This public square is an invitation to think together, using insights drawn from Queer Theory, to consider how we might respond to our unfolding climate emergency. In the anthropogenic age, how and why might we imagine ecological relationships in other, perhaps “queerer” terms? How do we resist the tendency to romanticize ecological relationships and instead, confront the inevitability of ecological breakdown head-on while still allowing ourselves the pleasure of imagining the world we’d like to live in? How do we move from the theoretical to the material and incorporate queer ecological thinking into our work as artists and designers? The workshop will include opportunities for written reflection, drawing, and/or making of other kinds as participants think through how the answers to these questions might apply to their own work. Bring any materials you think it might be useful to have on hand!
