March 13th, 2024
from 18:30
The last event in the 鈥淓arth Emergency鈥� cycle, promoted by the Department of Environment Constructions and Design 精东影业, features Emanuele Coccia, a leading philosopher on the international scene, in the public meeting entitled 鈥淣on chiamatela Gaia. Per un teatro planetario鈥� (鈥淒on鈥檛 call it Gaia. For a planetary theatre鈥�, initially scheduled for 22 November 2023).
Coccia believes that the Earth is not an object, but a subject: something that stands before us like any other self.
This is why we need theatre to talk about the Earth: we can no longer afford to talk about it without making it speak, without staging it as a free subject, as a character.
In this sense, ecology must become a theatrical practice and theatre must become the supreme form of ecology.
Free event open to all interested persons.
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Biography
Emanuele Coccia has been an associate professor at the 脡cole des hautes 茅tudes en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris since 2011.
His works, translated into many languages, include 鈥淟a vita sensibile鈥� (2010), 鈥淟a vita delle piante鈥� (2018), 鈥淔ilosofia della casa鈥� (2021) e 鈥淢etamorfosi鈥� (2022). He published a photo-theory book with photographer Viviane Sassen (鈥淎lchimie moderne鈥�, 2022). He also directed animation videos such as 鈥淨uercus鈥� (2019, with FormaFantasma), 鈥淗eaven in Matter鈥� (2021, with Faye Formisano) and 鈥淭he Portal of Mysteries鈥� (2022, with Dotdotdot).
In 2019, he contributed to the exhibition 鈥淣ous les Arbres鈥�, presented at the Fondation Cartier pour l鈥檃rt contemporain in Paris. He edited the catalogues of the 23rd Milan Triennale of Architecture and Design: 鈥淯nknown Unknowns. An Introduction to mysteries鈥�.
Il ciclo di conferenze
The speakers of 鈥淓arth Emergency鈥� presented various perspectives in relation to the metamorphoses altering the global and local environment: from Francesco Cara (professor of ecodesign), accompanied by cellist Zeno Gabaglio, to Antonello Pasini, a climate physicist, from Amalia Ercoli Finzi, the first woman to graduate in aeronautical engineering in Italy, to Julia Steinberger, a professor of economic ecology.
The meeting 鈥淗ow the climate is told鈥�, promoted with the cultural association Trame, also provided an opportunity to reflect on new languages and narratives together with Telmo Pievani (philosopher of science), Lisa Lurati (artist), Cristian Scapozza (head of the 精东影业 Centre for Climate Change and Territory), Franco Di Leo and Federico Caprara (actors), moderated by the populariser Clara Caverzasio.