Arcos y charcos. Leopoldo Méndez. Relief Print.1951.
EVERYDAY APOCALYPSE
Is it the end of the world or just another day?
This online lecture + image workshop unpacked colonial myths and dystopian narratives surrounding environmental urgency in visual storytelling. Because after all these stories are just that-- stories making sense of upheaval.
This class explored historical and contemporary notions of transformation, endings, predictions and denials of environmental disaster. EVERYDAY APOCALYPSE gleans alternatives and action focusing on BIPOC, women, queer artists & activists.
What even is the Anthropocene, Holocene, Chthulucene?
Pandemics! Comets! Hubris! Oh my!
Looking at artwork and theory discussing late stage capitalism, plastic accumulation, land stewardship, the rhetoric of ecofascism, the impacts of environmental racism, and the pop culture detritus of dystopian visions— all with the goal of scaffolding more knowledge and accountability as critical thinkers, artists and activists.
Learning from these complex intersecting histories and also have a space to share and workshop images culminated with a risograph zine and digital publication. Again with the help of our dear friends at but,whole press!
My class model is choose your own adventure, as students are welcome to listen to the lecture portion only and/or attend the community based workshare.
This class was completely free and donation based.
50% of proceeds of donations made towards this class will go directly to Sogorea Te' Land Trust, An Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.
🔗List of every artist and link mentioned in EVERYDAY APOCALYPSE
🌋REVELATION+NARRATIVE
🏗 DENIAL+DISMANTLING
🍎ABUNDANCE
✴ SCARCITY+COMPLEXITY
🌱 STEWARDSHIP
📦 MAGICAL REALISM / CAPITALIST FANTASY
🌵 DISTURBANCE + RESILIENCE
🌕 QUEERING THE AFTER ALL/THE POWER OF FUTURISM (Lecture starts @ 5:44)
