Last month, our open gathering #5 was cancelled due a heatwave. It won’t be the last time. Extreme weather events like that one will keep arriving. Art doesn’t stop a pipeline. But it can rupture the frames that make fossil sponsorship feel normal, and rehearse the collective courage that direct action needs to happen at all.
We would like to invite you to act outside with us again.
Join us for the #6 open gathering of Disobedient Art School
When: July 31st, 16:30–19:00 Where: Overtoom 301, Amsterdam
We will be exploring the crisis of imagination and how we can exercise our disobedient muscle:
- When imagination is embodied, it becomes something we can feel and act from.
- Together with our 3 artists-in-residency hosted by @homeofparticipation, we will speculate, build strategies for possible worlds, and find the beginning of a we that can act together.
We will take it to the streets. We will be collectively creating small performative acts in public space. Unannounced and situated.
This is a .d.a.s. session, which means it is also an artwork, a rehearsal, and an open question.
As always, there will be vegan snacks to share. Bring something if you’d like.
Want you join us? Send us a little message to das@fossilfreeculture.nl
The Artists:
Andrei Bessa is a bixa, bear, fat performer and dramaturg from Northeast Brazil, based in Lisbon. His practice spans dance, theatre, writing and image-making. Guided by insistence as a creative method, he claims the fat body as a site of aesthetic invention, political friction and improbable fabulations.
Nuka Horvat (they/he) is a queer multimedia artist working both visually and with sound. Their practice engages with themes of queerness, social alienation, digital culture, and (post-)capitalism. Beyond individual artistic production, they are invested in building cultural infrastructures for queer communities through publishing, community organising, and collaborative art-making.
Somer Şpat is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural organizer from Prizren, Kosovo. His practice explores forgotten histories, collective memory, and the ways political and social processes shape collective narratives. Through artistic research, collaborative projects, and independent cultural initiatives, he creates situations for experimentation, exchange, and collective reflection.
Disclaimer: This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.