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SUMMARY:Sussex Wildlife Trust: Talk + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an insightful event at ONCA gallery in collaboration with photographic artist Benjamin Youd and Sussex Wildlife Trust. \nThe Wilder Ouse project from Sussex Wildlife Trust is bringing people together across the Ouse catchment area to restore ecological connectivity\, ecosystem function and climate resilience by establishing a robust Nature Connectivity Network. Project leaders will be sharing their insights from this process during an hour-long discussion: What is a river\, and how can we strengthen our connection to it. \nThe talk will take place against the backdrop of ONCA’s current exhibition River Story\, by photographic artist Benjamin Youd. The talk invites the audience to think about how can we form a deeper connection with rivers in the UK\, and in doing so\, understand more about the work that needs to be done to allow health river ecosystem to thrive. \nYou will be taken on a journey to explore the structures of river systems\, and how we can work together to conserve them. There will be plenty of time questions and answers. \nPlease take some time to have a look around the gallery exhibition during your visit. The artist\, Benjamin Youd will be around to discuss his work. \nBook Tickets \nAbout The Wilder Ouse Project\n\nThe Wilder Ouse Project embodies the notion that small changes make big impacts in the restoration of nature. They work with landowners\, farmers\, communities\, Parish Councils and other organisations to deliver nature-based solutions that are improving landscape connectivity for the benefit of wildlife and people. Examples of this being planting native hedgerows or maintaining dams and wetland habitats by creating scrapes and ponds. This connected approach helps to sequester tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon through effective environmental stewardship. \n\nThis event is free to attend however there are limited spaces so if you can no longer make it\, please let us know by emailing info@onca.org.uk\, thank you.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/sussex-wildlife-trust-talk-qa/
LOCATION:ONCA\, 14 Saint George's Place\, Brighton\, England\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust: Talk + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this special event at ONCA gallery in collaboration with photographic artist Benjamin Youd and the Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust. \nOuse and Adur Rivers Trust (OART) are an environmental protection organisation tending to precious waterways that stretch across Sussex. During this hour-long discussion\, OART will concentrate on the River Ouse: current condition\, pressures and what we’re doing about it. \nThe talk takes place against the backdrop of Benjamin Youd’s photographic exhibition: River Story. The session will cover an introduction into river health and the challenges that we’re all faced in maintaining a health ecosystem in the UK’s waterways. Using the River Ouse will be as a case study\, OART will share inspiring insights into the work they do and our connection with rivers. \nCome away feeling empowered with a deeper understanding of the way rivers support life and inspired to take your own action. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers. \nPlease take some time to have a look around the gallery exhibition during your visit. The artist\, Benjamin Youd will be around to discuss his work. \nBook Tickets\nAbout Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust\nOuse & Adur Rivers Trust was born in 2011 and incorporated into the National Rivers Trust movement. Since then we have developed a reputation for delivering projects\, from the smallest habitat enhancements to large scale river engineering projects\, which are centred on providing maximum benefits for wildlife and people. \nToday\, the Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust has a team of committed and knowledgeable staff\, governed by a board of trustees who bring together practical knowledge\, scientific understanding and an unbridled passion for all things water. Despite their rapid growth over the last decade\, OART remain committed to involving\, inspiring and empowering individuals and communities to take ownership of their water environment. \n\nThis event is free to attend however there are limited spaces so if you can no longer make it\, please let us know by emailing info@onca.org.uk\, thank you.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/ouse-and-adur-rivers-trust-talk-workshop/
LOCATION:ONCA\, 14 Saint George's Place\, Brighton\, England\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240622T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240622T193000
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SUMMARY:Moving Beyond Asylum Hotels: Refugee Week Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to a panel discussing the reality of living in asylum hotels and reimagining the asylum system to improve people’s experiences of being ‘in limbo’. \nThe UK Government’s ‘hostile environment’ means that people who move to the UK in search of safety and security are isolated from the rest of society and forced to live in unsuitable hotel accommodation for a year+ whilst they wait for their asylum claim to be processed. \nHowever\, it doesn’t have to be this way! In our panel discussion\, as part of Refugee Week 2024\, we will discuss the reality of life as an asylum seeker\, re-imagine the UK asylum system and think about what should happen to help people settle into their new home. \nSpeakers include representatives from local organisations\, activists and people with lived experience of migration and living in asylum hotels. \nBook Tickets \nIf you can’t afford a £4 ticket please contact inlimboexhibition@gmail.com to access a free ticket. \nIn Limbo Exhibition\nThis event accompanies a photography exhibition in Jubilee Library Window Gallery called ‘In Limbo’ that is spotlighting the real-life experiences of people seeking asylum living in hotel accommodation in Brighton and Hove. You can visit the exhibition from the 17 – 22 June. \nFollow us on Instagram: @inlimboexhibition \nFind more refugee week events in Brighton and Hove go here.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/moving-beyond-asylum-hotels-refugee-week-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:ONCA\, 14 Saint George's Place\, Brighton\, England\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Zine-Making In A Mad World
