BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//O N C A - ECPv6.7.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:O N C A X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://onca.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for O N C A REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241122T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241122T113000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20241024T153915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T153150Z UID:43975-1732267800-1732275000@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Culture Declares South East Online Meet DESCRIPTION:Let’s come together online to discuss how we can address the cultural implications of the climate emergency in the Southeast Coastal region.  \nIt’s been half a year since the amazing South East Cultural Assembly\, and it’s time for the Culture Declares Emergency Southeast Coastal Hub community to reconnect. Please come to an online meeting to talk about culture and the Earth crisis\, and share experiences as arts and environmental workers seeking to join forces for positive change. \nJoin current Culture Declares Emergency Southeast coastal hub co-hosts Polly\, Amie and Persephone to reflect on 2024’s Hub activities and next steps. Share ideas for climate- and nature- relevant creative and cultural events in a friendly\, informal atmosphere. We’ll be thinking about co-ordinating activities for Earth Day 2025\, and about the future of the Hub and how it can meet this community’s needs. This is a chance to air ideas\, meet like minds and make shared plans. \nBook Tickets \nThis event is delivered in partnership with Culture Declares Emergency. Stay connected with the Culture Declares Southeast Coastal Hub and through that to each other: \n\nFollow CDE on social media @culturedeclares on Facebook\, Insta\, X\nSign up to our newsletter via the CDE website\nEmail cdesoutheastcoast@gmail.com\n\n\nImage credit: Gurnoor Singh URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/culture-declares-south-east-southeast-online-meet/ LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_3536-scaled-e1729784475748.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240530T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240530T170000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20240426T171830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T170339Z UID:43452-1717074000-1717088400@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:The Unbearable Whiteness Of Green: An Environmental Justice Workshop DESCRIPTION:An online workshop exploring environmental justice through an anti-racist lens. At a time of escalating inequality and urgency within the climate movement\, this workshop is for people who want to address “the unbearable whiteness of green” (Van Jones). \nThrough facilitated dialogue\, small group work and creative activities\, the session will examine the ways in which white supremacy permeates the mainstream environmental movement and the climate crisis. \nThis workshop is for white people and people of colour to understand and critique contemporary British and global environmentalist practices\, and explore alternative models of action that centre solidarity with people of colour\, and incorporate class awareness. \nPlease be aware during the workshop we’ll be discussing current environmental crises including air pollution in the UK\, Israel-Palestine and the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. \nHosted by ONCA Head of Programme Susuana Amoah and Communications Manager Maddy Kelly. \nThis workshop will take place online via Zoom. There is a two-tier ticket system with a limited amount of solidarity tickets available which are intended for people who may be in receipt of benefits or in low-paid\, part-time or insecure work. \nBook Tickets Now \n  \n\nThe artwork is called The World by Susuana Amoah. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-green-an-environmental-justice-workshop-2/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Susuana-Amoah_The-World.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T110000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20240502T120819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240502T121009Z UID:43476-1715940000-1715943600@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Culture Declares Emergency SE Coastal Hub & What Next? DESCRIPTION:Following the South East Cultural Assembly\, ONCA invites you to an online meet-up to talk climate\, culture and how arts sector practitioners can join forces. \nExpect to meet artists and cultural practitioners interested in tackling climate-related issues. This is a chance to air ideas\, meet people and learn from each other. Let’s make shared plans for the rest of the year and beyond. We will be laying plans for Earth Day 2025. Join us! \nBook Tickets Now \nThis event is delivered in partnership with Culture Declares Emergency and What Next? Brighton & Hove. \nStay connected with the Culture Declares South East Coastal Hub and through that to each other: \n\n\n\nFollow CDE on social media @culturedeclares on Facebook\, Insta\, X\nSign up to our newsletter via the CDE website\nJoin us on Basecamp – an online platform that enables you to talk to each other via the dedicated SE Hub area\, and also communicate with others across the movement. To join\, email culturedeclares@gmail.com and you will be sent an invitation.\n\n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Gurnoor Singh URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/culture-declares-emergency-se-coastal-hub-what-next/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2a1629ab7fde78f5107147aff545fbc7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240308T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240308T113000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20240131T192618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T110820Z UID:42887-1709892000-1709897400@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:The Offer: From Eco-Anxiety to Action with Culture Declares Emergency DESCRIPTION:On Friday 8 March\, Culture Declares Emergency South East Coastal Hub are holding an online event exploring how to overcome eco-anxiety and activate your power to fight for climate justice. \nThe Offer is inspired by the question: “What is enough?” – enough money\, enough stuff\, enough time\, enough impact. This question\, and others that flow from it\, can be overwhelming and debilitating\, creating a block to taking action. In this session we will hear from two guest speakers who have faced this block and found a way through. \nPerpetua Kirby is a Lecturer in Childhood & Youth in the School of Education and Social Work. Her research interests are children and people’s rights\, participation and agency. She writes about education for sustainability and teaching for climate change. \nMaggie Scott is a Hastings-based textile artist making work that explores themes such as colonialism and fast fashion. Scott’s focus on fast fashion and climate justice spotlights the consequences for the Global South of the Global North’s addiction to cheap clothing. \nAfter their presentations there will be time for questions and a discussion. \nFrom Eco-Anxiety to Action is the focus of the first ever South East Cultural Assembly which will take place on Monday 22 April – save the date – at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea\, East Sussex. The Offer is an initial invitation to explore the themes of the assembly to allow your voices to shape the enquiry. \nThe Offer is a free online event that will take place over Zoom. Please email culturedeclares@gmail.com if you have any questions or accessibility needs. \nBook Tickets Now \n  \n\nImage credit: From the CDE Wharfdale & Airedale hub 2023 exhibition ‘Dear Earth’ URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/culture-declares-emergency-from-eco-anxiety-to-action-the-offer/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/650-x-240pw.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T200000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20231102T175443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T201352Z UID:42217-1701799200-1701806400@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2023: Climate Café (online) DESCRIPTION:To mark Lost Species Day 2023\, join us for the last ONCA Climate Café of the year. \nThis time we’ll be gathering online so that people anywhere can come into community around Lost Species Day\, a chance each year to explore the stories of extinct and critically endangered species\, cultures\, lifeways\, and ecological communities. Whilst emphasising that these losses are rooted in violent and discriminatory governing practices\, the day provides an opportunity for participants to make or renew commitments to all who remain.  \nIn this context\, Climate Café is an open space where people can share their feelings around the climate crisis and other social problems that it relates to. We invite everyone to participate respectfully acknowledging differences in our unique lived experiences. It’s a space to listen and talk\, expressing what we feel\, whether that be rage\, confusion\, hope\, joy\, curiosity or anything in between! The intention is for us to process our emotions with the support of community. \nDuring the session you’ll be guided through some reflective exercises like journaling so we ask that you please bring a paper and pen with you (or you can make notes on your phone if that’s preferable). You may be invited to stand up and move your body or you may wish to sit or lie down comfortably so please take time to set up your space. We’ll have a few moments to settle in when we start. \nPlease note: our facilitators are not mental health professionals and have varying levels of training by Climate Psychology Alliance and Grassroots Suicide Prevention. \nIf you have any questions about the event please contact maddy@onca.org.uk or call 01273 607101\, thank you. \nACCESSIBILITY\nThis event is for people 18+ years of age. \nThis session will be held online through Zoom which you can access with a link after getting a ticket. \nWe have a limited amount of free and donations-based tickets available. If you can afford to make a donation then please do so and consider paying it forward to enable someone else to access a free ticket. If you have any access requirements including needing a concessions ticket please let us know using the Accessibility Request Form. