This discussion will explore the theme of environmental activism through art.
How can art become a tool for activism? How does it enable us to resist and get involved?
What role do artists play in helping us to understand environmental issues?
What can we do to support the artistic community in this endeavour?

Take part in a discussion with local stakeholders on environmental artivism and the climate emergency.

Speakers:

• Loreleï Regamey: in charge of communications and Utopiana's digital transformation project. A graduate of the Visual Arts CCC - Critical Curatorial Cybermedia programme at HEAD - Geneva, where she also works as an assistant, Loreleï has been working with the Utopiana team since 2021 on the development of a collaboration and digital mediation platform. As a needle and text artist, she explores the transmission of minority knowledge, issues of (re)production and activist creative practices. She is currently pursuing further training in contemporary art history at the University of Geneva.

• Ocean Schanz: in charge of mediation and coordination for Utopiana. A graduate of HEAD and the University of Geneva, she is a joyful artist and social science researcher who brings together her artistic practice with her research into the environment and feminism. As a mediator and coordinator at Utopiana, she accompanies and shares the artists' research within the residency.

This event takes place on the first Sunday of the month, so it's free and there's no need to register beforehand.
Through this series of 'think and act' events, we hope to explore with you the issues of climate change through the prism of MEG's specific characteristics. By tackling themes such as green colonialism, care, repair, food and clothing, as well as the transmission of knowledge and know-how and artivism, we hope to make the impact that our everyday actions can have on the environment more perceptible, and thus question our relationship with it.

In collaboration with the Geneva Green Film Festival.