Adrian Ivakhiv: The Zone is Us
“Sacrifice in the Space-Time of Climate Change,” from This Mazéd World, Vermont Humanities conference, October, 2021
Burack Lecture “Dispatches from Gaia” by Bruno Latour, with discussion featuring Torkwase Dyson, Rob Boschman, and Steve Paulson, poetry by Chard deNiord, and introductory comments by Adrian Ivakhiv. Feverish World, October 22, 2018, Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont
January 22, 2018, Davis Center, University of Vermont. Gund Institute for Environment and EcoCulture Lab.
A dialogue with filmmakers and Abenaki activists. December 5, 2017, University of Vermont. Sponsored by the Wabunowin Dawn Society and the EcoCulture Lab
October 18, 2017, University of Vermont. Sponsored by the Dept. of Romance Languages and Linguistics, the Environmental Program, and the EcoCulture Lab
September 25, 2017, University of Vermont. Sponsored by the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, the Environmental Program, and the EcoCulture Lab
"Feverish World, 2018-2068: Arts and Sciences of Collective Survival" was a 3+day symposium and arts festival in Burlington, Vermont, in October, 2018, that featured some 60 artists, scholars, and performers in a variety of formats including panels, lightning talks, art and video exhibitions, music and dance performances, public workshops, a “tent city” of some 35 art installations, a parade, an Abenaki ceremony, and the building of an ice sculpture on the steps of Burlington City Hall. This film, directed by Peter Ackerman, captures the goals and the flavor of the Feverish World symposium. Opening and closing text by Vermont poet laureate Chard deNiord. Other credits at end of video. The films were made possible with generous support from the UVM Office of the Vice-President for Research. The symposium could not have happened without generous seed funding from the Gund Institute for Environment, along with a long list of others (see video credits).
For shorter promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJdGbdUPPM&list=PL8TfAKULMnSaKO1OcR1rNW1bbqjSzOmc7&index=3
The following content was produced in the Lake Champlain Basin by students, staff, and community members of EcoCultureLab (Vermont).
Dead Meat
A glance at our current relationship with wild animals and nature, investigating the phenomena of roadkill and the effects that roads and urbanization have on wild animals, and the many implications of these effects. Directed by Peter Ackerman
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bUrPDP4z1o
Dominion
There are unsteady boundaries between nature and culture, the landscape and its people. When dominion over nature becomes oppression of the human body and soul, the key to both social and environmental resilience may be turned by the same hand. Directed by Finn Yarbrough
Watch here: https://vimeo.com/206512288
RESPONSE
An 18-minute documentary film exploring the meanings of environmental art through a profile of four Vermont-based artists: Brian Collier, Anne Cummings, Cameron Davis, and Nancy Winship Milliken. The film was made as part of the director's senior honors thesis for UVM's Environmental Studies and Film & Televisions Studies programs. Local screenings are planned for the summer. Directed by Peter vanderWilden.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waa-LyHjbAE