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/climate-cafe-2/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/December-Climate-Cafe-e1698947561387.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T200000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20231104T151028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231104T152830Z UID:42232-1701369000-1701374400@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2023: Spells to Bind Giants 2 - FIRE - with Feral Theatre DESCRIPTION:On 30 November\, join Feral Theatre online to design shields and cast spells for protection from the giants of war. \nLost Species Day 2023 takes place in the context of devastating state violence and civilian bloodshed in Israel and Palestine\, as well as ongoing armed conflicts in Ukraine\, Myanmar and many other places. \nThe giants enacting this violence are the military-industrial complex: arms manufacturers\, extractivist industries\, politicians and corporations vying for control of the Earth’s resources at any cost. The flames of this violence consume and kill the most vulnerable people\, along with the places\, ecological communities and webs of life they call home. \nOn November 30\, join Feral Theatre online to mark Lost Species Day by designing shields and casting spells for protection from the giants of war. We will begin by exploring the role of war in defending capitalism and colonial extractive systems. Then we’ll cast two spells: one together\, and one individually on paper which you will be invited to burn after the session. \nPlease bring: \n\na candle\nsome paper or card\nsomething to draw or write with (no artistic ability is required).\n\nAccessibility\nThis event is for people 18+ years of age. \nThis session will be held online through Zoom which you can access with a link after getting a ticket. \nWe have a limited amount of free and donations-based tickets available. If you can afford to make a donation then please do so and consider paying it forward to enable someone else to access a free ticket. If you have any access requirements including needing a concessions ticket please let us know using the Accessibility Request Form. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/lost-species-day-2023-spells-to-bind-giants-2-fire-with-feral-theatre/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Event,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Last-Dance-image-for-FIRE.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231020T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231020T193000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20231002T193117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T125231Z UID:42036-1697824800-1697830200@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:An Evening with Charlie Hertzog Young DESCRIPTION:EVENT CANCELLED: Join us for this hybrid event\, an evening with climate justice advocate and author Charlie Hertzog Young.\n**This event will include triggering content such as mental health\, suicide\, ableism and suicide attempt. Please take care when choosing whether to attend** \nCharlie Hertzog Young will join us at ONCA to deliver a talk and workshop about climate action and mental health. We’ll hear about his almost two decades of involvement in the climate movement\, and about the deterioration of his mental health in response to the alienating effects of living in a dominant culture that fails to acknowledge the urgency or enormity of the ecological crisis. \nWe will then hear Charlie read from his recently-released book\, Spinning Out\, which adopts a research lens to assess the structural factors causing mass emotional dysregulation at a time of multiple crises. Afterwards\, audience members will be invited to think through ways that climate action can nurture community health. \nAccessibility\nThis is a hybrid event\, meaning it will happen in person at ONCA Gallery and online. If you have any questions or access requirements please email info@onca.org.uk or call 01273 607101. \nPlease note: the majority of our facilitators are not mental health professionals. We have varying levels of training  with the Climate Psychology Alliance and Grassroots Suicide Prevention. There will be a trainee counsellor present at the event. \n\nImage credit: Suki Dhanda \n  URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/an-evening-with-charlie-hertzog-young/ LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Book Event,Online Event,Talk,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CHY-Cancelled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221212T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221212T203000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20221103T161321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221125T084804Z UID:39779-1670869800-1670877000@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2022: LARPing with the Land - with Bea Xu DESCRIPTION:The trajectory of loss seems exponential in the Anthropocene; can LARP (live action roleplay games) offer us ways to ritualistically queer this sense of inevitability?\n\n\nJoin Bea Xu for a participatory online workshop in which each participant is invited to bring\, connect and commune with a chosen object\, using it to tease out a disowned aspect of the self to generate an avatar of speculative future selfhood. Expect to become accomplices in a co-created\, speculative timeline and feel into this embodied potential together\, as a teaser experience of live action roleplay emerges. \nThis how-to guide to ‘mixed reality’ worldbuilding and roleplay will begin with a brief introduction to Bea’s past works involving ritualistic live-action immersion; where the artist shares their emerging process of transforming speculative realities into real world potentials (aka LARPing with the Land). Bring an object with you that feels significant to your sense of place and environmental belonging.\nThis event is part of ONCA’s Lost Species Day 2022 programme\, Queer(ing) Ecological Futures\, a diverse range of online and in-person talks and workshops that celebrate imaginings of multiple possible futures beyond mainstream notions and investigate what it means to queer death and ‘extinction’. All events are free but donations are warmly welcomed. This year\, any donations will go to ONCA\, helping us continue our vital work of creatively challenging the driving forces of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. \nABOUT BEA XU\nBea Xu (@_fei__fei_) is a world-builder\, ritualist and psychic worker. Using collaborative play\, speculative fiction and therapeutic intervention they design and means-test integral\, post-capitalist cosmologies with live participants and fellow LARPers. Bea’s work can be seen as a narrative-driven engagement with archetypal shadow – often foregrounding blood magic\, decolonized time and non-binary logic with an EcoGothic focus. Informed by their studies and clinical experience at London’s CCPE as a trainee integrative\, transpersonal psychotherapist\, she was the creatrix of ritual laboratory LUNARCHY 2.0 and is one of the newest members of OUTSIDEININSIDEOUTINSIDEOUTOUTSIDEIN collective. They completed the 9th Alternative Education Programme at Rupert in Vilnius and have collaborated with Furtherfield Gallery (London)\, Omsk Social Club and Ittah Yodah – with work selected for Ugly Duck (London); Mehringplatz 20 (Berlin); Studio ALTA (Prague); Podium (Oslo); IAM Festival; UNFIX Festival; Solo Show; Virtual Futures; Arts of the Working Class; Baltan Labs; NewCon Press and Gods & Radicals Press. \nACCESS\nPlease email info@onca.org.uk if you have any access enquiries about this online workshop. \n\nThis event has been made possible by support from Sussex Humanities Lab and University of London. \nSussex Humanities Lab is an interdisciplinary research programme at the University of Sussex that experiments with digital methods in research and investigates the interactions between technology and culture\, society and environment in order to imagine and create more sustainable and just futures for all. \n   URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/lost-species-day-2022-larping-with-the-land-with-bea-xu/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Event,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_9423-scaled-e1667492240517.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221206T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221206T193000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20221103T160016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T110737Z UID:39773-1670349600-1670355000@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2022: Queering Decay - Thinking-with Dead Wood DESCRIPTION:How could we re-compose decomposition as a site of hot transformation?\n\nHow might rot be a detonator of possibility? Join artist Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION for an evening gathering thinking-with dead wood as a guide for co-flourishing in ruinous times and profound loss. We’ll use the processes of decay and decomposition associated with dead wood as conduit for queer/ying inherited concepts of life/death binaries; troubling the concept of “wasted” bodies and leaking out of the “self-made” individual amongst other fragments of wisdom. \nFor Lost Species Day 2022 we take a moment to honour an overlooked and biodiverse ecology whilst “staying with the trouble” and finding generative stories of renewal. This will be an interactive session with discussion. \nTo bring (optional): \n\nA piece of “rotten” matter e.g. a fragment of dead wood\, handful of compost\, soil\, kombucha\, sourdough starter\nA sterile jar (boiling water or dishwasher will do it!)