Rietveld Sandberg Research
On April 13-14 2023, the Rietveld research group, Art & Spatial Praxis co-hosted 'Studio Encounters on Water', a two-day event in Perdu, Amsterdam where participants could learn more about the research project Climate Imaginaries at Sea. In three artistic research studios, Climate Imaginaries at Sea speculates possible futures in and around water through various artistic and participatory research practices. One of the studio's is The School of Mountains and Waters initiated by Chilean-Mexican artist-researcher Amanda Piña. A school of unlearning the modern/colonial idea of the human as pre-existent and separate from that which sustains its life. You can watch the talk of Amanda Piña and Cecilia Vallejos in this video.
On April 13-14 2023, the Rietveld research group, Art & Spatial Praxis co-hosted 'Studio Encounters on Water', a two-day event in Perdu, Amsterdam filled with workshops, presentations, talks and pod reading sessions where participants could learn more about the research project Climate Imaginaries at Sea. Who has the privilege to imagine the future of climate change, and for whom are its effects already present? In three artistic research studios, Climate Imaginaries at Sea speculates possible futures in and around water through various artistic and participatory research practices.

One of the studio's is The School of Mountains and Waters initiated by Chilean-Mexican artist-researcher Amanda Piña in partnership with DAS Theatre Masters program at the ATD and researcher Mikki Stelder. The School of Mountains and Waters is a school of unlearning the modern/colonial idea of the human as pre-existent and separate from that which sustains its life. The different activities of the school will invite participants to establish relationships of care between human bodies and bodies of mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, estuaries, forest, peat land and water. You can watch the talk of Amanda Piña and Cecilia Vallejos in this video.
The Climate Imaginaries at Sea project is brought forward by Art & Spatial Praxis at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, the Lectorate of the Academy of Theatre and Dance at the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) and the Visual Methodologies Collective at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). The research groups work in partnership with ARIAS, platform for artistic research in Amsterdam, and a network of partners that includes Tolhuistuin, the Institute for Sound & Vision and CoECI - Centre of Expertise for Creative Innovation. This project is partly made possible by the Center of Expertise for Creative Innovation (CoECI).

Climate Imaginaries at Sea is part of the Route Kunst NWA project 'Bit by bit, or not at all' within the 'Small Projects' scheme funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). routekunstnwa.nl For more information visit climateimaginariesatsea.org