Exhibition in Leiden: Topologies of Care
In this interactive exhibition, the artists Elise Alloin, Grit Ruhland and Agnès Villette each present their own concept for a nuclear waste marker. In mathematics, topology is the study of a geometric object that preserves its properties under continuous deformation. Marking sites across (deep) time, ideally, is a topological exercise. Experimenting with past, present and future practices of storytelling to engage with the continuous presence of nuclear waste and contaminated sites, the exhibition is not only a display but asks its viewers to contribute to the fabulation of a topology of care via analogue and digital media.
The exhibition is hosted by Kunstgang Leiden and was realised with the generous support of the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society LUCAS and the Dutch Research Council NWO.
How to care for our nuclear heritage?
4 December, 16:00-18:00 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, main building, room HG-14A33 | Presentations by artists Grit Ruhland and Agnès Villette
Afterwards: EHC mid-winter reception!
Time capsules, key information files, sapphire disks, and monuments of terror. Proposals on how to communicate our nuclear heritage to future generations typically converge around ideas of either passing on as much technical information as possible, or instigating fear and repulsion to keep future humans from digging up the waste we have buried. Taking a different approach, we ask: how to care for our nuclear waste? How to make a nuclear site worth remembering? During one afternoon, the artists Grit Ruhland and Agnès Villette will present their versions of nuclear waste markers, provoking us to think about how we want to relate to our nuclear heritage both in the present and in the future.
Introduction by Anna Volkmar, PhD Candidate at Leiden University.
This event is hosted by the Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam. It is realised with the kind support of CLUE+, the Dutch Research Council NWO and the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society LUCAS.
Nuclear Aesthetics Research Network 