Today (Monday, 18.12.23) is a day of Global Strike Action for Palestine against the genocide being committed by the state of Israel on the Palestinian people. As an overwhelming majority (17 out of 21 students so far) we have decided to cancel the event Night of the Anthropocene at Kanuti Gildi Saal. We stand in solidarity with Palestine by taking strike action by withholding our creative labor and cultural output.

How can we discuss the Anthropocene, when injustices are so entangled (including this genocide and the environmental, systematic and humanitarian entanglement of the Anthropocene). Striking is one way to disrupt a corrupt system and challenge the status quo.

We took the decision that instead of sitting in silent strike action, we replace the event with a film screening to platform the voices of Palestinians, their resilience, knowledge, culture and struggles for freedom from a genocidal state. The screening of Foragers (2022) by Jumana Manna will start from 18.15. We will be collecting donations that will be split between the Egyptian Food Bank and medical aid for Palestinians, two trusted organisations that have been successful in getting humanitarian aid into Gaza. More info on charities below.

Film description:

Foragers depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel with wry humor and a meditative pace. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, it employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on these customs. The restrictions prohibit the collection of the artichoke-like ’akkoub and za’atar (thyme), and have resulted in fines and trials for hundreds caught collecting these native plants. For Palestinians, these laws constitute an ecological veil for legislation that further alienates them from their land while Israeli state representatives insist on their scientific expertise and duty to protect. Following the plants from the wild to the kitchen, from the chases between the foragers and the nature patrol, to courtroom defenses, Foragers captures the joy and knowledge embodied in these traditions alongside their resilience to the prohibitive law. By reframing the terms and constraints of preservation, the film raises questions around the politics of extinction, namely who determines what is made extinct and what gets to live on.

Donations:

The Egyptian Food Bank (EFB) is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 and registered at the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity under Registration Number 562. Since October 14th, the EFB has been working at the Rafah crossing in collaboration with the Palestine Red Crescent to deliver aid to civilians in Gaza. Regular updates on how donations are used are available through the Facebook page of EFB CEO Mohsen Sarhan Ali.

https://www.efb.eg/

Medical Aid for Palestinians is a UK based non-profit organization offering medical aid in the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem and Lebanon. With their extensive local knowledge and experience, they work closely with communities, hospitals, clinics and healthcare providers to coordinate care and medical aid even where there are severe restrictions on access. MAP provides immediate medical aid to those in need at times of crisis, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system.

https://www.map.org.uk/

Thank you to Solidarity Cinema for access to their archive where this film was sourced.

18.00–18.30
Kohalolemise harjutus „ “
Yuko Kinouchi, Tea Lemberpuu, Jane Muts, Maria Elise Remme, Jake Rhys Shepherd, Elo Vahtrik

Otsisime pausi, vaikust. Jooksime läbi metsade, magasime koobastes, järgnesime veele. Kõik selleks, et pääseda inimese tekitatud mürast. Meie kõrvu jõudis kuuldus inimese loodud ruumist, mis on pühendatud vaikusele. Kohtusime Johniga. Ta kinnitas, et mõne aja pärast on ruumis kuulda ainult meie sees voolavat verd. Südamelööke ja kõiki helisid, millest me koosneme. On asju, mida me ei saa välja lülitada.

„ “ palume teil meiega liituda, et koos teha paus, aeglustuda ja pöörata tähelepanu enda sisse.

P.S Palume ruumi sisenemisel jalanõud ja telefoni hetkeks maha jätta.

18.30–20.00
Töötuba „Lehetrükk“
Chloé Geinoz, Sven-Aleksander Mantsik, Vitor Pascal, Liza Tsindelian

„Lehetrükk“ (nii nimetatakse tehnikat, mille puhul taimi raiutakse paberile või kangale, et neid sellele printida) on ökoloogilisi ja jätkusuutlikke materjale kasutav trükkimise töötuba.

Meie töötuba on üles ehitatud grupi liikmete erinevatele praktikatele. Meie jaoks on oluline, et iga liikme kunstiline käekiri ja kogemus leiaksid projektis kajastamist: Liza töötab kasutatud materjalidega, Chloé kasutab oma töös sageli taimi, Vitori ja Sveni praktika seostub trükitehnikate ja kriitilise tekstiloomega.

18.30–20.00
Installatsioon „Mulle meeldib Maa ja Maale meeldin mina“
Eleftheria Kofidou, Jana Mätas, Caroline Pajusaar, KitKit Para, Kadri Vahar, Edgar Volkov

Lülisammas on meie keha ja vaimu, aga ka närvisüsteemi peamine tugistruktuur. Seljaaju rakud kannavad edasi kõiki signaale, mis on vajalikud organismi ülalpidamiseks. Need omavahel seotud süsteemid juhivad kõiki meie tegevusi; nad suunavad meie ärkvelolekut, unenägusid ja magamist; ning meie tasakaal sõltub nende edukast koostööst. Meie väsinud luud puhkavad, lamades sellel pinnasel. Ometi muutub Maa nahk üha hõivatumaks. Mis saab meie kehamaastikest? Meie tehisjäänused on Maa uus selgroog.

18.30–20.00
„Can I speak to the manager? It’s about the anthropocene“
Yvette Bathgate, Mihhail Boitsov, Katariina Kesküla, Merilin Põldsam, Kristi Vendelin

Uurime kollektiivselt omavahelisi ühenduspunkte, köites üheskoos käsitsi kokku raamatut, milles kohtuvad üksteisega kunstiteosed, pabermaterjal ja tekstilised mängud.
Meie individuaalsed praktikad seob kokku lühike manifesti stiilis tekst koos viie kunstiteosega, mida esitleme nii installatiivses vormis kui ka koos käsitsi kokku köidetud trükisena.