2020




NAH_Remote: Coexistence


Theme | Workshop


The global pandemic of 2020 forced NAHR to temporarily suspend its normal residency and workshop in Italy.

Early in the pandemic, NAHR asked users to submit their reflections on nature, art and habitat in the age of COVID-19. You’ll find the remarkable collection of text, images, videos and audio pieces we received in response here.

Instead of our usual residency and workshop, we hosted a series of online dialogs on the theme of “coexistence”, inviting participants to share their thoughts on “coexistence,” “resilience”, and the evolution of environmental thinking in the context of NAHR’s underlying philosophy and the world-wide pandemic. Here are the recordings of those online workshops.
La pandemia globale del 2020 ha costretto NAHR a sospendere temporaneamente la sua normale residenza e laboratorio in Italia.

All'inizio della pandemia, NAHR ha chiesto agli utenti di inviare le proprie riflessioni su natura, arte e habitat nell'era del COVID-19. Troverai la straordinaria raccolta di testi, immagini, video e brani audio che abbiamo ricevuto in risposta qui.

Invece della nostra consueta residenza e seminario, abbiamo ospitato una serie di dialoghi online sul tema della "coesistenza", invitando i partecipanti a condividere i loro pensieri su "coesistenza", "resilienza" e l'evoluzione del pensiero ambientale nel contesto di base di NAHR filosofia e la pandemia mondiale. Ecco le registrazioni di quei workshop online.
On April 17th, NAHR hosted a day-long series of conversations and reflections on coexistence, resilience, and the evolution of environmental thinking. You can find all of the recordings of the below sessions on our YouTube playlist of the event:

Introduction: NAHR Vision and Open Dialog on Coexistence
Session 1: Coexistence and Ecological Knowledge
Session 2: Critical Creative Exploration in the Environmental Era
Session 3: Restoring Ecological Functions in Southern California
Session 4: Phenomenology of Place
Selected Contributions - Reflections on Coexistence

On December 6th, NAHR and the journal Animot co-hosted art historian Giovanni Aloi, art critic Pietro Gagliano’ and artist Claudia Losi to discuss issue X of Animot, “Animals in Art: The Art for the Other, again”. This is a recording of the event.



On November 8th, NAHR hosted dancer Heidi Duckler, of Los Angeles, and Turkish geographer Dr. Sezai Ozan Zeybek. This is a recording of the event.



On October 18th, NAHR hosted Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga, President and Director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and Paula Josa-Jones, a dance artist, somatic movement therapist and educator from Kent, CT. This is a recording of the event.



On September 27th, NAHR hosted Istanbul-based photojournalist and author Bikem Ekberzade and Berlin photographer and filmmaker Armin Linke for a discussion on “Coexistence in the time of COVID-19 - Animals: Interdependence between species”. This is a recording of the event.



On July 26th, NAHR invited those who had responded to the call for reflections on nature, art and habitat in the age of COVID-19 to come together for a group presentation and discussion of the various works. This is a recording of the event.



On June 7th, NAHR hosted Los Angeles artist Diana Thater and Milan philosopher Leonardo Caffo for a discussion on “Coexistence in the time of COVID-19 - Animals: Interdependence between species”. This is a recording of the event.



On May 31st, NAHR hosted Milan architect Stefano Boeri and Los Angeles urban ecologist Travis Longcore for a discussion on “Coexistence in the time of COVID-19 - Animals: Interdependence between species”. This is a recording of the event.








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