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Forging New Realities as Counter-Narrative · Conference
Melkweg · FUTURES Amsterdam, Netherlands 2021
Conference curator: Marina Paulenka
Waves of counter-narratives continue to flood our knowledge base – driven by the sharp turns in our ecological, social and political climates and amplified by a permanent synthesis of virtual and physical dynamics. Within the arts, an atmosphere of trans-disciplinary experimentation across fields and sectors has been welcomed. But what we need is a new cultural literacy and to empower artists to narrate and speculate on possible future scenarios. During this two days of conference, we will unbox some of the most urgent issues that are triggering a demand for concrete changes. We will discuss how the cultural sector is adapting to support the aforementioned needs and what narratives can be generated to address them. While collective digital cultures progressively demand more authenticity and ‘truth’ in visual and discursive renderings of self-identity and experience, we will address the intricacies of understanding the embodied ‘self’ in simulated reality, focusing on the roles that our digitally embodied subjectivities play within these simulated cultural landscapes.
We will explore the importance of artistic practices as a potential force addressing social and environmental concerns and discuss the ecological responsibility of the art scene in an age in which the activities of huge corporations shape the vast majority of the processes that dominate the Earth. Moreover, we will reflect upon European socio-political scenarios, focusing on forms of social resistance and the growing support within a global community. Paying a closer look at the potential of the archives and historicism as a force to generate counter-narratives, we will discuss digital colonialism, archival methodologies, and myth-thinking.