Whitechapel Gallery

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Research, Talks | 0 comments

I’m currently working on my new book project, Arcadian Revenge: Science Fiction in the Era of Ecocatastrophe, which considers “ecocatastrophe” narratives in literature, film, graphic fiction, contemporary art and music. Drawing on debates in eco-socialism and anti-humanism, as well as contemporary philosophies of environmental posthumanism and the new (feminist) materialisms, the book poses a provocative wager: how do these visions, in which humanity’s survival is threatened, or even obliterated, privilege utopian hope for the planet?

I was really thrilled to be invited to discuss this new work at an event titled Stories at the End of the World: Verónica Gerber Bicecci in conversation with Christina MacSweeny and Caroline Edwards held at the Whitechapel Gallery in East London on 8th February 2020. This event celebrated the opening of Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s exhibition at the Whitechapel, “In the Eye of Bambi,” which curates selected pieces from the ”la Caixa” Collection of Contemporary Art.

Below are the slides that accompanied my talk, and I’ll put a link in to the gallery’s recording as soon as it has been made available.

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