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Exhibition 'The One-Straw Revolution' (2024) curated by iLiana Fokianaki. Photo: Maarten Nauw / Framer Framed
Himali Singh Soin, An Affirmation (2022) in 'The One-Straw Revolution' (2024) curated by iLiana Fokianaki at Framer Framed, Amsterdam. Photo by Maarten Nauw _ Framer Framed
Edgar Calel, Music for Our Grandmothers and Grandfathers (2023) in 'The One-Straw Revolution' (2024). Photo: Maarten Nauw / Framer Framed
Exhibition 'The One-Straw Revolution' (2024) curated by iLiana Fokianaki. Photo by Maarten Nauw.

11 Feb –
19 May 2024

Exhibition: The One-Straw Revolution

From 11 February to 19 May 2024, Framer Framed is proud to present the exhibition The One-Straw Revolution, curated by iLiana Fokianaki. The first realisation of Fokianaki’s research into permaculture as a model for exhibition-making, The One-Straw Revolution takes the form of an alternative ecology, exploring sustainable futures through artistic practices that call for de-growth.

This exhibition is inspired by The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (1975), an influential book on ecological thought and practice. Written by Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka, the title refers to the technique of scattering straw in a field post-harvest, following Fukuoka’s philosophy of cultivating the earth with minimal waste and respect for preserving the balance of ecosystems. His work is one of many that prompted scientists and scholars to coin the term “permaculture” as a shorthand for “permanent culture” – a philosophy and practice that emphasises working in harmony with and not against the ecosystems that we are a part of and dependent on.

The One-Straw Revolution exhibition focuses on the core concepts that laid the foundation for the term permaculture: care for living with others, care for fair share. The participating artists pay homage to the main principles of Indigenous and feminist ecological thought and practice, which define sustainable ways of living and tangible forms of interspecies co-existence. Several artists focus on human disconnection from nature and our surroundings, highlighting the need to re-affirm our connections. Others trace the role of power systems and models of governance in the destruction of our environment and the disruption of interspecies kinships, as well as the corrosion of invaluable knowledge systems on ecosystem balance.

The presented works explore questions regarding “permanence” and sustainability, deriving from a desire to connect with ancestral philosophies, knowledge systems that escaped the colonial violence of Western modernity and communities operating counter to neoliberal and capitalist models. The exhibition serves as a first realisation of curator iLiana Fokianaki‘s research into permaculture as a methodology for exhibition-making and institution-building, offering a proposition to rethink how we practice and discuss culture. Spatially, the exhibition is structured around the permaculture zone system, with a focus on zone 0: the human and her settlement.

Opening
Saturday 10 February 2024, 19:00

Location
Framer Framed
Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
1093 KS, Amsterdam

Opening times
11 Feb – 19 May
Tuesday – Sunday, 12:00-18:00
Free entry


Curator: iLiana Fokianaki

Participating Artists:
Edgar Calel
Kyriaki Goni
Irene Kopelman
Uriel Orlow
Eliana Otta
Bik Van der Pol
Citra Sasmita
Denise Ferreira da Silva with Arjuna Neuman
Nora Severios
Himali Singh Soin

Exhibition Design:
Katharina Sook Wilting & Tal


With thanks to State of Concept Athens.

Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; Municipality of Amsterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds. 



Ecology / Extractivism / Colonial history /

Agenda


Weaving a Pluriversity: Conversation between Mamo Arwawiku and Rolando Vázquez Melken
Final gathering by the Pluriversity Weavers on the human connection to our environments
Finissage: The One-Straw Revolution
Finissage of the exhibition, The One-Straw Revolution, curated by iLiana Fokianaki
Queer environmental embodiment: UÝRA - The Rising Forest
Screening, talk and sound performance on queer rights and environmental resistance
Launch: bean zine
Launch of bean zine, a publication dedicated to the bean, organised by social agrocultural project the land
Counter-extractivism: Poetics of remedy and transmission
A closing event for cultural practitioner Jean-Sylvain Tshilumba Mukendi’s seminar on politics and extractivism at the Planetary Poetics master's programme at the Sandberg Institute
A Blow to the Snake Here: A conversation around Indigenous and Palestinian struggles
A dialogue on art, resistance and solidarity as part of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's residency at the Academy of Theatre and Dance
Workshop: Maintaining the Root
Three workshops and a performance on heritage by artist Sarah Ndele as part of the Planetary Poetics master's programme at the Sandberg Insitute
From Rites to Rights: Imagining Ecologies of Tomorrow
Discussions and a performance on future ecologies, in collaboration with the CAREC programme of the Prince Claus Fund.
Children's Atelier: Through the Lens of Nature
A children's atelier inspired by nature within the context of the exhibition, The One-Straw Revolution.
Planetary Poetics: Ancestral Assemblage
A gathering by artist Ismal Muntaha and Planetary Poetics
Opening: The One-Straw Revolution
Opening of the exhibition, The One-Straw Revolution, curated by iLiana Fokianaki

Network


Arjuna Neuman

Filmmaker, Artist

Bik Van der Pol

Artists

Denise Ferreira Da Silva

Artist, Writer

Citra Sasmita

Artist

Irene Kopelman

Artist

Kyriaki Goni

Artist

Nora Severios

Artist

Himali Singh Soin

Artist

Edgar Calel

Artist

Uriel Orlow

Artist

Eliana Otta

Artist

Tal

Designer, Artist

Katharina Sook Wilting

Designer
iliana fokianaki

iLiana Fokianaki

Curator, theorist and educator

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