Hosts: Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, artist, and Sina Ribak, researcher for ecologies and the arts (In collaboration with Zabriskie - Buchladen für Kultur und Natur)
Reading together out loud, sharing voices and listening is our practice of reciprocity. In this reading & gathering we want to create more time to connect. Especially as we live in challenging times we feel it is important to get to know and to nourish our community.
I can lose my hands, and still live. I can lose my legs and still live. I can lose my eyes and still live. I can lose my hair, eyebrows, nose, arms, and many other things and still live. But if I lose the air I die. If I lose the sun I die. If I lose the earth I die. If I lose the water I die. If I lose the plants and animals I die. All of these things are more a part of me, more essential to my every breath, than is my so-called body. What is my real body? (Forbes 2008, 155)
The quote above was originally chosen by Florian Carl and Jenni Laiti in their A love letter for worlds in the making. We feel very grateful for their text that they wrote as an offering and we would like to pass it on. The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer complements this “Keeping the Gift in Motion” reading session. From experiencing stories of ecologies of care together as both readers and listeners, we want to learn about each other's practices of reciprocity beyond the Reading Club. We are always so amazed to hear about the projects/worlds you are engaged in and would love to co-create a moment to share the diversity of worldings. You can come as you are to this reading & gathering. The reading time will be brief this time. For our conversations feel free to bring some snacks to share.
Between Us and Nature is an ongoing reading club that chooses texts related to natural sciences, art, anthropology, postcolonialism and the (post)anthropocene from a eco-feminist perspective. Attendees read passages together out loud, and share experiences and thoughts about the nature they live in. Looking beyond disciplines, the group creates a space to learn from and with bacteria, algae, fungi, soil and multinaturalist narratives.
TIME: We start at 18:30. We have 2 hours of reading together.
Come and join us with an open mind:
How: RSVP is mandatory: betweenusnature@gmail.com
What: The Reading Club is in English language
