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.
- KoozArch - Permaculture for the Planet: The One-Straw Revolution with iLiana Fokianaki
- Metropolis M - Rain crackles like fire in ‘The One-Straw Revolution’ at Framer Framed
- State of Concept - Athens
Links
- Digital Hand Out - The One-Straw Revolution
Attachments
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
Curator, theorist and educator
Magazine
Extractivism / Colonial history / Planetary Poetics / Podcast /
Ecology / Curatorial Text / Extractivism / Colonial history /
Curatorial statement: Towards a Perma-Future by iLiana Fokianaki
Education / Amsterdam Oost / Community & Learning /
Through the eyes of young learners: a space for art and companionship
Podcast / Ecology / Feminism /