Nov 1st to Dec 4th 2024 @ Pennant Place (sunset to 10pm)
928 NW 21st Ave, Gainesville, Florida
There will be a public mid-point reception/screening on Saturday, November 16th, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The film program will begin at 6 and 7:15 p.m. We suggest bringing a chair and/or blanket to the screening.
The screening is weather-dependent, with a backup date of Sunday, November 17th at the same time. Please check Instagram for announcements regarding changes.
Featuring the videos of Cori Matyas, Jean-Michel Rolland, José D. Trejo-Maya, Nicole Dextras, Sandrine Deumier, S. Chandrasekaran, Vardit Goldner, and the collective work of Komal Goswami, Cody Igo, Alexander Kirkpatrick, Alex Mendoza, Maria Fern
What is the difference between surviving and thriving? What are some of the tools, technologies, and systems that can get you/us from enduring to flourishing? What are possibilities within neurodivergence and disability for knowing more ways of abundant, joy-filled life? How can we build resilience into communities and individuals to tackle whatever political realities and climate catastrophes yet to come?
Survivance is a concept articulated by Anishinaabe cultural theorist Gerald Vizenor that goes beyond mere survival into actively creating thriving communities that are also integral to the world outside of their communities. It is active survival, pushing away victimhood and pushing towards a thriving future without passing the trauma of colonialism onto future generations. Not forgetting it, but teaching history without the trauma continuing.
Solarpunk is one tool for working on many of the questions posed here. It looks for possibilities that are both global and local, solutions small and big, and everything in between; one magic fix to create a better world is antithetical to Solarpunk. Instead, it conceives and enacts a million solutions to these problems, the right tool for the right situation.
These artists deal with the present and future in a variety of ways. Everyone deserves joy, love, to thrive, not just survive.
