Première of the new project on post-wildfire ecologies on June 12th 2024 in IMAL Brussels

Lament (2022 – 2024) is a new performance and installation belonging to my long-term project untaming death, which explores death from a more-than-human perspective in times of environmental disruption. In this context Lament focuses on the aftermath of wildfires, occurrences with complex ecological roles and with noxious effects on unbalanced ecologies. Stepping back from data-driven responses related to restoration and monitoring, Lament embraces overlooked stories of transformations in post-wildfire environments along two trajectories: with a focus on soil and through community engagement.

Beyond the spectacular force of wildfires, Lament reflects on wildfires and the anthropogenic shifts in fire regimes by inquiring into more-than-human becoming in soil. These changes are unperceivable to humans, but possess far-reaching effects, capable of revealing regeneration and erosion. Extending the project to vulnerable communities, Lament offers engagement with those affected by wildfires to offer an entry to dealing with environmental tragedies and resilience. Equipped by the collaboration with leading environmentalists, conservationists and researchers, Lament makes space for the contemplation of ecologies of death and harnessing solastalgia and ecological grief as artistic and epistemological tools for the times to come.

Morphology
Performance: 40 mins performance for solo performer, cello and live electronics
Installation: 4×7 m, glassware, rope, soil from burnt woods, paper
Community engagement program based on sensory mapping

In collaboration with:
Céline Charveriat, independent environmentalist – Adjunct professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA),
Lucía Iglesias Blanco – Policy officer at the Nature conservation unit, DG Environment of the EC,
Dr Diana Viera, JRC, D3, Soil team,
Ivan Penov.

Realized with the support of NaturArchy – Resonances Project at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.