Burning Ice - The concept of ‘resilience’ is increasingly prominent in reactions to the socio-ecological systemic crisis that is affecting us. The arts too have increasingly been talking about ‘resilience’ in recent years. In this salon curator Grégory Castéra will talk with Franck Leibovici and Amy Franceschini about the role ‘resilience’ plays in their artistic practice.

Burning Ice - Agrochemical companies have developed hybrid seeds and transgenetic variants in order to patent and market them. The negative consequences for biodiversity and small-scale agriculture are huge. The French lawyer Blanche Magarinos-Rey, adviser to the international organisation Kokopelli, is a specialist of the subject.

In Speculations Mette Ingvartsen uses fiction, speculation and description to develop ideas in front of an audience. The body on the stage is part of the performance, but the choreography is in the field of language and in the spectator’s imagination. Although the spectator is not actively involved in the performance his role is essential to its creation. Language and action are equally important in the creation of a virtual performance in the spectator’s mind.