DESCRIPTION:Join Micha Frazer-Carroll for a zine-making workshop and talk about their recently published book\, Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health. \nWe’ll hear about Mad World\, a book interrogating the category of madness and explaining how the current mental health crisis is connected to capitalism\, racism and other social justice issues. Afterwards\, we’ll create our own zines\, exploring the radical history of zine-making whilst sipping tea\, and delve into using art as a mad liberation tool. \nThere will be the chance to buy a copy of Mad World on the night or you can purchase a copy from Micha Frazer-Carroll’s website here and a portion of the profit will be donated towards relief efforts in Gaza. \nThis talk is offered as part of a wider project called Climate Café which seeks to take care of anyone working in areas of climate or social justice including activists and political organisers. It responds to the unique mental health stresses caused by lived experiences of climate and social justice work by offering community care that centres restorative activities. \nBook Tickets Now \nAbout the speaker\nMicha Frazer-Carroll (she/her) is an author with a background in campaigning\, journalism and communications. At university she founded Blueprint\, a mental health magazine\, and went on to be elected Welfare and Rights Officer at Cambridge University Students’ Union. Since then\, she has acted as an editor for platforms including HuffPost\, gal-dem\, the Guardian and the Runnymede Trust; as a columnist for the Independent; and as a writer for lots of other publications. Currently\, Micha works as the Senior Media and Communications Manager for Healing Justice London. In 2023\, Micha wrote Mad World\, a book on the topic of mental health from a radical political perspective. She has experience of conducting communications work for charities\, abolitionist groups and grassroots campaigns\, and is a trustee of the National Survivor User Network.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/zine-making-in-a-mad-world/
LOCATION:ONCA\, 14 Saint George's Place\, Brighton\, England\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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SUMMARY:South East Cultural Assembly
DESCRIPTION:From Eco-Anxiety to Action: How do we free ourselves to take action for climate justice? \nAssemble at the De La Warr Pavilion for a day of collective enquiry where we’ll consider how to move beyond worry\, overwhelm\, guilt\, stagnancy and other blocks to taking action. A cultural assembly offers an opportunity to explore pathways to action by nurturing enquiry\, participation\, community-building\, radical care and collaboration.  \nCentred around the magnificent auditorium\, the assembly invites attendees to pause together and acknowledge agency. Throughout the assembly we will move around the Pavilion gathering creative inspiration from the site and hearing from inspirational guest speakers including Civic Square co-founder Imandeep Kaur\, and community organiser and climate justice advocate Samia Dumbuya\, who will guide our enquiry. The day is filled with provocations\, time to reflect\, teachings from the sea\, making\, sharing vegan food\, ritual and networking.  \nCultural assemblies build on contemporary models of peoples’ assemblies\, using creativity to encourage inclusive and imaginative approaches to problem-solving.  \nThese times demand transformation\, activating our collective creative force is crucial to generate ideas and break away from old narratives that restrict our ability to believe in alternative futures. This requires a commitment to inclusive and respectful approaches that allow all voices to be heard\, and in particular\, centering voices that are often marginalised.  \nThe cultural assembly calls cultural workers\, artists and art lovers\, activists\, public authority workers\, academics\, health and youth workers or anyone else that chimes with the themes across the south east region to participate with courage.  \nYou can visit the full programme here. Please note there will be a closing drinks reception from 4-5pm. \nThe event is FREE to attend. To support access a travel bursary of £25 is available for low-income artists or anyone else requiring this. You will be asked to provide proof of public travel fare and be reimbursed on the day. We can offer 30 bursaries so please email in advance to request at the booking link below.  \nBook Tickets Now \nAdditional Information\nEco-anxiety can be described as emotional and psychological fear and overwhelming concern about the ongoing harm to the environment caused by human activities. Whilst it affects people of all ages\, studies show a bigger impact on young people who are growing up facing an uncertain future. Research also shows that communities across the globe who are experiencing impact within their communities and to their livelihoods have higher rates of eco-anxiety. \nAhead of the cultural assembly we held a preliminary event online with guest speakers\, artist Maggie Scott and academic Perpetua Kirby\, who explore how we move beyond blocks to take action. Watch the video here. \nPartners\nCulture Declares Emergency is a growing movement of people in arts and culture declaring a climate and ecological emergency. They pledge to tell truths\, take action and seek justice. Arts and culture can lead in creating a regenerative future that protects the planet and sustains everyone\, everywhere. \nCDE South East Coastal Hub launched in September 2021\, initially reaching from Brighton to Hastings\, but open to anyone who feels connected to the Sussex Coast—an area already well known for its engagement in both culture and the environment. \nThe De La Warr Pavilion (DLWP) is a pioneering centre for arts and culture in an iconic modernist building by the sea\, designed by refugee Erich Mendelsohn and émigré Serge Chermayeff. It opened in 1935 as the ‘people’s palace’ and now produces an innovative and integrated cultural programme of exhibitions and learning programmes as well as a diverse and popular programme of live music and comedy. The Pavilion takes the lead in the development of cultural tourism and skills in the region and plays a central role in the cultural and economic growth in Sussex. \nONCA is a Brighton-based arts charity that bridges social and environmental justice issues with creativity. It promotes positive change by facilitating inclusive spaces for creative learning\, artist support\, story-sharing and community solidarity. \nThe University of Sussex is a leading higher education and research institution near Brighton. Sussex ranked 8th in the UK and joint 26th in the world for sustainability\, having developed a reputation for innovation and inspiration\, it attracts leading thinkers and researchers. It has a long tradition of engaging with business and the community\, which continues today through activities such as the Sussex Innovation Centre\, public lectures and services to the community. \nThis event has been generously funded by the University of Sussex Arts and Humanities Research Council Impact Acceleration Account and Culture Declares Emergency\, with in-kind support from all partners. \nAccessibility\nThe event is open to people aged 18+ and will be supported by BSL interpreters. There is space to let us know about any access requirements during the booking process. You can read about the De La Warr Pavilion accessibility here. If you need support with booking a ticket please email amie@onca.org.uk or call 01273 607101.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/south-east-cultural-assembly/
LOCATION:De La Warr Pavilion\, Marina\, Bexhill-on-Sea\, East Sussex\, TN40 1DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Forum,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T203000
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SUMMARY:Complicité:  Can I Live? by Fehinti Balogun - screening & post-show talk
