocean Action: Immersed in Change
Centro de Convenciones, Salón Talamanca
San José, Costa Rica
June 7–8, 2024
TBA21–Academy Artist Film Program
Curated by María Montero Sierra and Markus Reymann
High-Level Event on Ocean Action: Immersed in Change
Centro de Convenciones, Salón Talamanca
San José, Costa Rica
June 7–8, 2024
Ocean Imagination and Ocean Action is a program of screenings featuring engaging and inspiring artist films, commissioned by TBA21–Academy, dedicated to exploring the state of the Ocean and advocating for a more-than-human sensitivity to underwater life.
This two-day program, taking place in the main intermezzo of the panel discussions, is conceived to instigate ocean imagination and ocean action while the most pressing issues regarding the future of the Ocean are debated. The films act as a gentle reminder from the arts of the central role the rich underwater life plays in planetary thriving–including the thriving of humans– bringing forth the multiplicity of underwater sensibilities as part of the governance of the seas and its resources.
The selection of recently commissioned films includes creative documentary films on the central topic of deep-sea mining, animations blending the human and animal voices into a unified chorus for cohabitation, and imaginative journeys from Pacific and Caribbean people carrying ancestral knowledge and invoking forms of staying attuned to the water ecosystems. Imagining what we fail to see and proposing actions to restore our ecosystem is a central drive of the art and artists that we honor and support with the inclusion of this film program at the High-Level Event Immersed in Change.
To celebrate World Oceans Day wherever you are, you can watch films by Will Benedict (DIS.ART), Stephanie Comilang, Ingo Niermann, Inhabitants, and Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll via Ocean-Archive live-stream on Saturday, June 8. The screenings will take place at 10 am, 2 pm, and 6 pm CEST.
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This two-day program, taking place in the main intermezzo of the panel discussions, is conceived to instigate ocean imagination and ocean action while the most pressing issues regarding the future of the Ocean are debated. The films act as a gentle reminder from the arts of the central role the rich underwater life plays in planetary thriving–including the thriving of humans– bringing forth the multiplicity of underwater sensibilities as part of the governance of the seas and its resources.
The selection of recently commissioned films includes creative documentary films on the central topic of deep-sea mining, animations blending the human and animal voices into a unified chorus for cohabitation, and imaginative journeys from Pacific and Caribbean people carrying ancestral knowledge and invoking forms of staying attuned to the water ecosystems. Imagining what we fail to see and proposing actions to restore our ecosystem is a central drive of the art and artists that we honor and support with the inclusion of this film program at the High-Level Event Immersed in Change.
To celebrate World Oceans Day wherever you are, you can watch films by Will Benedict (DIS.ART), Stephanie Comilang, Ingo Niermann, Inhabitants, and Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll via Ocean-Archive live-stream on Saturday, June 8. The screenings will take place at 10 am, 2 pm, and 6 pm CEST.
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