\nCooled boiled water / mineral water\nFruit peels and herbs of your choice e.g. orange rind\, apple peel\, ginger\, cinnamon stick\, rosemary\, mint\nHoney\n\nThis event is part of ONCA’s Lost Species Day 2022 programme\, Queer(ing) Ecological Futures\, a diverse range of online and in-person talks and workshops that celebrate imaginings of multiple possible futures beyond mainstream notions and investigate what it means to queer death and ‘extinction’. All events are free but donations are warmly welcomed. This year\, any donations will go to ONCA\, helping us continue our vital work of creatively challenging the driving forces of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. \nAbout the Artist\nBecky Lyon is an English x Jamaican artist and ‘artecologist’ exploring how art practice can re-body us back into the animate\, vibrant\, tangly messwork of our ecology. She is interested in ecology as an alternative curriculum or sourcebook for inhabiting the earth in ways that foster more co-flourishing and care and challenge the logic of “dominion” at the sour core of injustices (plural). Her work manifests in multiple forms from tactile installations to rituals\, sensory artefacts and word-foolery. She hosts participatory gatherings of and for all kinds from dead wood walking trails to summer-scented gatherings around the fire; touchy-feely seminars and reading groups that rip B|T|W|N THE L|AV|S. She is a ranger for London National Park City supporting grassroots organisations and hoping to re-enchant the perception of urban ecology through creativity. An inherent discipline-smoosher\, she has an MA Art & Science from Central Saint Martins and is currently studying MA Art & Ecology at Goldsmiths. \nImage: Incantation by Becky Lyon \nImage description: Two small pieces of creamy brown wood lie on a grey surface. Scrawled verbs associated with dead wood emerge from the dead wood fragments and encircle them like lace or spider web. \n\nThis event has been made possible by support from Sussex Humanities Lab and University of London. \nSussex Humanities Lab is an interdisciplinary research programme at the University of Sussex that experiments with digital methods in research and investigates the interactions between technology and culture\, society and environment in order to imagine and create more sustainable and just futures for all. \n   URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/lost-species-day-2022-queering-decay-thinking-with-dead-wood/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Onca-Banner-copy-1-e1668528441851.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221201T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221201T193000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20221103T152726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T085801Z UID:39766-1669919400-1669923000@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2022: Extinction\, Endangerment & Dark Humour with Nicole Seymour DESCRIPTION:In this online talk\, acclaimed queer thinker and author of ‘Bad Environmentalism’ Nicole Seymour will explore the role that dark humour might play in grappling with the tragedy of species loss.\n\nIn 2016\, ecocritic Ursula Heise asked\, “Is it possible to move beyond the story templates of elegy and tragedy and yet to express … concern that nonhuman species not be harmed?” Her book\, Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species\, answers in the affirmative. But it offers only one example of the specific genre of comedy as an alternative template. In this talk\, Nicole Seymour will build on Heise’s book and her own previous book\, 2018’s Bad Environmentalism: Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age\, to explore the role that dark humour might play in grappling with the tragedy of species loss. Surveying examples ranging from Elyne Quan’s 2015 short play “Cuisine” to the kids’ media franchise Ice Age to design group Moooi’s Extinct Animals Bedding Collection\, Seymour finds an underexplored body of “extinction humour\,” as well as targets that are ripe for the kind of critique that dark humour uniquely provides. \nThis event is part of ONCA’s Lost Species Day 2022 programme\, Queer(ing) Ecological Futures\, a diverse range of online and in-person talks and workshops that celebrate imaginings of multiple possible futures beyond mainstream notions and investigate what it means to queer death and ‘extinction’. \nAll events are free but donations are warmly welcomed. This year\, any donations will go to ONCA\, helping us continue our vital work of creatively challenging the driving forces of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. \nABOUT NICOLE SEYMOUR\nNicole Seymour researches the roles that queer styles and affects play in environmental movements. She is the author of two monographs\, Strange Natures: Futurity\, Empathy\, and the Queer Ecological Imagination (University of Illinois Press\, 2013)\, and Bad Environmentalism: Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age (University of Minnesota Press\, 2018). The former received the 2015 Book Award for Ecocriticism from the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment\, while the latter was supported by a Carson Fellowship from the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich\, Germany. \nDr. Seymour is Associate Professor of English at California State University\, Fullerton\, where she serves as the Graduate Advisor for the Environmental Studies Program. She is also a curator for NXTerra\, an open-access repository of climate pedagogy materials developed by faculty across the California State University and University of California systems. In addition to her fellowship project\, Dr. Seymour is currently working on topics including feminist plastic art\, vegan satire\, and contemporary Indigenous poetry. \nACCESSIBILITY \nThis online talk in English will be recorded (speaker view) and then shared later\, with subtitles\, on ONCA’s YouTube channel. Please note that by attending you consent to this recording. Email info@onca.org.uk with any questions about accessibility. \n\nThis event has been made possible by support from Sussex Humanities Lab and University of London. \nSussex Humanities Lab is an interdisciplinary research programme at the University of Sussex that experiments with digital methods in research and investigates the interactions between technology and culture\, society and environment in order to imagine and create more sustainable and just futures for all. \n   URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/lost-species-day-extinction-endangerment-dark-humor-with-nicole-seymour/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Head-shot-Arthurs-Seat-e1667495074401.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221130T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221130T200000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20221103T150511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221122T155308Z UID:39755-1669833000-1669838400@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2022: Spells to Bind Giants with Feral Theatre DESCRIPTION:Join the Lost Species Day co-founders for a participatory online ritual to mark Earth’s losses and bind corporate giants. \nThe new IEA report states that net income for the world’s oil and gas producers is set to double in 2022 to an unprecedented $4 trillion. The sector has gained an average of $1 trillion per year in profits for the last 50 years. Scientists are becoming increasingly vocal about the need to hold power to account: \n“The combined profits\, taxes and royalties generated by the oil and gas industry over the past few months would be enough to capture every single molecule of CO2 produced by their activities and reinject it back underground. So why are we only talking about transforming society and not about obliging a highly profitable industry to clean up the mess caused by the products it sells?” (Professor Myles Allen) \n“The situation is serious and bleak. Shell has made £26bn profit this year\, carbon emissions are back at pre-pandemic levels\, while 53\,000 people died of heat stress in Europe in the summer\, and floods have displaced millions from Nigeria to Pakistan. The solution is to do everything we can to defeat the fossil fuel industry – they stand between us all and a prosperous future.”** (Professor Simon Lewis) \nJoin Lost Species Day co-founders Rachel Porter\, Emily Laurens and Persephone Pearl (Feral Theatre) for a participatory online ritual to mark the enormity of the harms done to life on Earth and use words\, images\, emotions and intentions to resist and undermine white supremacist patriarchal power. This event continues the series of online rituals for Lost Species day initiated during the 2020 lockdown (see videos of the 2020 and 2021 events on ONCA’s YouTube channel). \nThis event is part of ONCA’s Lost Species Day 2022 programme\, Queer(ing) Ecological Futures\, a diverse range of online and in-person talks and workshops that celebrate imaginings of multiple possible futures beyond mainstream notions and investigate what it means to queer death and ‘extinction’. All events are free but donations are warmly welcomed. This year\, any donations will go to ONCA\, helping us continue our vital work of creatively challenging the driving forces of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nFeral Theatre co-directors Rachel Porter\, Emily Laurens and Persephone Pearl have been making multimodal\, multidisciplinary projects together since 2007\, using devised performance work to explore themes around biodiversity change and eco-emotions. They received a Tipping Point commission in 2010 to make the immersive and influential Funeral for Lost Species\, a play set in an imaginary Celestial Garden of Remembrance for Lost Species. Emerging from that\, they co-founded Lost Species Day in 2011 – a voluntary initiative that invites participants from all over the world to host or attend memorials\, gatherings and events for extinct and critically endangered species\, communities and places. \nOver the past decade\, Emily\, Persephone and Rachel have moved into a curatorial and facilitative role with Lost Species Day\, steering the project away from its initial focus on endling stories towards a more intersectional\, anti-racist and anti-colonial framing\, amplifying diverse voices through its platforms. Lost Species Day has touched many thousands of people and influenced academics\, institutions and social movements. \nACCESSIBILITY \nThis online event will be not be recorded. Please email info@onca.org.uk with any questions about accessibility. \n  URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/lost-species-day-2022-spells-to-bind-giants-with-feral-theatre/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Feral-mouldy-cabbage-witches.