DESCRIPTION:Why don’t we talk about it? Fehinti Balogun asks this urgent question and offers an invitation in Can I Live?\, screened at ONCA. \nCan I Live? is a vital new digital performance about the climate catastrophe in which Fehinti shares his personal journey into the biggest challenge of our times. Weaving his story with spoken word\, rap\, theatre\, animation and the scientific facts\, Fehinti charts a course through the fundamental issues underpinning the emergency\, identifying the intimate relationship between the environmental crisis and the global struggle for social justice\, and sharing how\, as a young Black British man\, he has found his place in the climate movement. \nIn the face of a sense of helplessness about the climate catastrophe\, Can I Live? is an outstretched hand\, inviting audiences to recognise they are not alone – and that through understanding the issues and connecting with the many powerful activists around the globe driving change\, we can find a sense of hope for the future. \nThe screening will be followed by a post-show discussion facilitated by Complicité’s impact producer Samia Dumbuya. \nPlease note: This event is open to everyone. We especially encourage people from the Global Majority to attend due to the content and themes within the film. \nPlease email info@onca.org.uk if you have specific access requirements that you would like to discuss. Please note that the gallery is wheelchair accessible but the toilet is up 5 steps. There are accessible toilets nearby at North Laine pub and The Yellow Book cafe. \nRunning Time: 60 mins | Suitable for ages 12+ \nContent information: contains some flashing images\, some strong language\, explores themes of racism\, classism and describes some violence. \nA Complicité production in association with the Barbican\, London\, supported by Doc Society and Oxford Playhouse. Supported by Arts Council England and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation \nCaptions and Audio Description (by VocalEyes) available.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/complicite-can-i-live-by-fehinti-balogun-screening-post-show-talk/
LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Performance,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231020T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231020T193000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230902T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230902T163000
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SUMMARY:Cân y Coed Rainforest Symphony: Screening and Q&A with Cheryl Beer
DESCRIPTION:Join us at ONCA gallery to experience the Cân y Coed Rainforest Symphony film and a Q&A with Cheryl Cheryl Beer. \nThis August we’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to exhibit the work of Cheryl Beer in our window. With the support of an Unlimited Main Commission funded by the Arts Council of Wales\, Cheryl spent a year working with the Welsh rainforests. Her work is informed by the narrative of her personal experience\, where the decline in her ability to perceive the sounds of nature was the first indication of her sudden hearing loss. Once fitted with NHS hearing aids\, she experienced first-hand how connection with nature impacts on wellbeing. \nThe CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony film will be played throughout the day\, and there will be two time slots – 2.30pm and 4pm – for gallery visitors to talk to Cheryl via Zoom. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nWales-based sound artist Cheryl Beer composes music in collaboration with the biorhythms of nature in crisis. She does this by repurposing hearing aid and biomedical technology and notating conductivity\, literally from within the natural world. Every musical note placed on the stave is led by the environment\, thus empowering nature’s voice\, centre stage. Interested in the relationship between sound\, well-being and nature\, her work raises awareness of our fragile ecologies by embodying a visceral sense of place. \n 
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/can-y-coed-rainforest-symphony-screening-and-qa-with-cheryl-beer/
LOCATION:O N C A Gallery\, 14 St George's Pl\, Brighton\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230718T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230718T200000
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SUMMARY:An evening with climate justice advocate Jennifer Uchendu
DESCRIPTION:This event is for anyone whose feelings about climate change include concern for intergenerational and international equity and justice. \nWe’re thrilled to welcome Nigeria-based eco-emotions researcher and ONCA trustee Jennifer Uchendu to the gallery to talk about her work on mental health and climate justice in African contexts. Jennifer’s focus is primarily on fostering agency and resilience in young people\, with a specific emphasis on experiences of mental health in the context of climate change in Africa. In 2016 Jennifer founded environmental organisation SustyVibes\, and in 2022 she founded TEAP\, the Eco-Anxiety Africa Project. \nAfter her talk\, Jennifer will answer questions and take part in an informal group discussion co-facilitated by ONCA co-director Persephone Pearl. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nJennifer is a prolific educator\, facilitator and speaker. For example\, she recently co-facilitated a Global Convening of Youth on Eco Anxiety and this summer will take part in the Panel Session on Climate Change\, Mental Health and Youth at the IPPA 8th World Congress on Positive Psychology. \nListen to Jennifer: \n\nBlack Earth podcast: All the feels – exploring eco-anxiety with Jennifer Uchendu\nClimate Change and Happiness podcast: Season 2\, Episode 13\n\nRead some of her writing: \n\n“Not about us without us” – the feelings and hopes of climate-concerned young people around the world \nEco-anxiety and its divergent power holds: a youth climate activist’s perspective
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/an-evening-with-climate-justice-advocate-jennifer-uchendu/
LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230718T110000
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SUMMARY:Culture Declares Emergency SE Coastal Hub July online meet - with Jennifer Uchendu
DESCRIPTION:Catch up post Earth Day and hear from Nigeria-based climate justice activist & eco emotions researcher Jennifer Uchendu. \nJoin Culture Declares Emergency southeast coastal hub co-hosts Polly and Persephone online to reconnect and reflect on hub activities and next steps. Expect to meet like minds and share ideas for climate- and nature- relevant creative and cultural events in a friendly\, informal atmosphere. We’ll discuss the potential for holding a CDE regional Cultural Assembly\, and we’re also thrilled to welcome Nigeria-based eco emotions researcher and ONCA trustee Jennifer Uchendu who’ll talk about her work on mental health and climate justice in African contexts. (Jennifer will also speak in the gallery that evening – ticket link here.) \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/culture-declares-se-coastal-hub-july-online-meet-with-jennifer-uchendu/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Forum,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230628T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230628T200000
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SUMMARY:Animals as Peoples: SE Asian Literature & the Anthropomorphic Imaginary
