Tuesday September 22nd
19:00 – 20:45
Doors open at 18:45, the programme starts at 19:00
Entry: free, please register below
On Tuesday evening the 22nd of September at 19:00 we will present: Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga: An eclectic and transdisciplinary anthology highlighting the sexual and gender diversity in nature. Queer theory and natural history intersect through visual art and creative writing.
This publication gives attention to roughly forty case studies, which inspire us to reimagine the world and our place in it. Each contribution dives into questions such as: How does acknowledging the queerness of nature inspire us to compose the world otherwise? How can we rewrite history to make a place for ourselves in the story? And what is the role of an individual in a symbiotic community?
The arts, poetry, scientific and speculative writing spark this imagination, and give readers tools to shape the world differently. Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga asks to expand our knowledge about sexual and gender diversity, and to reconsider our relationships with each other and our more-than-human companions in the natural world.
We will discuss this with Frances Cannon, the editor of the book, and Erik Peters, who contributed to it.
Tuesday, September 22, from 19:00–20:45 (doors open at 18:45) | The event will be in English | Admission is free: Please register below.
Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga: A radical forage through art and writing – Queer theory, natural history and ecology intersect through visual art, poetry, science experiments and more
Part of Valiz’s Art and Ecology series, Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga is an eclectic, transdisciplinary and versatile anthology, highlighting sexual and gender diversity in nature. Contributors across a litany of disciplines—from creative writers to beekeepers and speculative theorists—present dozens of case studies which inspire us to reimagine the world and our place in it. Each example centers around guiding questions such as: How does acknowledging the queerness of nature inspire us to compose the world otherwise? And what is the role of an individual in a symbiotic community? Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga asks us to reconsider our relationships with each other and our more-than-human companions in the natural world.
Contributors include: Clover Ajamie, Eve Alexandra, Giovanni Aloi, Céline Baumann, Suzette Bousema, Ingeborg Klarenberg, Nickole Brown, Connor Butler, Frances Cannon, CAConrad, Sam Cohen, Anna Colin, Rob Crosse, Tom Comitta, Kat Consler, Isa DeMarco, Joost Emmerik, Astro Escudero, César Jumpa, Melissa Faliveno, Ros Gray, Carle Gent, Donna Haraway, Daisy Hildyard, Lars Horn, Sabrina Imbler, Jonah King, Johanna Koen, Gary A. Krupnick, Sarah Prager, Marjolein van der Loo, Zheng Bo, Jessica Maccaro, Andrés Ordorica, Siôn Parkinson, Anna Phaidra, Erik Peters, Alyssa Quinn, Catriona Sandilands, Nina Scott, Sophie Seita, Naomi Woo, Amy Beth Sisson, Lorena Solis Bravo, Emily Strasser, Orchid Tierney, Jonmar van Vlijmen & Samar Nasrullah Khan, Charlotte Woolf, Sixto-Juan Zavala.
Naast de mooiste Nederlandse en Engelstalige literatuur vind je bij ons de leukste cadeautjes, een uitgebreide selectie aan poëzie en de belangrijkste boeken over LHBTQIA+, genderstudies, dekolonisatie, natuur & klimaat.