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T190000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20220920T094144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T100242Z UID:39519-1663869600-1663873200@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Pakistan Solidarity Fundraiser: Online panel chaired by Nichola Khan DESCRIPTION:Join Nichola Khan\, Nehaal Bajwa and Sadiq Bhanbhro for an online discussion of the Pakistan floods : neo-colonialism\, climate (in)justice; the causes and outcomes of the floods. \nThe speakers\nSadiq Bhanbhro was born\, raised and did his first degree in social anthropology from Pakistan\, and now he lives in the UK with his partner and two kids. He is Senior Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University. He is a trained social anthropologist\, public health professional\, and an experienced interdisciplinary researcher with a proven track record of success within research\, teaching and social development. Sadiq consciously considers the social\, political\, cultural\, religious\, and economic dimensions and dynamics of whatever problems he works on or studies. His broader research area is inequalities and global public health\, in which he researches health and wellbeing\, gender\, sexuality\, violence\, racism and the intersections among these areas. Sadiq has been working in different countries\, including the UK\, Pakistan\, Indonesia\, Kenya and the Philippines. \nNehaal Bajwa is a PhD student in Education at the University of Sussex and Vice President of Liberation & Equality at the National Union of Students (NUS). Their PhD research focuses on the narratives and practices of fathering and family life in Lahore\, Pakistan\, with an interest in care and social reproduction; individual responsibility in the context of structural oppression; and the political economy of institutions that affect our narratives\, practices\, and identities\, now and over the life course. \nNichola Khan is a Reader in Anthropology and Psychology\, and Co-Director of the Centre for Spatial\, Environmental and Cultural Politics at the University of Brighton. She works on areas of migration\, mobilities\, health\, and mental illness in conflict and post-conflict societies in Asia and Europe: in Pakistan’s megacity of Karachi\, on transnational refugee migration from Afghanistan\, and more recently on irregular Pakistani and Afghan migrants in France. She has published four books: ‘Mohajir Militancy in Pakistan’ (2010\, 2012\, Routledge); ‘Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi’ (2017 ed.\, Oxford University Press; Hurst & Co.); ‘Arc of the Journeyman: Afghan Migrants in England’ (2020\, Uiversity of Minnesota Press); and ‘Mental Disorder: Anthropological Insights’ (2017\, University of Toronto Press). She is committed to research that makes a difference to people’s lives\, that highlights violence\, racism and exclusion\, and seeks to transform lives and communities at local\, national and global level. \nDONATIONS\nThis online event is part of a wider events programme aimed at raising funds to support the Pakistan flood relief efforts. Donations are strongly encouraged but the panel discussion will also be livestreamed via Facebook Live. You can also come and watch it at ONCA Gallery. All proceeds will go to WDF (Women Democratic Front) a Pakistan-based\, independent socialist-feminist resistance movement\, providing aid to communities affected by flooding since 2018. \nACCESS\nONCA Gallery has step-free access but the toilet is up five steps. There is an accessible toilet at North Laine pub\, 100 metres from the gallery. Please email info@onca.org.uk if you have any access enquiries. \nImage credit: Oxfam International URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/pakistan-solidarity-fundraiser-online-panel-chaired-by-nichola-khan/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/28b1783703d61006704569eb7df686ee.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220701 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20220503T065254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230816T122716Z UID:38813-1651536000-1656633599@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:BERNARD KALU: ONYE OCHA BIARA UWA OJII DESCRIPTION:Lagos-based visual artist Bernard Kalu completed an Enjoolata artist residency on ONCA Barge in April 2022. Onye Ocha Biara Uwa Ojii\, the body of work that emerged\, is a continuation of Kalu’s exploration of the subject of colourism. \nEnter exhibition here \nCONTENT WARNING: The text accompanying this exhibition discusses racism and its roots in slavery and colonialism. \n  \nServile 2 URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/bernard-kalu-onye-ocha-biara-uwa-ojii/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Facade-I-scaled-e1651223775769.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220421T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220421T110000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20220405T145740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220406T082035Z UID:38665-1650535200-1650538800@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Culture Declares Emergency SE Coastal Hub Meet #3 DESCRIPTION:Come to an online check-in to catch up\, formulate plans and find out more about the Culture Declares Emergency SE Coastal Hub’s focus on Refugee Week 2022. \nAll involved in the arts and environmental sectors are welcome! This will be a space to: \n\nShare ideas for Refugee Week activities\, events or resources – including space\, time and platforms in both Hastings and Brighton\nDiscuss any events or activities you are already planning\nTalk about co-promotion and ways to engage people with Refugee Week and the issues around climate and social justice it explores\n\nMany thanks to Polly Gifford and What Next? Brighton & Hove for collaborating on this and co-hosting the hub with us. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/culture-declares-emergency-se-coastal-hub-meet-3/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Forum,Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sanctuary21-6825-e1649233045209.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T110000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20220113T185111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T173454Z UID:38327-1644487200-1644490800@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Culture Declares Emergency SE Coastal Hub Meet #2 DESCRIPTION:New year CDE catch-up! \nJoin us for our first 2022 online gathering: a post-COP26 catch-up\, a discussion of possibilities for Refugee Week\, and conversations about what we’re up to and next steps for our regional Culture Declares Emergency Hub. Speakers TBC – watch this space! \nMany thanks to Polly Gifford and What Next? Brighton & Hove for collaborating on this and co-hosting the hub with us. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/culture-declares-emergency-se-coastal-hub-meet-2-2/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/696a1abeaf7d7cb5082b104891b086cc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220202T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220202T193000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20220119T165555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T170722Z UID:38334-1643826600-1643830200@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Jennifer Uchendu & Sarah Ray: Launching The Eco-anxiety in Africa Project DESCRIPTION:ONCA is thrilled to host Jennifer Uchendu in conversation with Sarah Jaquette Ray to mark the launch of The Eco-anxiety in Africa Project (TEAP). \nTo coincide with the launch of The Eco-anxiety in Africa Project (TEAP) on February 2nd\, join Nigeria-based project founder Jennifer Uchendu in an online conversation with US-based author of A Field Guide To Climate Anxiety Sarah Jaquette Ray to discuss the climate change-related mental health issues facing communities in Nigeria and across the continent of Africa. \nTEAP seeks to understand and validate the experiences of eco-anxiety and other environment-related emotions in Africans. Environmental enthusiasts and climate advocates there feel a form of eco-anxiety that is unique to the African population. Africa is among the continents which are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis\, combined with biodiversity loss\, plastic and oil pollution\, as well as illegal wildlife trade. The erosion of environments\, cultures and histories has intense impacts on people’s emotions. The direct connections between the changing climate and other social challenges such as increased spread in communicable diseases\, food insecurity\, community displacement etc. are not always obvious; TEAP intends to raise awareness of these issues while making space for dialogue\, support and self-care with young people\, women\, farmers\, frontline workers and environmental practitioners who are consistently exposed to the reality and potential future threats. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\nJennifer Uchendu is an ecofeminist and sustainable development advocate based in Lagos. She is the founder of SustyVibes\, a youth-led organisation making sustainability actionable and relatable to young people. Jennifer’s interests lie at the intersections of youth\, women and climate action. She researches and advocates on issues around climate justice\, art\, youth and eco-anxiety. \nWebsite \nSarah Jaquette Ray is professor and chair of environmental studies at Humboldt State University\, on Wiyot territory in Arcata\, California. Her work focuses on the environmental humanities\, climate justice pedagogy\, and climate psychology. She is author of two books\, The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture\, and most recently\, A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet. She publishes and speaks extensively on the topics of emotions\, climate justice\, and youth activism\, and is currently working on a project to help educators inculcate existential skills that students will need to survive and thrive in a climate-changed world\, An Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators. \nWebsite \nACCESSIBILITY\nThe discussion will be hosted via a Zoom meeting. Unfortunately due to limited resources\, it is conducted in the English language only. It will be recorded\, transcribed and shared online afterwards. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your access needs\, please contact info@onca.org.uk. \nIf possible\, we invite you to make a donation when you reserve your space at this event. Money raised will go to TEAP. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/launching-the-eco-anxiety-in-africa-project-jennifer-uchendu-sarah-ray/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk,Young People ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bbc56ff8ab89817529a312bd6cc44fcd-e1642611392563.