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte’s Web. Animal Farm. These are just two notable literary works from the Anglophone world that depict animals like people. But should we? Join writer-researcher Nazry Bahrawi at ONCA Gallery for a talk and workshop exploring anthropomorphism in Southeast Asian animal stories. \nIn the Western hemisphere\, the field of animal studies has evolved to distance itself from anthropomorphism\, or the attribution of human traits and behaviours to non-human subjects. Anthropologist Dr. Jane Desmond\, series editor of Animal Lives at University of Chicago Press\, prefers academic manuscripts that consider animals “in light of their minds\, emotions and social histories”. \nContrary to Desmond’s view\, this workshop posits that anthropomorphism in animal stories still has its place. It makes the case that this is a staple feature of maritime Southeast Asian animal stories and folk tales\, one that is especially pertinent for its peoples to make sense of race relations in the highly multicultural region\, where ethnic Malays\, Chinese and South Asians live\, work and play. \nIf you are interested in the intersections between literature\, narrative and animality\, join us as we explore prose and poetry of real and mythical beasts from Singapore\, Malaysia and Indonesia to delve into the good and bad of anthropomorphism. \nExcerpts will be provided. You are also invited to share your own animal story by way of an object\, a memory or sheer fabrication. This workshop is suitable for literary enthusiasts\, creative writers and poets as well as nature lovers with little to no knowledge of Southeast Asia. \nWorkshop reading materials: \n\nAlfian Sa’at. ‘The Merlion’. From One Fierce Hour (1998)\nEka Kurniawan. ‘Caronang’. From Kitchen Curse (2019)\nKS Maniam. ‘Haunting the Tiger’ (1990). Will be emailed.\n‘The Mouse-Deer’s Shipwreck’. From Fables and Folktales from an Eastern Forest\, collected and translated by Walter Skeat (1901). Will be emailed.\n\n ABOUT NAZRY BAHRAWI\nNazry Bahrawi is a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Spatial\, Environmental and Cultural Politics (CSECP) at University of Brighton. Originally from Singapore\, Nazry teaches Southeast Asian literature and culture at University of Washington in Seattle. His most recent creative work is Singa-Pura-Pura\, a collection of Malay speculative fiction from Singapore which he edited and translated. \n\nNazry Bahrawi \n\nImage credit: illustration from New Straits Times\, June 9th 1990. Detail from KS Maniam – Haunting the Tiger \n  \nThis event is supported by CSECP
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/animals-as-peoples-se-asian-literature-the-anthropomorphic-imaginary/
LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Muralism: Art that Breaks Walls
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an event exploring mural art as a powerful tool for social change and its past\, present and future within resistance movements.  \nColombian artist LILOPHILIA will give a talk about their love of print-making and how this serves their interest in Black feminist activism and advocacy for communities at risk. We’ll then hear from Gustavo Chávez Pavón\, a muralist with over 20 years of experience rooted in the Zapatista movement in Chiapas\, Mexico\, to understand how works emerge as collective processes in collaboration with social movements.  \nAfterwards there will be the opportunity to come together to think through and plan a communal mural for a location in Brighton. We’ll use the insights of LILOPHILIA and Gustavo Chávez Pavón to guide this process\, creating a communal mural that conveys taking care of Mother Earth through a socially critical lens.   \nThere will also be the opportunity to buy prints from LILOPHILIA on the day. \n\nThis event has been organised by climate justice activist Helena Müllenbach Martínez in collaboration with ONCA.  \nACCESSIBILITY\nThe gallery is wheelchair accessible but the toilet is up five stairs. There is an accessible toilet at North Laine pub\, 100 metres from the gallery. For more information or to ask a question please email info@onca.org.uk or call 01273 607101. \nImage by LILOPHILIA
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/muralism-art-that-breaks-walls/
LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230221T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
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SUMMARY:Screening of ASTRA followed by Q&A with Naomi Foyle and Raven Kaliana
DESCRIPTION:ASTRA by Naomi Foyle & Raven Kaliana is a new multimedia production\, which won the ONCA Green Curtain Award and premiered in 2022 at Brighton Fringe. ASTRA is an adaptation of eco-science fiction novels The Gaia Chronicles by Naomi Foyle\, designed and directed by Raven Kaliana. The story depicts a post-fossil fuel society struggling toward social justice and balance with the Earth. Themes include racism\, disability rights\, child abuse and climate crisis. The after-show discussion offers an opportunity for audience members affected by these issues to speak out and connect with others who share your concerns\, including local groups working to solve problems. \nDoors open at 6:30 p.m.\, film (70 mins) starts sharp at 7:00 p.m. There will be refreshments provided. \nSupported by Arts Council England\, the University of Chichester\, Brighton Fringe\, Chichester Fringe\, European Mediterranean Resources Network\, urbanflo\, Brighton & Hove Pride Culture ConneX\, ONCA Gallery \nACCESSIBILITY\nThe film screening of ASTRA is suitable for ages 16+. Includes BSLI + Captions; Audio Description available online. \nThe gallery is wheelchair accessible but the toilet is up five stairs. There is an accessible toilet at North Laine pub\, 100 metres from the gallery. For more information or to ask a question please email info@onca.org.uk or call 01273 607101.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/screening-of-astra/
LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230206T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230206T103000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
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SUMMARY:Culture Declares Southeast Coastal Hub Online Meet
DESCRIPTION:Come to an online new year CDE catch-up to share ideas and set intentions for 2023! \nJoin Culture Declares Emergency southeast coastal hub co-hosts Polly and Persephone via Zoom to reconnect and make plans for spring 2023. Expect to meet like minds and share ideas for climate-relevant creative and cultural events in a friendly\, informal atmosphere. We’ll be thinking specifically about the possibility of co-ordinating activities for Earth Day\, April 22nd. Hope to see you there.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/culture-declares-emergency-se-coastal-hub-meet/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Forum,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221201T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221201T193000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
CREATED:20221103T152726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T085801Z
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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:England
CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221108T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221108T200000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
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SUMMARY:Rachel Henson: Shimmer
