Wasteland Festival: Postnatural Wastescapes

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Researchers, designers and artists explore the hidden landscape design of waste processing.

Waste shapes and transforms the living environment. What does such a wastescape look like, the landscape – visible or invisible – created in places where waste is dumped and processed? Researchers, designers and artists will explore the hidden landscape design of waste processing through lectures and film excerpts. This evening is part of the Wasteland Festival: Out of Sight, a month-long discussion on waste and ecology at various locations in Rotterdam.Waste is more than an accidental or residual part of urban life. How and what we throw away partly forms the urban landscape in which we live and work. We see the architecture of waste all around us: incinerators on the outskirts of cities are disguised as ‘normal’ buildings, and former landfills are transformed into city parks. Such waste sites, often hidden or camouflaged, reflect the wider infrastructure through which civilisation expands itself, excluding humans and non-humans, and extracting resources from the living environment. Curious about this hidden world? Come to Postnatural Wastescapes at the Nieuwe Instituut on 10 July.Carolien Schippers Architect and researcher Carolien Schippers (<a href="https://c-a-s.org/Studio" title="https://c-a-s.org/Studio" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">C-A-S, Rotterdam</a>) will tell us about her artistic research into the wastescapes of Amsterdam. As part of a residency in Arcam, the Centre for Architecture in Amsterdam, Carolien developed a Speculative Cityguide to Wastescapes. During this research, Carolien explored how the deliberate invisibility of waste systems limits our collective understanding of their ecological impact and obstructs meaningful conversations about sustainable waste futures.Carolien will show the film Artefacts of Accumulation (2025, 20’, the Netherlands) - co-directed by Carolien Schippers and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/locument/" title="https://www.instagram.com/locument/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LOCUMENT</a> (Francisco Lobo + Romea Muryn) that was made in the context of this research.<a href="https://www.thelocument.com/" title="https://www.thelocument.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LOCUMENT</a> is a research studio founded by <a href="https://www.franciscolobo.com/home" title="https://www.franciscolobo.com/home" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Francisco Lobo</a> and <a href="https://www.romeamuryn.com/" title="https://www.romeamuryn.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Romea Muryn</a> in 2015 that combines filmmaking with architecture and urban research. They use these disciplines as critical tools to uncover and analyse the hidden narratives shaping contemporary reality. Locument looks at specific sites that reflect global issues, using them as starting points for research. Their work focuses on what lies beyond the surface, tracing the complex storylines and connections that shape the world around us.Yuri Tuma In his lecture, artist and researcher Yuri Tuma (Institute for Postnatural Studies in Madrid) argues that the romanticised image of nature as a neutral framework or backdrop for human action is no longer tenable. Instead, we need to develop a broader and more complex view of the living environment. Yuri explores the notion of Nature as one of the major inventions of modernity, an outdated concept. He focuses on alternative, contemporary perspectives on issues of the living environment and ecology, hoping to contribute to healthier relationships between humans, non-humans, matter and technology. Yuri invites participants to consider how dialogue and experimentation can be incorporated into a research approach that goes beyond academia.Institute for Postnatural Studies <a href="https://www.instituteforpostnaturalstudies.org/" title="https://www.instituteforpostnaturalstudies.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Institute for Postnatural Studies</a>, founded in 2020, is a platform for critical thinking. It brings together artists and researchers concerned with the global ecological crisis. Through experimentation and knowledge-sharing, the institute conducts long-term research on ecology, coexistence, politics and territories. This research takes the form of seminars, exhibitions and residencies where art and science come together.collective.wasteland <a href="https://www.collectivewasteland.nl/" title="https://www.collectivewasteland.nl/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">collective.wasteland</a> (Katya Borisova, Leon Lapa Pereira, Erik Peters and Anne Vera Veen) is an art collective focused on research and collaborative experiments to find solutions to the waste crisis. Research projects and public programmes such as the Wasteland Festival stimulate the collaboration between art, activism, industry and science.In 2023, collective.wasteland organised the festival Wasteland: Streams of Waste in The Hague. It consisted of an exhibition, workshops, lectures, films and activities in public space. Visitors were invited to think about the journey waste takes, and what this means for people, animals and places.This summer, the festival comes to Rotterdam with Wasteland: Out of Sight, a month-long programme throughout the city with exhibitions, a summer school, guided tours, lectures, dinners and a festive opening and closing. The aim is to make people aware of the hidden places and systems where waste is processed.Programme<ul><li>19:00 Admission</li><li>19:30 – 21:00 Programme</li></ul>The research evening is organised by collective.wasteland as part of the <a href="https://www.collectivewasteland.nl" title="https://www.collectivewasteland.nl" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wasteland Festival: Out of Sight</a>. For more information about the festival, see the festival’s website or Instagram.

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