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211129T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20211103T071228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211116T222226Z UID:37901-1638210600-1638216000@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2021: Interdependence in a Changing Climate - panel talk DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion of interdependence\, eco-emotions and ecological loss through a Global Majority and youth climate justice lens. \nIn the wake of the COP26 climate summit and on the eve of Lost Species Day 2021\, join ecofeminist Jennifer Uchendu\, climate anxiety teacher Sarah Jaquette Ray\, youth activist Elouise Mayall and interdisciplinary artist Beverly Naidus for an exploration of interdependence\, eco-emotions and ecological loss through a Global Majority and youth climate justice lens. \nAbout the speakers\nJennifer Uchendu is an ecofeminist and sustainable development advocate based in Lagos. She is the founder of SustyVibes\, a youth-led organisation making sustainability actionable and relatable to young people. Jennifer’s interests lie at the intersections of youth\, women and climate action. She researches and advocates on issues around climate justice\, art\, youth and eco-anxiety. \nWebsite \nSarah Jaquette Ray is professor and chair of environmental studies at Humboldt State University\, on Wiyot territory in Arcata\, California. Her work focuses on the environmental humanities\, climate justice pedagogy\, and climate psychology. She is author of two books\, The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture\, and most recently\, A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet. She publishes and speaks extensively on the topics of emotions\, climate justice\, and youth activism\, and is currently working on a project to help educators inculcate existential skills that students will need to survive and thrive in a climate-changed world\, An Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators. \nWebsite \nBeverly Naidus is a US-based interdisciplinary artist\, writer and facilitator. She has been creating interactive installations\, digital projects\, artist books and narrative and conceptual drawings for over four decades. Inspired by lived experience\, topics in her art focus on environmental and social issues\, including how we are individually and collectively affected by racism\, climate change and multiple forms of systemic oppression. \nWebsite \nElouise Mayall is a Master’s student at the University of East Anglia where she researches population ecology and rewilding alongside studying in impacts of eco-anxiety on young people around the world. She is also a member of the UK Youth Climate Coalition\, a youth activist group focusing on bringing climate justice to the forefront of the climate movement. \nTwitter \nAccessibility\nThe discussion will be hosted via a Zoom webinar. Unfortunately due to limited resources\, it is conducted in the English language only. It will be recorded\, transcribed and shared online afterwards. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your access needs\, please contact info@onca.org.uk. \nIf possible\, we invite you to make a donation when you reserve your space at this event. Money raised through the Lost Species Day 2021 online programme will go to Pacific Climate Warriors and the SustyVibes fund for climate anxiety in Africa. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/lost-species-day-2021-interdependence-in-a-changing-climate-panel-talk/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screenshot-2021-11-16-at-22.11.03.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211128T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211128T213000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20211102T043155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211128T161642Z UID:37875-1638122400-1638135000@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2021: Vigil for the Smooth Handfish DESCRIPTION:A space for a digital congregation to contemplate loss\, grief\, the parameters of care\, the interconnectedness of conservation and radical hope\, and “collaborative survival”. \nFeaturing 27 unique contributions from individuals and communities across the globe including scholar\, environmental activist and food sovereignty advocate\, Dr Vandana Shiva; Aboriginal Australian writer and scholar\, Bruce Pascoe; Palestinian artist and conservationist\, Vivien Sansour and Canadian cellist Zöe Keating. \nThe Vigil will be followed by a live conversation facilitated by Fleur Ramsay\, Special Counsel – International Program and Chair of the First Nations and Indigenous Peoples Program Working Group\, Environmental Defenders Office with: First Nations storyteller and activist\, Chris Bonney;  Palestinian artist and conservationist\, Vivien Sansour; grief worker and somatic educator Camille Barton; Vigil for the Smooth Handfish Artistic Director\, Daz Chandler. \nPlease visit handfishvigil.com for more information. \ninstructions TO JOIN THE EVENT\nInfo to participate in the Vigil for the Smooth Handfish and the live conversation “How Do Grief\, Ritual and Creativity Serve the Climate Crisis?” – both of which are taking place today on Sunday\, November 28\, 2021 between 6pm and 9.30pm (GMT):\n\n*VIGIL 18:00 – 20:30 (GMT)\n\nFrom 6pm (GMT)\, join the Vigil for the Smooth Handfish – featuring 27 unique and thoughtful contributions from individuals and communities from around the world. Join the Vigil for the Smooth Handfish live from 6pm on YouTube here:\nhttps://youtu.be/ip6FRvrfpSg\n\nFor your convenience\, The Vigil will also be streamed on @TheParallelEffect\, @ONCAarts and @LostSpeciesDay Facebook and Instagram channels.\n \n*LIVE PANEL CONVERSATION 20:30 – 21:30 (GMT)\n“How Do Grief\, Ritual and Creativity serve the Climate Crisis?”\nFrom 8.30pm –  immediately following The Vigil presentation – join some of The Vigil’s contributing artists for a live panel conversation exploring how grief\, ritual\, creativity and beauty may serve the Climate Crisis?”\n\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88609837304?pwd=U01pN0xGSUJyb3g1UWl3Mko5K2VVUT09\nPasscode: 024483\nAbout the congregation\nThe Smooth Handfish – a sea dweller with bulging eyes\, a distinctive fin on its head\, and hand-like fins that allowed it to walk on the seabed – was once so plentiful in the Tasman region\, it was one of the first fish species to be documented in ‘Australia’. In July last year\, it was declared extinct. What is known of its collective story – within the limits of human cognition of its existence and loss – feels relevant to where we find ourselves today. \nFor many people\, the last two years in particular\, have given multiple pauses to rethink the question\, ‘What does it take to survive?’ These are difficult times in the midst of multiple crises\, with profound losses occurring each day. The frantic pace of the world and the type of systems that much of humankind are expected to navigate\, has meant that over the years many important personal and communal rituals have been misplaced or usurped. Spaces for meaningful philosophical discourse have been lost – as well as spaces for connection with living companions – human\, non-human\, across earth\, ocean\, freshwater\, ice… \nTo reckon with this\, The Parallel Effect – a collective of creators and thinkers – have curated a Vigil for the Smooth Handfish. Our intention is to provide a space for congregation\, to contemplate loss\, grief\, the parameters of care\, the interconnectedness of conservation and radical hope\, and “collaborative survival”. \nThis pre-recorded two and half hour congregation\, first shared in November 2020\, features 27 unique contributions by renowned artists\, musicians\, scholars\, scientists and First Nations speakers from communities across the globe including ‘Australia’\, India\, US\, UK\, Germany\, Morocco\, Syria\, Afghanistan and Palestine. Contributions take on a multiplicity of forms: music\, spoken word\, performance\, animation\, academic papers and video essays. Many have been developed collaboratively between contributors\, as the Vigil creates a space to foster reflexive interdisciplinary multimodal works at the nexus of art\, politics\, science and geography. \nEach contributor has been given the freedom to remember and respond to the loss of the Smooth Handfish however they wish. \nAustralian First Nations man\, Chris Bonney\, shares a 130\,000 year old Ngarrindjeri Dreaming story about sustainability; biological anthropologist\, Dr Barbara J. King presents some of her research documenting grief and bereavement across the animal kingdom; filmmaker Benjamin Gilmour confronts the parameters of care; and Afghan artist Kabir Mokamel — joining us from his home in Kabul — articulates the relationship between time and daily tragedy in a war-zone. \nAs each uniquely mourns the loss of the Smooth Handfish\, in communion they offer a collective expression and reflection of grief and survival in an increasingly complex\, and often far too difficult\, world. \nAccessibility: \nVigil for the Smooth Handfish will be streamed via YouTube Live. Unfortunately due to limited resources\, it is conducted in the English language only. The event is captioned and transcripts are available upon request. \nThe post-Vigil conversation will be hosted on Zoom – a webinar link will be sent shortly beforehand. It will be recorded\, transcribed and shared online afterwards. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your access needs\, please contact info@onca.org.uk. \n\nIf possible\, we invite you to make a donation when you reserve your space at this event. Money raised through the Lost Species Day 2021 online programme will go to Pacific Warriors and the SustyVibes fund for climate anxiety in Africa. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/vigil-for-the-smooth-handfish/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Online Event,Performance,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Vigil-Key-Art-SquareImage-Only-e1635827655648.