DESCRIPTION:Join Rachel Henson for a conversation and interactive sharing of ‘shimmer’ found in nearby wild during The Living Coast artist residency co-supported by Fabrica and ONCA. \nRachel’s practice came out of solo free walking as a way of dealing with difficult feelings. Walking out from the city she noticed seeing and hearing more keenly\, a widening of attention\, an expansion\, often euphoric\, that often helped. She began to observe things that move in a landscape through the lens\, taking the visual phrases into photo-animation\, and inventing means of showing the work immersively in situ or in ways that involve the viewer’s physicality. \nDuring The Living Coast artist residency\, she explored three urban fringe sites\, Benfield Valley\, Coldean and Waterhall\, making moving-image phrases of what she termed ‘shimmer\,’ the hard-to-define euphoric qualities of these health-giving landscapes\, and walked with local land guardians\, the people who work with their communities to revel in and safeguard nearby wild\, to hear their take on ‘shimmer’ and the processes in action when walking out. \nFor the sharing she wants to link some of these cinematic phrases with the movement of the viewer in physical space to see what relationships and sensations transpire. \nRACHEL’S WEBSITE \nAccessibility: ONCA Barge is accessed via ramps from the boardwalk. The lower deck is not wheelchair accessible – it is reached via approximately 15 wide stairs. Please email info@onca.org.uk with any access questions or requests.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/rachel-henson-shimmer/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221102T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221102T203000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
CREATED:20221022T132319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T164357Z
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SUMMARY:ESTABRAK / إستبرق: TALK & SCREENING
DESCRIPTION:Join Estabrak / إستبرق and invited guests for an evening talk and screening as part of her solo exhibition: For the Veil\, Within the Veil\, Without the Veil. \nSometimes interactive and other times static\, For the Veil\, Within the Veil\, Without the Veil is an exhibition attempting to navigate a familiar yet fine line between danger and beauty. This exhibition takes place as part of Brighton Photo Fringe’s 2022 Festival: Real Utopias – more info here. \nACCESSIBILITY\nThe gallery is wheelchair accessible but the toilet is up five stairs. There are accessible toilets close by\, at The Yellow Book bar and North Laine pub. Find out more about visiting the gallery  or please contact info@onca.org.uk or 01273 607101 if you have specific access needs. \n___ \nImage credit: photograph and artwork by Estabrak \nImage description: photograph taken underwater of a small glass sculpture made by the artist which has been placed on a rock. \n 
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/estabrak-%d8%a7%d9%95%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%82-talk-screening/
LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T190000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220924T170000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
CREATED:20220912T174521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220923T105809Z
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SUMMARY:Pakistan Floods: Solidarity Fundraiser Events Programme
DESCRIPTION:A third of Pakistan is under water due to the devastating floods that struck in recent weeks. Please come to ONCA to show your support\, learn about the systemic injustices and other issues behind the floods\, and contribute to the relief efforts and fundraiser. \nEntire villages have been swept away\, along with the majority of the country’s crops. More than a million people are homeless and urgently need help to survive\, while more rain is set to make conditions worse. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he has “never seen climate carnage” on the scale at which Pakistan is suffering. Guterres and many commentators blame wealthier countries for contributing to the devastation. But what responsibility exactly do these wealthier nations bear? \nEVENTS PROGRAMME\nThursday 22 September\n\n5-8pm: Performance poetry and music night curated by legendary local queer feminist art collective Devil’s Dyke Network \n6-7pm: Online panel discussion chaired by Dr Nichola Khan\, Co-director of the Centre for Spatial\, Environmental and Cultural Politics\, University of Brighton. (Watch from home via Zoom or Facebook Live\, or from the gallery with DDN.) \n\nFriday 23 September\n\n11am-1pm: Circle Weaving with Saj Fareed \n\n3-5pm: Zines Zinedabad workshop with Soofiya\n\nSaturday 24 September\n\n1-4pm: Film screenings – Voice from the Roof of the World documentary series \n4-5pm: Ecofeminism and Pakistani Women’s Poetry workshop with Manjot Dhaliwal \n\nArtwork fundraiser\nThroughout the events\, artists will be selling low cost prints to raise funds for Pakistan – these will be printed to order for a minimum donation of £5.00 and poster prints on 100gsm. \nSoofiya\n \nAbout Soofiya: \nSoofiya’s design practice centres around illustration\, visual identity and book design\, with most clients tending to be in the arts\, cultural and activist sector. Soofiya’s art practice and writings aim to articulate a commentary on gender\, race\, politics and bodies through a DIY and therapeutically informed approach. Soofiya has worked as a lecturer in design and arts at Universities and HE institutions nationally and internationally in the UK and Xiamen\, China. Soofiya is currently an associate lecture at UAL on their MA Internet Equalities course as well as a sessional lecturer at Ravensbourne and Brighton University. \nAbinaya Kamalanathan\n \nAbout Abinanya: \n“Hello\, my name is Abinaya. I live in London and I’m passionate about children’s illustration. I create digital and hand drawn illustrations for children\, on subjects that affect children and to look at certain topics from a child’s point of view.” \nSabba Khan\n \nAbout Sabba Khan: \nSabba Khan is a visual artist and graphic novelist based in Newham\, London.\nPage 269 & 270 of Sabba Khan‘s graphic novel\, The Roles We Play\, is an artistic response to an excerpt of Allama Iqbal’s poem ‘Manzil Talash Kar’. The poem talks of coming face to face with one’s oppositions\, both metaphysical and worldly. We are invited to be brave\, and summon the courage from within to face whatever demons lie ahead. Later in the poem\, he proclaims “Every person is burning in the fire of oppositions. Search for the water that distinguishes that fire”. As the climate emergency comes to a head in places like Pakistan\, Bangladesh\, Haiti and Somalia\, it feels important to use these ancestral messages from the past to fuel our collective action.\n\nSaj Fareed\n \nOriginal A3 & A4 mindfulness drawings. \nAbout Saj: \nSaj Fareed is a British Asian slow artist and artist educator. She has developed her career working on a wide range of art education projects for museums\, galleries\, schools and many other establishments for over 25 years. Saj has a keen interest in promoting the arts and crafts to a wider audience and as a tool for creative expression and learning. The aim is to also empower and inspire individuals in their own creative process. Through her practice\, Saj takes inspiration from her desire to live a slower pace in her life and the importance of creative self-care for our wellbeing. \n  \nThese prints will be available to buy online soon. If you’re an artist and would like to sell you prints at this event and online via our website please email info@onca.org.uk. \nMore artists TBA. \nDonations\nAll of these events are drop in and free to attend but donations are encouraged. 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. \n___ \nImage credit: Amandeep Singh \nImage description: A crescent moon lies sideways\, like a boat\, on a watery blue background. A child sits on the crescent\, head bowed\, back resting against the star which has also fallen from the Pakistan flag which hangs limply from the boat’s mast\, with no moon and star.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/pakistan-floods-solidarity/
LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Course,Exhibition,Film Screening,Private View,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220907T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220907T200000
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SUMMARY:Listening Lab with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia
DESCRIPTION:A listening lab featuring sounds capturing in The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere during Andrés Saenz de Sicilia’s TLC artist residency. \nJoin us on the ONCA Barge at Brighton Marina for a listening lab featuring sounds capturing in the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere during Andrés Saenz de Sicilia’s The Living Coast Artist Residency. An immersive soundscape lasting around 45 minutes will be performed on a multi-channel sound system\, with space for participants to sit or lie down and listen. The presentation will be following by a discussion between the artist and audience. \nAbout the artist\nAndrés Saenz de Sicilia is a British-Mexican sound artist/performer\, philosopher and researcher. He holds a PhD from the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy\, Kingston University London and teaches at Central Saint Martins\, University of the Arts London. His works and performances have been featured in programs at the British Museum\, Victoria & Albert Museum\, Café OTO\, Whitechapel Gallery\, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma\, Villa Lontana\, Flat Time House and ZKM Center for Art and Media\, Karlsruhe. He has released music both under his own name and as Pataphysical on record labels including 12th Isle\, Good Morning Tapes and Villa Lontana Records. \nWEBSITE \nPlease note: this event will take place on the lower deck of the Barge which is not wheelchair accessible. Please email info@onca.org.uk if you have any questions or access requirements.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/listening-lab-with-andres-saenz-de-sicilia/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Performance,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220901T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220901T200000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
CREATED:20220808T160028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T142749Z
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SUMMARY:Epha Roe In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Epha Roe in conversation with Dr Annebella Pollen about the processes and ideas behind their solo exhibition: Photosymbiosis \nJoin us in the gallery to learn more about how and why Epha Roe makes their analogue photographs and the research behind them. In this informal event Epha will be in conversation with their PhD supervisor Dr Annebella Pollen. There will also be opportunities for audience Q&A. \nDr Annebella Pollen is Reader in History of Art and Design at University of Brighton\, with particular research interests in photography studies and British cultural history. Her books include Mass Photography: Collective Histories of Everyday Life (2015)\, The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift: Intellectual Barbarians (2015) and Nudism in a Cold Climate: The Visual Culture of Naturists in Mid-20th-Century Britain (2021). \n___ \nThis is an in person event but\, as the gallery capacity is limited\, it will also be lived streamed via our Facebook page or for those not using Facebook it can be accessed via Zoom: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84428741636?pwd=WG5BRDZ0UlhPdmdNZzg3eTNZekdaQT09 \nMeeting ID: 844 2874 1636 \nPasscode: 132691 \nRead more about the exhibition here. \nFree tickets are available for those that need them (including carers & PA’s). Donation tickets available for those able to give and are a vital form of support for ONCA’s work with artists and communities. \nAccess information about our venue available here. Please email lydia@onca.org.uk\, call 01273 607101 or drop in during our opening hours (Wed – Fri\, 1 – 6pm & Sat 1 – 4pm) to discuss further. \n  \n___ \nImage credit: Photograph by Epha Roe \nImage description: cropped photograph of a mature oak tree. The tones of the leaves are lush pastel pinks and reds\, envisaging a chemical pigment in oak leaves called phytochrome that detects seasonal change through the levels of red light in the atmosphere. The leaves sway and blur in the breeze.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/epha-roe-in-conversation-2/
LOCATION:ONCA Gallery\, 14 St George's Place\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220630T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220630T213000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
CREATED:20220608T171148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220617T110802Z
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SUMMARY:Resisting Killer Corporations: Strategic Use of Law Against Extractivism
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the gallery for an evening of talks from inspirational movement leaders and a workshop exploring the strategic use of litigation as a tool for activism. \nKiller corporations with headquarters in London are promoting extractivism in the Global South\, violating human and ecological rights. Communities such as the Yukpas (in Colombia) have a unique and long trajectory of resistance. Their first hand experience is invaluable for justice to be sought through strategic litigation\, yet often they face severe threats and difficulties for resisting transnational corporations. Join us to learn about the strategic use of litigation and international solidarity to amplify anti-extractivist struggle. \nWe are thrilled to be working with Colombian youth justice advocate Helena Müllenbach Martinez and University of Sussex’s Centre for Global Political Economy to welcome a stellar panel of speakers – Mikaela Loach\, Gilberto Torres (via Zoom)\, Lara Montesinos Coleman and  Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz – to ONCA Gallery. \nAfter a break with refreshments\, please stay for a workshop on how to use litigation strategically against corporations. The aim will be to make a long-term plan (up to a year) thinking through how we can mobilise to work with the Yukpas and use litigation as a tool of activism. We’ll be focused on outcomes and commitments. Workshop facilitator: Ketan Jha of Plan B Earth and Lawyers for Nature. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\nMikaela Loach is a climate\, social and racial justice activist who has been at the forefront of the #StopCambo campaign which has successfully pressured stakeholders such as Shell and Siccar Point to withdraw or pause from their plans on investing in a new oilfield off the Shetland Islands. Moreover\, Mikaela is one of three Paid to Pollute claimants who have taken the UK government to court\, demanding it to terminate public payments and tax benefits for oil and gas companies which threaten the UK’s commitment to net zero emissions and consequently a liveable future on this planet. \nGilberto Torres is a Colombian Trade Union Leader who survived a brutal abduction and torture by paramilitaries hired by Ocensa\, a Colombian subsidiary of the oil company British Petroleum (BP). In an unprecedented case 13 years after his kidnapping\, Torres took BP to court in London. Currently exiled in Venezuela\, he remains an outspoken human rights advocate and political activist. \n Lara Montesinos Coleman: Reader in International Relations\, Law and Development at the University of Sussex whose research and publications