Speedwell 'In Conversation' Talks Program
Throughout the duration of Speedwell's installation on Mount Batten Breakwater a series of 'in conversations' were held between Still/Moving and invited speakers to discuss some of the themes raised by the project. The talks were live-streamed online and are now available to watch again here. Scroll for the full list of talks.
(PAST EVENT) In the future we will... Ben Borthwick (@Karst)
This discussion took the experience of developing and creating the installation Speedwell by Still/Moving, as a starting point to consider how artists, art institutions, and commissioning processes can work to explore their own blindspots in the process of decolonising themselves.
(PAST EVENT) Marianne Brown : Communicating and Supporting Ecological Transformation
Marianne Brown, editor of Resurgence & Ecologist, will chat about how in this age of ecological crisis, we have to find new stories and ways of looking at the world to heal the disconnect between ourselves and the rest of the living planet
PAST EVENT: Indra Adnan: The Alternative UK
Still/Moving in conversation as part of The Alternative UK’s The Elephant series of talks: “The Elephant is an ongoing inquiry into these questions.
The title refers to the parable of the blind men and the elephant – where each one feels only a piece of the whole and has to communicate and cooperate with the others to make the animal appear. But it also refers to the elephant in the room – the thing we cannot talk about. But if we did, so much more would be possible together.”
PAST EVENT: Emma Cocker - The Yes of the No
Emma Cocker joined us in conversation around her beautiful text “The Yes of the No”
Emma’s text was a crucial influence to us during the depths of the first lockdown when we worried about potentially negative readings of our sculpture, particularly its firm stance on 'No'. This text gave us the courage to stand by our instinct, to draw a line in the sand, to say "NO", to affirm our position. We will be discussing this among other themes covered in her work.
PAST EVENT: Art and Activism : Christophe Meierhans
Christophe Meierhans, artist and core member of Extinction Rebellion in Brussels, in conversation with Martin Hampton from Still/Moving. Christophe describes the experience of directing his creativity towards climate activism. Image ©Danny Willems
PAST EVENT: Mayflowers Kill - Marial Quezada, Sam Maltais and Steph Pratt
Marial Quezada and Sam Maltais from Survival International was joined by Dr Stephanie Pratt to discuss their current campaign, ‘Mayflowers Kill’, to introduce November’s Native American Heritage Month, and to reflect on the place of NO NEW WORLDS and other artworks within commemorative programmes such as M400.
PAST EVENT: Marine Citizenship - Pam Buchan, Luke Pollard and Sue Dann
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Luke Pollard met with us and Councillor Pam Buchan, Councillor Sue Dann to discuss ‘Marine Citizenship’ in Plymouth and how the health of the planet as a whole is tied to that of the ocean.
PAST EVENT: Indigenous Artists Panel
PAST EVENT: Still/Moving and Survival International in partnership with Dr Stephanie Pratt and Melinda Schwakhofer, invited the artists Cannupa Hanska Luger, Candessa Tehee, Ian Kuali’i and Jules Koostachin to discuss the complexities of the 400 year Mayflower history and their individual artist practices, in a panel chaired by art historian Dr Stephanie Pratt.
(PAST EVENT) In the future we will... Ben Borthwick (@Karst)
This discussion took the experience of developing and creating the installation Speedwell by Still/Moving, as a starting point to consider how artists, art institutions, and commissioning processes can work to explore their own blindspots in the process of decolonising themselves.
(PAST EVENT) Marianne Brown : Communicating and Supporting Ecological Transformation
Marianne Brown, editor of Resurgence & Ecologist, will chat about how in this age of ecological crisis, we have to find new stories and ways of looking at the world to heal the disconnect between ourselves and the rest of the living planet
PAST EVENT: Indra Adnan: The Alternative UK
Still/Moving in conversation as part of The Alternative UK’s The Elephant series of talks: “The Elephant is an ongoing inquiry into these questions.
The title refers to the parable of the blind men and the elephant – where each one feels only a piece of the whole and has to communicate and cooperate with the others to make the animal appear. But it also refers to the elephant in the room – the thing we cannot talk about. But if we did, so much more would be possible together.”
PAST EVENT: Emma Cocker - The Yes of the No
Emma Cocker joined us in conversation around her beautiful text “The Yes of the No”
Emma’s text was a crucial influence to us during the depths of the first lockdown when we worried about potentially negative readings of our sculpture, particularly its firm stance on 'No'. This text gave us the courage to stand by our instinct, to draw a line in the sand, to say "NO", to affirm our position. We will be discussing this among other themes covered in her work.
PAST EVENT: Art and Activism : Christophe Meierhans
Christophe Meierhans, artist and core member of Extinction Rebellion in Brussels, in conversation with Martin Hampton from Still/Moving. Christophe describes the experience of directing his creativity towards climate activism. Image ©Danny Willems
PAST EVENT: Mayflowers Kill - Marial Quezada, Sam Maltais and Steph Pratt
Marial Quezada and Sam Maltais from Survival International was joined by Dr Stephanie Pratt to discuss their current campaign, ‘Mayflowers Kill’, to introduce November’s Native American Heritage Month, and to reflect on the place of NO NEW WORLDS and other artworks within commemorative programmes such as M400.
PAST EVENT: Marine Citizenship - Pam Buchan, Luke Pollard and Sue Dann
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Luke Pollard met with us and Councillor Pam Buchan, Councillor Sue Dann to discuss ‘Marine Citizenship’ in Plymouth and how the health of the planet as a whole is tied to that of the ocean.
PAST EVENT: Indigenous Artists Panel
PAST EVENT: Still/Moving and Survival International in partnership with Dr Stephanie Pratt and Melinda Schwakhofer, invited the artists Cannupa Hanska Luger, Candessa Tehee, Ian Kuali’i and Jules Koostachin to discuss the complexities of the 400 year Mayflower history and their individual artist practices, in a panel chaired by art historian Dr Stephanie Pratt.