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210625T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210625T163000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210607T195522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T221147Z UID:37070-1624633200-1624638600@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Meeting The Unruly Dead: Workshop with SL Grange DESCRIPTION:Part of The History Bois residency at ONCA Barge\, this online workshop run by poet\, drag king and artist SL Grange is for folks wanting to connect with their Queer tr/ancestors. \nUsing writing\, drawing and performative processes\, we’ll create our own rituals and art to uncover\, honour and meet lost queer heroes. If you already know which member of the unruly dead you want to work with\, bring them along. Alternatively\, SL Grange can suggest some historical Queeroes for you to discover during the workshop. All art practices at all levels of experience welcome. You’ll just need a bit of uninterrupted time and space to participate via Zoom from the comfort of your own home. \nAge suitability: 18 + \nBook your free space via the Brighton Fringe website.\n11 spaces maximum. Free.\n\nAbout the artist\n\nSL Grange is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer working mostly in live performance contexts with an eclectic background in poetry\, theatre and art practice. Ess is currently undertaking a doctoral research project investigating improvisatory performance practices as an ethical way to meet the queer/unruly dead – specifically Mary Frith aka Mal Cutpurse\, the Roaring Girl. Recent work includes ‘A Note to Mary Frith’ for Shakespeare’s Globe\, ‘and of his family’ for Fly the Flag\, and co-founding QAF Space – an online LGBTQ+ community and 24/7 zoom room Ess is Research Associate at Improbable where they also facilitate Open Space events. Ess occasionally performs as drag thing Tawdry Hepburn\, and is co-founder of performance company The ELMS with E. Mallin Parry. \nWebsite URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/workshop-meeting-the-unruly-dead/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screenshot-2021-06-07-at-20.53.43-e1623095661928.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210608T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210608T194500 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210505T111030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T082252Z UID:36824-1623177000-1623181500@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:On Police & Prison Abolition in the UK: talk with Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk by Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper on the arguments for police and prison abolition in the UK and how these connect to climate justice. Expect a presentation by Adam followed by an opportunity to ask questions. \nTickets are free or by donation – select your preferred ticket option (free or donation) at checkout. All money raised will be shared between ONCA and Account\, a youth-led social action project based in Hackney\, London\, that monitors and scrutinises police activity to empower young people\, generate knowledge\, campaign for justice\, and hold those in power to account. \n\nPlease email info@onca.org.uk before the event if you have access needs.\nPlease note this event will be recorded (speaker view)\, transcribed and shared on ONCA’s YouTube channel afterwards.\n\nAbout the speaker\nAdam Elliott-Cooper is a research fellow in sociology at the University of Greenwich. His research interests include policing\, anti-racism\, colonialism and postcolonialism. His current research focuses on resistance to racist state violence in 21st century Britain\, with an interest in how this resistance is shaped by histories of imperialism and anti-imperialism. \nHe has published on anti-racism and policing in Ethnic and Racial Studies\, Antipode and City\, as well as on housing and gentrification in Progress in Human Geography and Sociological Review. He has a forthcoming article in South Atlantic Quarterly analysing the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain\, forming part of a special issue on Black Lives Matter scheduled for publication in 2022. His journalistic writing has appeared in The Guardian\, Verso Blog\, ROAR\, Open Democracy and The Voice. Adam also regularly appears on podcasts and broadcast news discussing policing\, anti-racism and racism in Britain. \nAdam’s first monograph\, Black Resistance to British Policing\, was published by Manchester University Press in May 2021. He also has a co-authored book\, Empire’s Endgame: Racism and the British State\, written with seven other academics\, published by Pluto Press in February 2021. \nAdam sits on the board of The Monitoring Group\, an anti-racist organisation challenging state racisms and racial violence. \nAdam on Twitter | Hackney Account URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/on-police-prison-abolition-in-the-uk-talk-with-dr-adam-elliott-cooper/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/adam-elliott-cooper-e1620213157756.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210603T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210603T193000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210318T144628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T092140Z UID:36661-1622743200-1622748600@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:The Puma Years: Book launch with Laura Coleman & Nena Baltazar DESCRIPTION:Please join ONCA and CIWY for the online launch of The Puma Years\, published by Little A. \nONCA is delighted to host author Laura Coleman in conversation (via Zoom) with Tania ‘Nena’ Baltazar\, founder and president of Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY). Jon Cassidy\, CIWY secretary of international relations\, will translate. \nIn The Puma Years\, ONCA founder Laura shares the story of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle\, where she fell in love with a magnificent puma who changed her life\, at the same time as finding a life-long home with CIWY. Set against a turbulent and poignant backdrop of deforestation\, the illegal pet trade\, and forest fires\, The Puma Years explores what happens when desperate creatures in need of rescue find each other. \nCIWY is the leading organisation in Bolivia for the care of rescued wild animals\, seized from illegal trafficking. CIWY fights to end the animal trade through educational programs\, research projects and public actions. During this conversation\, CIWY’s president Nena will discuss the challenges and pitfalls of running a frontline NGO in apocalyptic times. \nThe conversation between Nena and Laura will be followed by a reading from The Puma Years and a short Q&A with the author. \nProceeds from The Puma Years are supporting CIWY’s work fighting the illegal wildlife trade\, supporting local communities and providing safe homes to those who need them. If you too would like to help\, either by volunteering or making a donation\, please visit CIWY’s website: www.intiwarayassi.org. \nThe Puma Years \nComunidad Inti Wara Yassi URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/the-puma-years-book-launch-with-laura-coleman-nena-baltazar/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Book Event,Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-12-at-10.49.06.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210520T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210520T194500 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210409T120845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T081706Z UID:36727-1621535400-1621539900@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:kin'd & kin'd: field fairing\, with Merrie Joy Williams DESCRIPTION:An invitation to all who are curious: join kin’d & kin’d for more eco-poetry at ONCA \nkin’d & kin’d (Kay Syrad and Clare Whistler) return for their third Changing Everything Carefully series at ONCA. They say: \n‘We want to investigate and celebrate diverse views and thinking about ways of making eco-poetry\, and we are proud to announce the first guest in our programme –  Merrie Joy Williams. Merrie will be performing her poems and discussing the invention of new poetic forms\, something that kin’d & kin’d have found essential in working with eco-poetry. Merrie’s recent work is a study of the Wellesbourne river beneath Brighton\, a winterbourne that appears and disappears with the seasons – and how that relates to human stories of hiddenness\, belonging and unbelonging\, and migration.’ \nRead their new blog post here. \nAbout the artists\nkin’d & kin’d \nKay Syrad is a poet and novelist\, formerly Poetry Editor of the longstanding journal Envoi. Her third poetry collection What is near is forthcoming in September. \nClare Whistler is a collaborative artist in movement\, text and performance. She is co-founder of the award-winning annual WaterWeek event. \nMerrie Joy Williams \nMerrie is a poet\, novelist\, writing tutor and editor. She was shortlisted for the 2020 Bridport Poetry Prize\, longlisted for the 2020 National Poetry Competition\, and is a winner of The Poetry Archive’s ‘Wordview 2020’ competition\, permanently featured on their website. She is the recipient of a London Writers Award\, and Arts Council England awards for both poetry and fiction. Her debut collection is ‘Open Windows’ (Waterloo Press\, 2019). Magma Poetry wrote: ‘She is clearly good at her craft. Her writing is assured\, driven by sonorous language… generous and open-hearted poems’. \nMerrie was a poet-in-residence with MMU Special Collections and Manchester Poetry Library\, who are currently releasing an illustrated broadside of one of her poems. She was commissioned by Historical England\, in partnership with Spread the Word\, to research and write ‘In Between Days’\, one of their High Street Tales (Woolwich). Her most recent residency is researching The South Downs National Park\, as part of Applause Rural Touring’s ‘Full Harvest’ project. \nWebsite URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/kind-kind-field-fairing-with-merrie-joy-williams/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Performance,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/e067349897add32d77561dba9cb34ce5-e1617970427417.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210518T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210518T193000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210511T205854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210513T084543Z UID:36849-1621362600-1621366200@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Susuana Amoah: Curating Chromophobia DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk and screening by artist-curator Susuana Amoah that delves into the question: What do white walls have to do with whiteness?  \nChromophobia and White Cube Galleries is a video-essay by Susuana that discusses the implications of white cube aesthetics in contemporary art galleries\, specifically looking at the connections between chromophobia\, the aesthetics of modernity/coloniality\, and attitudes towards artists of colour. Expect a presentation followed by conversation. \nAbout the artist\nSusuana Amoah is an artist-curator and PhD researcher at Goldsmiths University of London. Susuana’s research project explores how cultural equity can be realised in public contemporary art galleries in England through decolonial approaches to curatorial practice. The study maps the influence of European modern art theories within the development of conventional contemporary curatorial practices and examines how these colonial/modernist ideologies and practices work to produce epistemicide and reinforce cultural imperialism. Through the engagement of a mixture of participatory action research and creative qualitative evaluation methods\, this practice-led research project ultimately aims to develop an ethical framework and guidance for decolonial curatorial practice. \nTwitter | Website URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/susuana-amoah-curating-chromophobia/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/7b5b73920cabd46626fb6dd58265c406-e1620767658497.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210420T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210420T200000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210312T131341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210412T085909Z UID:36628-1618941600-1618948800@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Um Outro Céu website tour & film screenings DESCRIPTION:Come to the UK launch of Um Outro Céu – mapping environmental conflicts in N.E. Brazil and showcasing new work by indigenous artists \nJoin Um Outro Céu (meaning Another Sky in Portuguese) researchers and artists to learn about this project and website that document and celebrate the emergence of different forms of resistance\, narratives\, constructions and reconstructions of worlds torn apart by conquest\, colonialism and capitalism. \nAmid the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil\, with deaths\, mourning and the cowardly use of the virus as a tool to plunder indigenous peoples’ rights\, different forms of healing have emerged in indigenous territories and from the memories of elders. \nUm Outro Céu maps ecological conflicts in N.E. Brazil and showcases new art and film works by indigenous artists. It combines reports of defenders’ experiences\, conflict cartography carried out by indigenous researchers and students\, and works by indigenous artists exploring the effects of the pandemic\, and ecological conflicts experienced by communities. \nUm Outro Céu is a collaboration between the University of Sussex\, Federal University of Bahia\, Federal University of the Recôncavo of Bahia\, and the State University of Bahia funded by the International Development Challenges Fund (Sussex / Research England) and part of the Atmospheres of Violence international research project funded by the British Academy. \nAfter an initial introduction there will be a guided tour of the website\, two short film screenings\, comments from several of the artists and then an opportunity for questions/discussion. \nUm Outro Céu website \nAPOINME website (Articulation of People & Indigenous Organisations in the Northeast\, Minas Gerais & Espirito Santo) \nImage credit: artwork by Yacunã Tuxá URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/um-outro-ceu-another-sky-website-tour-film-screenings/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MEMÓRIA-@YACUNÃ-CORRIGIDA-e1615555197498.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210323T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210323T200000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210217T221712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210219T092507Z UID:36520-1616522400-1616529600@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Write Your Own Story with Ollie O'Neill: LGBTQIA+ poetry workshop DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning poet Ollie O’Neill for a writing workshop for LGBTQIA+ participants \nWe are delighted to welcome award-winning poet Ollie O’Neill to ONCA to host ‘Tell Your Own Story’ – a writing workshop for LGBTQIA+ participants aged 18+ . Ollie will bring a range of poems by herself and other authors and we will explore ways into writing autobiographical poetry. Expect a supportive atmosphere\, gentle prompts and an opportunity (no pressure) to share your work with the group and online afterwards. \nAbout Ollie O’Neill\nOllie is a poet and writer from London\, currently based in Brighton. She is the former UK Youth Slam Champion\, and Barbican Young Poet alumni. She has read at venues such as The Institute of Contemporary Art\, Soho Theatre\, Royal Festival Hall\, Cheltenham Literature Festival and many more. \nIn 2020\, her debut full length collection What We Are Given was published by Write Bloody UK. In 2019\, her debut pamphlet Ways of Coping was published by Out-Spoken Press. \nWebsite URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/write-your-own-story-with-ollie-oneill-lgbtqia-poetry-workshop/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ollie-large.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210313T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210313T210000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210218T125500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210219T092202Z UID:36531-1615665600-1615669200@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:O N C A Bedroom Hootenanny #1: Black Belt Eagle Scout DESCRIPTION:Somewhere between a slumber party\, a punk show\, a conversation and a mixtape\, this Bedroom Hootenanny is not your average Zoom show. \nJoin ONCA’s community artist and curator Nadia Buyse as she invites some of her favourite musicians from around the world for some songs\, stories\, laughs\, and comradery. \nNadia’s first Bedroom Hootenanny guest is radical indigenous queer feminist musician Black Belt Eagle Scout aka Katherine Paul. \nTicket donations will be shared between ONCA and Potlatch Fund – a Native-led nonprofit organisation that provides grants and leadership development to Tribal Nations in Washington\, Oregon\, Idaho and Montana\, USA. Potlatch Fund works to promote diversity and address inequality by educating foundations about Tribal communities\, introducing them to Native nonprofits\, and holding funder briefings specific to Indian Country. \nAbout Black Belt Eagle Scout\nKatherine Paul “KP” is a Swinomish/Iñupiaq singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Portland\, Oregon. Her music is influenced by post-rock\, alternative rock\, and Native American traditional music. She has released an EP and two albums under the moniker Black Belt Eagle Scout. Her self-titled EP as Black Belt Eagle Scout was released in June 2014. Her debut album\, Mother Of My Children\, was first released by Portland tape label Good Cheer Records in 2017\, then re-released in September 2018 by Saddle Creek Records.On April 26\, 2019\, Saddle Creek released a new Black Belt Eagle Scout single titled “Loss & Relax” on a seven-inch vinyl backed with b-side track titled “Half Colored Hair”. \nArtist statement: \n“My name is Katherine Paul and I am Black Belt Eagle Scout. I grew up on the Swinomish Indian Reservation in NW Washington state\, learning to play piano\, guitar and drums in my adolescent years. The very first form of music that I can remember experiencing was the sound of my dad singing native chants to coo me to sleep as a baby. I grew up around powwows and the songs my grandfather and grandmother sang with my family in their drum group. This is what shapes how I create music: with passion and from the heart. After the release of Mother of My Children\, I felt awake and desperately wanted to put new music out into the world. I had no real intent behind At The Party with My Brown Friends except creating songs around what was going on in my life. In the past few years\, the reciprocal love I experienced within friendships is what has been keeping me going. A lot of what is in this album deals with love\, desire and friendship.” \nWebsite | Instagram | Facebook URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/o-n-c-a-bedroom-hootenanny-1-black-belt-eagle-scout/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/294fcf3c87855587f4a9fed61127ad9a-e1613653044385.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210225T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210225T193000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210118T121142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T104158Z UID:36297-1614276000-1614281400@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Beyond Ruin: Meet The Artists DESCRIPTION:Join us and some of the artists from our current exhibition Beyond Ruin for this online event exploring the themes behind the artists’ work. \n**Join the event using this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85892656200** \nONCA’s Co-director Amie Rai will chair a discussion drawing out the connections between the artists’ practices and the questions their work raises in relation to the intersectional environmental movement.  \nThis event will be hosted on Zoom and the presentation will be recorded\, transcribed and shared online after the event. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your access needs\, please contact info@onca.org.uk or complete this form. \nConfirmed speakers: Deru Anding | Josephine Chime | Mother Eagle | Felipe Jacome | Ruby Wolfe \nView Beyond Ruin here. URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/beyond-ruin-meet-the-artists/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BeyondRuinMTA.