revolve around issues of international resistance\, dissent\, and solidarity as well as critical legal thought and human rights. For over a decade\, Lara has been working with a network of peasant\, trade union and indigenous organizations in Colombia. Drawing on this ethnographic engagement\, she co-authored a book which explores the possibilities and pitfalls of the strategic use of law to challenge the pervasive human and environmental harm caused by the extractivist operations of multinational corporations. \n Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz is the Senior International Programmes Officer (Latin America) at War on Want in London\, working primarily with frontline communities resisting the expansion of extractivism and defending their territories and water. He is part of grassroots Latin American collective\, Movimiento Jaguar Despierto\, London Mining Network and London-based environmental justice collective\, The Wretched of the Earth. \n_______________________________________ \nThis event will be streamed via ONCA’s Facebook page. \nThe talks will be transcribed and shared online after the event. \nONCA Gallery is wheelchair accessible. Please email info@onca.org.uk to let us know about any access needs. Please wear a mask and sanitise your hands. \nImage credit: Margot Kafka
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/resisting-killer-corporations-strategic-use-of-law-against-extractivism/
LOCATION:ONCA\, 14 Saint George's Place\, Brighton\, England\, BN1 4GB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220427T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220427T180000
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SUMMARY:Anti-colonial ecologies: Indigenous art and resistance in Brazil
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous peoples in Brazil have been fighting colonial conquest for centuries\, trying to protect their lands\, livelihoods and cosmovisions. \nUnder the double assault of a hostile government pushing for expansion of extractive industries in Indigenous territories and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic\, these struggles have only accelerated in recent years. Amid the tragedy of the pandemic\, with death\, mourning and the cowardly use of the virus as a tool to plunder rights\, various forms of cure began to arise\, which were found in the territories\, hidden in the memories of the elderly. From sadness\, the light of resistance is kindled\, the power of recreation of the world. From these territories of art and war emerge different forms of resistance\, narratives\, constructions and reconstructions of worlds torn by conquest\, colonialism and capitalism. \nThis free seminar brings together artists and academics to discuss Indigenous art and resistance and anti-colonial ecologies that seek another horizon of conviviality of differences and more just and egalitarian ways of living. \nThis is a hybrid event\, accessible via a livestream from our Facebook page. \nSeminar Details\nLocation: University of Sussex Campus\, Jubilee Building (Room G30)\, 4-6pm. No need to sign up. \nIntroduction – Persephone Pearl (ONCA) \nSession 1: ‘From atmospheres of violence towards another sky’ – Dr Mary Menton (Research Lead\, Not1More;  Research Associate\, School of Global Studies) \nSession 2: ‘Reclaiming imaginaries and enchanting horizons: anti-colonial ecologies\, art and resistance in Brazil’ – Dr Felipe Milanez (Professor at Institute of Humanities\, Arts and Sciences\, Federal University of Bahia\, Brazil) \nSession 3: ‘Memories of the future: art\, mourning and struggle’ – Arissana Pataxó (Indigenous artist; Phd student at Federal University of Bahia; teacher at Indigenous College of Coroa Vermelha\, Brazil) \nChairs: Dr Mika Peck (School of Life Sciences) and Dr Evan Killick (School of Global Studies) \nThis seminar is co-hosted by ONCA and the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) and forms part of the University of Sussex Biodiversity Week taking place 25-29 April 2022 and coinciding with the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) 2022. \nFor further information about the topic of this event\, visit the ‘Another Sky Project’ and the SSRP-funded project ‘Indigenous visions for rights-based approaches to sustainability’ websites.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/anti-colonial-ecologies-indigenous-art-and-resistance-in-brazil/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220324T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220324T190000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
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SUMMARY:Letters to the Earth Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join the CDE Southeast Coastal Hub at Hastings Common Room for a free Letters to the Earth workshop that explores the subject of the climate and ecological emergency. \nLetters to the Earth is a creative participatory campaign launched in 2019 in collaboration with Culture Declares Emergency. It has generated\, received and amplified thousands of letters to or from the Earth from people all over the world. \nThis workshop will create space for participants to share responses to the climate and ecological emergency\, and facilitate the generation of creative and personal responses through the writing and sharing of Letters – which can be to or from the Earth\, another species\, person\, moment in time or place. Expect new conversations and a chance to find common ground and new collaborations. The facilitator is Kay Michael\, a theatre-maker\, co-founder of Culture Declares and the director of Letters to the Earth. All ages are welcome. \nThis free session will take place at Hastings’ lovely new community space The Common Room on March 24th from 5.30-7pm. It will be followed by a Transition Town Hastings Food for Thought pot luck supper – please bring a dish to share if you would like to stay on for the evening. \nCulture Declares Emergency website \nLetters to the Earth website
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/letters-to-the-earth-workshop/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220317T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220317T190000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220312T163552Z
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SUMMARY:Sensing Sound: Ali Donaldson & Chris Cutler in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Two strangers exchange experiences of listening and hearing loss. \nTwo professionals from different fields exchange experiences of listening and hearing loss. How do they hear – and sometimes mis-hear – sounds\, music\, noise\, nature and speech? What have they learned about sound and living with disability? What difference do the latest technologies make? And how can others include them in social exchanges? \nAli Donaldson is a specialist in writing and communications\, having worked as a policy researcher\, archaeological digger\, magazine writer\, editor and writing coach. \nChris Cutler is a musician and composer who was in Pere Ubu\, worked with The Residents\, wrote for orchestras\, made radio art pieces and ran a year-long soundscape programme for Resonance FM. \nThis is a hybrid event that will be livestreamed by Sound Art Brighton. \nRefreshments will be available to those attending the venue. Read the accessibility information for the ONCA Barge here. \nSound Art Brighton Festival | Third Thursdays
