From Survival to Sanctuary: Speculative Solidarities in Conversation | A Public Action Roundtable Series—Spring 2024

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | ON ZOOM || This series of virtual roundtables hosted by Public Action Fellow Elæ Moss invites community at Bennington and beyond to collectively imagine the path that will take humans From Survival to Sanctuary. We’ll spend three Tuesday evenings with a roster of visionary, change-making guests across fields and disciplines, thinking together about  what changes we might implement to move us away from our conditioned distrust, the invented illusion of scarcity, and competitive drive towards embodying liberatory care. Join us to dig into these questions – and ask your own – as we explore the ways radical humans across practices and disciplines are modeling transformative Speculative Solidarities.

Joining Moss for these conversations are choreographer, dancer and MFA Dance Fellow Luciana Achugar, social practice artist Chloë Bass, radical faith leader Micah Bucey, researcher and architect Marcelo Lopez Dinardi, director, producer and Bennington Drama Faculty Dina Janis, interdisciplinary performer and artist Clarinda Mac Low, healer and sensorial artist Ira Rain, and multidisciplinary artist and producer Arien Wilkerson—all of whom practice radical pedagogy alongside their creative and public facing work. Each conversation will also feature select student contributions from Moss’s Public Action interventions—including participants in YEAR ONE: SEED LAB, ARCHIVE + ACCESS : PUBLICATION as PUBLIC ACTION, MOVING and BEING MOVED, and QUEERING THIRD SPACES. This series is co-produced by CAPA and Autonomous Mechanics Studio.