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Human Entities 2020: a cultura na era da inteligência artificial, 4ª edição

Sistemas fluviais e o corpo molecular

Margarida Mendes, curadora, investigadora e activista

Podemos traçar o perímetro exacto da cartografia molecular de um rio e estimar o alcance que as consequências destes sistemas de fluxo catalítico têm, dentro e fora dos corpos vivos? Os sistemas fluviais e infra-estruturas circundantes são enormes sistemas hidrogeológicos, químicos e electromagnéticos, que conectam habitantes e ecossistemas através de um fluxo irreverente de descargas e movimentos, que os seres humanos tentam domar através de direitos de caudal e projetos de restauração costeira. Deste modo, as infra-estruturas aquáticas e fluviais são pontos de partida essenciais para a análise de sistemas, e reflexão sobre os corpos e ecossistemas, da escala molecular à escala planetária. Tentando compreender a ligação entre caudal fluvial, ruído, toxicidade e industrialização, irei focar-me nos habitats do rio Mississippi e do rio Tejo, questionando de que forma o nível de ruído de fundo e o desequilíbrio químico podem estar ligados a perturbações endocrinológicas. Ao investigar a continuidade química e vibracional entre o corpo e o ambiente, especularei sobre como diferentes ontologias e mecanismos sensoriais poderão ser necessários para possibilitar um debate mais profundo sobre ecossistemas ameaçados.

Margarida Mendes

Margarida Mendes é curadora, investigadora e activista. A sua pesquisa - com enfoque no cruzamento da cibernética, filosofia, ecologia e filme experimental - explora as transformações dinâmicas do ambiente e o seu impacto nas estruturas sociais e no campo da produção cultural. Integrou na equipa curatorial da 11ª Bienal de Gwangju (2016), 4ª Bienal de Design de Istambul (2018) e 11ª Bienal de Liverpool (reagendado para 2021). Em 2019, lançou a série de exposições Plant Revolution! (CIAJG, Museo La Tertulia), que questiona o encontro interespécies explorando diferentes narrativas de mediação tecnológica, e em 2016, curou a exposição Matter Fictions, no Museu Berardo, publicando um livro na Sternberg Press. É consultora de ONGs ambientalistas que trabalham sobre a mineração no mar profundo e dirigiu também diversas plataformas educacionais, como escuelita, uma escola informal do Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo - CA2M, Madrid (2017); O espaço de projectos The Barber Shop em Lisboa dedicado à pesquisa transdisciplinar (2009-16); e a plataforma de pesquisa curatorial sobre ecologia The World In Which We Occur/Matter in Flux (2014-18). Margarida Mendes é doutoranda no Centre for Research Architecture, Visual Cultures Department, Goldsmiths University of London e colabora frequentemente com o canal online de vídeo reportagem Inhabitants-tv.org.

Links:

http://goldsmiths.academia.edu/MargaridaMendes https://soundcloud.com/margaridamendes

http://www.twwwo.org/

A conversa será em língua inglesa e seguida de uma sessão de Q&A.

Este evento está integrado no programa: Human Entities 2020 a cultura na era da inteligência artificial, 4ª edição, Programa de conversas, novembro 2020

Ver programa completo: https://www.cada1.net/works/human-entities-2020/

Organização CADA em parceria com a Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa 

ENGLISH

Human Entities 2020: culture in the age of artificial intelligence, 4th edition

River systems and the molecular body

Margarida Mendes, curator, researcher and activist

Can we actually trace the exact perimeter of a river’s molecular cartography and the extent of the consequences that these systems of catalytic flux have within and outside living bodies? River systems and their surrounding infrastructures are enormous hydrogeological, chemical and electromagnetic systems that connect their surrounding inhabitants and ecosystems through an irreverent flux of discharges and motions that humans attempt to tame through flowage rights and coastal restoration projects. Hence, aquatic and riverine infrastructures are essential points of departure for system analysis and reflection about the bodies and ecosystems, from the molecular through to the planetary scale. In attempting to understand the connection between river flux, noise, toxicity, and industrialization, I will focus on the habitats of the Mississippi and the Tagus rivers, questioning how the level of background noise and chemical imbalance may be connected with endocrinological disruptions. By investigating the chemical and vibrational continuity between bodies and the environment, I will speculate how different ontologies and mechanisms for sensing and registry might be needed, in order to provide a deeper debate about ecosystems under distress.

Margarida Mendes

Margarida Mendes's research explores the overlap between cybernetics, ecology and experimental film, investigating environmental transformations and their impact on societal structures and cultural production. She is interested in exploring alternative modes of education and political resilience through her collaborative practice, programming, and activism. She was part of the curatorial team of the 11th Gwangju Biennale (2016), 4th Istanbul Design Biennial (2018), and 11th Liverpool Biennial (rescheduled 2021). In 2019 she launched the exhibition series Plant Revolution! which questions the interspecies encounter while exploring different narratives of technological mediation and in 2016 curated Matter Fictions, publishing a joint reader with Sternberg Press. She is consultant for environmental NGOs working on marine policy and deep sea mining and has directed several educational platforms, such as escuelita, an informal school at Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo - CA2M, Madrid (2017); The Barber Shop project space in Lisbon dedicated to transdisciplinar research (2009-16); and the ecological inquiry curatorial research platform The World In Which We Occur/Matter in Flux, (2014-18). She is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Research Architecture, Visual Cultures Department, Goldsmiths University of London with the project "Deep Sea Imaginings" and is a frequent collaborator of the online channel for exploratory video and documentary reporting Inhabitants-tv.org.

Links:

http://goldsmiths.academia.edu/MargaridaMendes https://soundcloud.com/margaridamendes

http://www.twwwo.org/

The talk will be in English and followed by a Q&A session.

This event is part of Human Entities 2020: culture in the age of artificial intelligence, 4th edition, Public talks, November 2020

Read more about the programme here: https://www.cada1.net/works/human-entities-2020/

Organised by CADA in partnership with the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Financiamento/Funded by: República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direção-Geral das Artes, Apoio/Support: Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, ISCTE-IUL e NOVA LINCS, Design: Marco Balesteros (LETRA), Photo: Vera Marmelo