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/sensing-sound-ali-donaldson-chris-cutler-in-conversation/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220223T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220223T200000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
CREATED:20220203T172427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220203T173136Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the Artist: Olga Saavedra Montes De Oca
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal online conversation with our current exhibiting artist Olga Saavedra Montes De Oca. \nOlga will be joined by Emile Devereaux\, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Sussex and Maddy Kelly\, ONCA’s Communications Manager to discuss the themes within the exhibition in more detail. There will also be the opportunity for audience Q&A. \nBy reflecting on contemporary images of transgender individuals in relation to their family\, the artist seeks to query a focus on gender transition as a contemporary\, individual process\, to re-locate it in personal and family histories. The focus is on the heteronormative family as a space where gendered differences take place. \nRead more about the exhibition here. \nThis event is offered on a donation basis with free tickets also available to those that need them. \n_______________ \nImage description: A photograph by artist Olga Saavedra Montes de Oca of an outdoor scene. The viewer looks up at a closeup scene of denim jeans with rips in the legs and a clear tarpaulin sheet hanging on a washing line that is propped up by a long thin piece of wood\, surrounded by trees. Clear blue skies peek through the leaves of the large stubby palm trees and taller native trees\, making the tarpaulin appear baby blue whilst keeping the scene darker and intimate. There is a top section on a wall visible at the bottom of the photograph. A pair of navy Adidas trainers with three yellow stripes and white soles are sitting on the wall along with a dirty\, plastic football and a pair of sun damaged orangey rubber gloves. Some small green foliage is sprouting from the wall seen in the bottom left corner of the photograph to the left of the trainers.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/meet-the-artist-olga-saavedra-montes-de-oca/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T110000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
CREATED:20220113T185111Z
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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:England
CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220202T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220202T193000
DTSTAMP:20260818T193559
CREATED:20220119T165555Z
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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:England
CATEGORIES:Online Event,Talk,Young People
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220113T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220113T193000
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SUMMARY:Meet the Artists: A.MAL Collective
DESCRIPTION:Informal conversation between A.MAL Collective and ONCA about their current exhibition: In\, Among & Between من الى عن على في \nWinners of ONCA’s Lost Species Day 2021 commission\, A.MAL is a curatorial platform exploring ecology\, migration and post-coloniality through speculative art and research projects. \nA.MAL cast a critical eye on past and present global issues while seeking to harness human connection and creativity to imagine a better\, more hopeful future. Always questioning\, always exploring. A.MAL aims to address the interconnectivity of colonialism and climate injustice by questioning current relationships between the Global North and Global South. Challenging over-consumption (which is leading to extinction of species\, the pollution of seas and climate change as a whole) through imagination and creativity. \nThere will also be the opportunity for audience Q&A. \nRead more about the exhibition here. \nThis event is offered on a donation basis with free tickets also available to those that need them. \nImage credit: Photograph by Ella Hunter \nImage description: Photograph of Leila from A.MAL Collective standing in front of a projection of one of A.MAL’s films. Leila is stood sideways on and their silhouette is cast onto the film. They have a shaved head and are wearing silver hoop earrings\, a cream jacket and red scarf. The film shows a blurry image of a beach in El Jadida (Morocco) with plastic waste on the shore and a few people sitting on rocks near the water.
URL:https://onca.org.uk/event/meet-the-artists-a-mal-collective/
LOCATION:England
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211130T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211130T193000
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CREATED:20211103T063647Z
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SUMMARY:Lost Species Day 2021: Interdependence Ritual with Bea Xu
DESCRIPTION:Join Bea Xu on Lost Species Day for a ritual inspired by the theme of ecological entanglement and webs. \nHaving initiated an online ritual offering last year during the winter lockdown\, Remembrance Day for Lost Species is glad to repeat this practice. We’re delighted to announce the return of transpersonal* ritual practitioner Bea Xu to hold the space for this year’s Lost Species Day. \nBea will facilitate a ritual inspired by the theme of ecological entanglement and webs – calling in the networks that exist across the elements of air\, fire\, water and earth. Participants will be supported to explore the Lost Species Day tenth anniversary theme of Interdependence through the human and more-than-human relationships they weave; visible and invisible\, at the planetary and microbial level. \nLost Species Day co-founders will introduce Bea and offer a short remembrance reading at the start of the event. \nNo prior experience or materials are necessary. \n*The transpersonal is defined as “experiences in which the sense of identity or self extends beyond the individual or personal to encompass wider aspects of humankind\, life\, psyche or cosmos”. \nABOUT BEA XU\nBea is a Chinese-British\, transdisciplinary psychic worker from London currently located in Vilnius for the 9th Rupert Alternative Education Programme. Using collaborative play\, speculative fiction and therapeutic intervention they design and means-test integrated\, sustainable and post-capitalist realities with live audiences. Bea’s work is intuitive\, visionary and narrative-driven – foregrounding blood magic\, decolonized time and non-binary logic within a world-building and ritualistic framework. \nBea is the creatrix of ritual laboratory LUNARCHY 2.0; has collaborated with Omsk Social Club\, FemmeDaemonium\, Heal Her Project\, the RenewRebels; and had work selected by UNFIX Festival 2021\, Tech Arts Gallery for the 14th Baltic Triennial\, Solo Show\, Artlake Festival 2020\, Virtual Futures\, The Rollright Fayre 2018\, ONCA Gallery\, Gods & Radicals Press\, and upcoming projects with Furtherfield Gallery and IAM Festival 2021. She has a background in climate communications and campaigns and co-founded a pan-European sustainable travel startup that is in its incubation phase presently. Bea is an English graduate from Oxford University and is a trainee integrative\, transpersonal psychotherapist studying at CCPE. \nACCESSIBILITY\nThis ritual 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 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-ritual-with-bea-xu/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Performance,Talk
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