03 - Livable Futures - Small Acts of Care w/ Alys Longley

Conversation Date and Location
February 2020. Tāmakimakaurau/Auckland, Aoteoroa/New Zealand.

Show Notes
Alys refers to her longtime collaborator Val Smith frequently and they have some amazing projects that are worth checking out:
news.aut.ac.nz/news/val-smith-na…undation-laureate
@valvalvalsmithsmithsmith

Alys also talks about her project El Otro País Que Eres created in collaboration with artists Macarena Campbell, Máximo Corvalán-Pincheira and Eduardo Cerón Tillería.

She refers to “new materialism” and the work of Jane Bennet on vibrant matter and enchantment, here’s a book to get you started if you’re excited about these ideas: www.goodreads.com/book/show/7547895-vibrant-matter

And we talk briefly about adrienne maree brown’s book Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategy:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/296339…mergent-strategy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/405496…leasure-activism

And here are some links for more about Auckland, New Zealand/Aoteoroa:
www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/people/a-longley
maoridictionary.co.nz/
www.kaitiakitanga.org/ (safeguarding our future)

And links to find out more about Alys and her projects:
tisch.nyu.edu/performance-studie…stic-research-in-a

Fluid City: alyslongleymoving.com/past-projects/fluid-city/

Mistranslation Laboratory: alyslongleymoving.com/past-projects/…on-laboratory/

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