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210204T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T203000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20201215T223440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T115456Z UID:35977-1612465200-1615494600@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Podcast Making: 6 Week Online Course with Billie Eliot DESCRIPTION:Learn the art of podcast making in this 6 week course with radio and podcast producer and teacher\, Billie Eliot Turner. \nIn this course you will get the opportunity to gain new skills\, connect with like-minded artists\, feel held in a community going through the same process\, be taught\, enthused\, supported and encouraged by Billie every step of the way and\, most importantly\, have a lot of fun! \nThe course consists of six 1.5 hour online workshops (7 – 8.30pm\, Feb 4\, 11\, 18\, 25\, March 4 & 11) where through fun\, connecting and engaging activities\, mini lectures and sharing spaces\, you will learn to: \n\nForm your own podcast concept quickly and easily\nIdentify what is uniquely you and what you can bring to the podcast industry\nExplore your story and secure a well rounded and clear message in your work\nUnderstand your audience\nFind your voice and overcome personal hurdles\nMake a detailed plan on how your podcast will be structured\nHarness invaluable interview skills for leading and creating brilliant content\nApply practical skills with recording equipment and long distance recording\nApply technical skills and use sound editing software\nCreate your own trailer\nComplete a finished podcast\nDistribute your work in the best way for you and your project. Billie has tailored this course to support emerging creatives and activists who want to explore planetary/global health/social justice issues through podcast and audio art.\n\nTestimonial\n“I’m one of those people who has a million ideas and ambitions but struggles to manifest them. I feel totally supported in bringing this thing to life and I’m over the moon. Billie is warm\, patient and really good at squeezing ideas out of her class. She’s funny\, practical and makes this process not only manageable but fun too.” \n– Clare Ferguson- Walker\, comedian and participant of ‘How To Make A Podcast’ \n  \nWebsite | Radio Reverb show | Instagram: @billieeliotsadventureclub & @everyoneisinteresting URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/podcast-making-course-with-billie-eliot/ LOCATION:East Sussex CATEGORIES:Course,Online Event,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Billie-Eliot.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210405 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20210105T114102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T094031Z UID:36073-1611187200-1617580799@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Hili Greenfeld: MaGifa DESCRIPTION:MaGifa is an online exhibition of new works by Israeli artist Hili Greenfeld. Hili was scheduled to be ONCA’s artist in residence in July last year\, with a subsequent solo exhibition following in August\, but the ongoing coronavirus outbreak meant this couldn’t take place. \nClick here to view the exhibition \n**We recommend viewing on a computer/laptop rather than a phone for the best experience** \nMaGifa (meaning pandemic in Hebrew) reveals new works created by the artist during the first lockdown in Tel Aviv\, Israel. This body of work consists of delicate pencil and pen drawings – depicting imagined abandoned spaces containing structures\, plants and animals. The drawings have been animated to include subtle movements and shapes\, referencing the games played and music listened to by the artist and her son as they passed time indoors. \nHili says: “As happened to many people\, all of my projects were cancelled or postponed to an unknown date when the corona crisis began in early 2020. My everyday life was reduced to the most basic things: cooking\, a walk in our neighbourhood garden\, and playing with Aviv\, my 18 month-old son. It felt like the stasis of an ‘ongoing-present’. On the one hand the news gave a sense of the apocalypse\, but on the other hand every day seemed the same as the previous one.” \nEvents\nMeet the Artist: Thursday 18th February – 6:30pm (UK time) Artist Hili Greenfeld offers insights into her practice\, a project with ONCA that never happened due to Covid-19 and what she made instead. Book tickets here. \nArtists in Conversation: Adapting Practices during Covid\, Saturday 6th March – 2:00pm (UK time) Hili Greenfeld\, Andrea Knezovic\, Shirel Kadambari Horovitz and ONCA’s Lydia Heath discuss how they have adapted their practices to some of the challenges the ongoing pandemic presents. More info and tickets here. \nAbout the artist\nHili Greenfeld’s art connects fragments of private memory to cultural narratives in shrine-like installations. These installations consist of imitations of relics – objects that testify both to our desire to capture time through the objects that persist through it\, and our inability to finally make peace with the change and decay that time brings. She calls these installations ‘environments’ because they combine manipulated ready-mades\, sculptures and paintings\, creating a complex\, integrated space. Though memories are elusive and private rather than concrete and public\, these scenes reify personal memories and thus enable them to be shared.  \nWEBSITE | INSTAGRAM URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/hili-greenfeld-magifa/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Path-copy-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201129T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260818T200331 CREATED:20201106T194411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T135821Z UID:35609-1606665600-1606680000@onca.org.uk SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2020: Rituals for the Anthropocene? DESCRIPTION:From the mundane to the epic: discover some of the diverse possibilities of what a ritual for the Anthropocene might be. This event aims to inspire and give confidence to participants to hold their own ceremonies\, as well as to explore some of the tensions in the term. The event will take place in two parts: from 4 to 6.15pm\, Lost Species Day co-founder Rachel Porter of Feral Theatre will host the following UK-based ritual practitioners discussing their work: \n\nLive artist and showwoman Marisa Carnesky\nInterfaith minister Monica Douglas\nDeep listening practitioner Beckie Leach\nLunarchy 2.0 founder and multidisciplinary psychic worker Bea Xu\nContemporary artist and ornithologist Marcus Coates\n\nWatch a recording of this event here (click CC on the menu bar to turn on subtitles). \nAt 6.30pm\, after a break\, all attendees are invited to participate in a live experimental online ritual for Lost Species Day 2020\, devised by the invited speakers. \nThis event will be hosted on Zoom (a meeting link will be sent shortly beforehand) and the presentations will be recorded\, transcribed and shared online after the event. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your access needs\, please contact info@onca.org.uk. \n______________________________________________________________________ \nWe invite you to make a donation when you reserve your space at this event. Money raised will go to the Black Land & Spatial Justice Fund and Land In Our Names. \nIf you have any questions or would like to discuss your access needs\, please contact info@onca.org.uk or complete this form. \nAbout the artists\nMarisa Carnesky is a British live artist and showwoman. She uses spectacular entertainment forms\, including fairground devices and stage illusion\, and draws on themes of contemporary ritual to investigate social issues from an ecofeminist perspective. Marisa has won many awards\, including the Laurence Olivier for Best Entertainment in 2004\, Edinburgh Festival Herald Angel in 2005 and Time Out Best Theatre in 2004. \nWebsite \nMonica Douglas is a spiritual counsellor\, mentor\, coach and One Spirit minister who supports people of any faith or none through sacred space holding\, ritual\, ceremony\, stillness and somatic movement practices. She helps people to release burden\, move forward and remember the wild wisdom of their body\, heart\, mind\, spirit and environment. Her events\, ceremonies\, circles and 1:1 support have evolved from 20+ years training experience in embodied spirituality\, yoga\, dance\, meditation & personal development. \nWebsite \nRebecca Leach McDonald is a deep listening practitioner\, storyteller and educator whose practice brings together storytelling and learning for sustainability into participatory experiences that explore what it means to be human/animal within a fast-changing world. She creates opportunities to engage with phenomenology (lived experience and the senses)\, and is inspired by systems theory and the idea that true beauty resides in acts of kindness and reciprocal exchanges between the human and more-than-human world. \nFacebook \nBea Xu is a British-born Chinese\, multidisciplinary psychic worker based in London who utilises mixed media\, ritual and visionary fiction to explore speculative cosmologies beyond our current timeline. Inspired by myth\, social &/ digital anthropology and the EcoGothic\, she’s interested in the interplay of archetypal symbols with personal trauma and the potential of using play in collective shadow work. Her work constitutes the manifest\, ongoing process of sublimating her personal demons while delving into the occult\, futurology and her anxieties about late capitalism. \nWebsite | Instagram \nMarcus Coates is a contemporary artist and ornithologist living in London. At the core of Marcus’ work is a relationship to the unknowable. From his attempts to become animal to his vicarious experiences on behalf of terminally ill patients he seeks to uncover degrees of understanding and knowing\, testing our definitions and boundaries of autonomy. Marcus has collaborated with people from a wide range of disciplines\, including politicians\, palliative care consultants\, primatologists and many more. Recent publications include UR…A Practical Guide to Unconscious Reasoning\, 2014\, published by Bookworks. Marcus has exhibited extensively internationally since 1999. \nWebsite \nRachel Porter produces physical theatre. She is a performer who runs her own company\, Tiger’s Bride. She also holds a Master’s degree in Drama & Movement Therapy from The Sesame Institute. As a therapist\, she carries out pioneering work in the area of pre-linguistic communication and teaches students at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Rachel is a co-director of Feral Theatre. \nWebsite \nImage credit: Zoe Childerley \n  URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/rituals-for-the-anthropocene/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Event,Performance,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://onca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/steller-10-e1604695561792.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR