More-than-human, nonhuman, other-than-human, anthro-hybrid, fluid body, alienation, leaky bodies, plastic ocean, resource exhaustion, climate catastrophe, species implosion, kinship. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell: the sixth extinction, hyperobjects, the three ecologies, Pyrocene, Anthropocene, Chthulucene. The Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe.
Moo (boe?) Baa (mèèè?) Neigh (hi?) Cluck (tok?) Oink (knor?)

The first Uncertainty Seminars of the year focuses on chats between animals, beings, plants, and you. Join us for an afternoon of screenings, talks, banquets, quizzes, animal performances and more!

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

15:00 Walk in
15:30 Lua Vollaard - Introduction
15:45 Missourí Williams - The Problem with King Lear with Sheep (with Sheep) - Performance

16:15 Break

16:30 Marjanne van Helvert – Container Vessel Christopher - Recital
16:50 Thijs de Zeeuw - Lecture
17:10 Panel discussion

17:40 Break

18:00 Jenna Sutela - nimiia cétiï - Screening
18:15 Adelaide Lala Tam & Kuang-Yi Ku - The New Ultimate Imperial Feast - Presentation

18:45 Light supper - Break

19:30 James Massiah- DJ set

20:30 Drinks and chats

MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Adelaide Lala Tam & Kuang-Yi Ku - The New Ultimate Imperial Feast
Adelaide Lala Tam and Kuang-Yi Ku update the Qing Dynasty Imperial Feast for the twenty-first century, with the aid of pig's milk cheese plaster, moon ginseng soup, super hybrid shark fin soup, and Neanderthal brain.

Jenna Sutela - nimiia cétiï
Jenna Sutela's audiovisual work uses machine learning to generate a new interpretation of an 1800s Martian language.

Missouri Williams - The Problem With King Lear with Sheep
Performed by Alasdair Saksena
Missouri Williams presents a critical rework of het 2015 play 'King Lear with Sheep', with the help of 2 bona fide sheep.

Marjanne van Helvert - Container Vessel Christopher
Marjanne van Helvert recounts her love for Container Ship Christopher, an unattainable kinship with an entity sailing the Baltic sea.

Thijs de Zeeuw - Design for the Non-Human
Thijs de Zeeuw will present his practice as a landscape architect for zoos, in which he has attempted to understand the prairie dog, the snowy owl, the gavial, and the elephant.

James Massiah
James Massiah will close the day of events with a DJ set, playing music as well as spoken word produced by him.

Tickets: € 7,50 presale via Eventbrite / € 10,- at the door

Banner design: Studio The Rodina

Uncertainty Seminars are made possible by the generous support of the Mondriaan Fund, BankGiro Loterij Fonds and The City of The Hague.

NEDERLANDSE TEKST

Meer dan menselijk, niet-menselijk, anders dan menselijk, antro-hybride, vloeibaar lichaam, vervreemding, lekkende lichamen, plastic soep, uitputting van hulpbronnen, klimaatcatastrofe, implosie van soorten, verwantschap. De mitochondriën zijn de krachtpatsers van de cel: het zesde uitstervingsmoment, hyperobjecten, de drie ecologieën, Pyroceen, Antropoceen, Chthulucene. De Flat Earth Society heeft leden over de hele wereld.
Boe (moo?) Mèèè (baa?) Hii (neigh?) Tok (cluck?) Knor (oink?)

De eerste Uncertainty Seminars van het jaar richt zich op gesprekken tussen dieren, wezens, planten en jou. Doe mee met een middag vol screenings, presentaties, banketten, quizzen, dierentheater en meer!

PROGRAMMA
Zie Engelse tekst hier boven

Tickets: € 7,50 voorverkoop via Eventbrite / € 10,- aan de deur

Banner ontwerp: Studio The Rodina

Uncertainty Seminars worden mede mogelijk gemaakt door het Mondriaan Fonds, BankGiro Loterij Fonds en de Gemeente Den Haag.