Aquatopia: Climate Interventions

Aquatopia is a book that explores Harmattan Theaters ecological interventions and engagements with water-bound landscapes, colonial histories, climate change, and public space in New York City, Venice, Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Cochin. It uses site-specific performances as a point of departure to consider climate change and rising sea levels as geographical, ecological, and urban phenomena. The atlas is animated by a disorienting, anti-mapping strategy, producing a deterritorialized, nomadic, fluid atlas unfolding in real time as an archive of climate change in multidimensional, active space. It is designed for pedagogical access and intervenes in discussions on climate change, urbanism, postcolonization/decolonialization, and interdisciplinary studies of ecology and environmental politics, postcolonial/decolonial theories and practices, performance studies and aesthetics, particularly public art, and performance as research.

Format: Hardback
Length: 98 pages
Publication date: 16 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Aquatopia is a captivating book that delves into Harmattan Theaters ecological interventions and explores its engagements with water-bound landscapes, colonial histories, climate change, and public spaces across New York City, Venice, Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Cochin. Through the lens of Harmattans site-specific performances, the volume examines climate change and rising sea levels as geographical, ecological, and urban phenomena. Instead of presenting a static collection of flat surfaces, Aquatopia employs a disorienting and anti-mapping strategy, resulting in an animated atlas that unfolds in real-time as an archive of climate change in multidimensional, active space. The book is meticulously designed for pedagogical access, with interludes that consolidate the learning outcomes of the experimental theory animating each site-specific performance.

Accompanied by detailed descriptions of five captivating performances and supplemented by digital documentation accessible online, this volume actively intervenes in discussions on climate change, urbanism, and postcolonization/decolonialization. It makes valuable contributions to interdisciplinary studies of ecology and environmental politics, postcolonial/decolonial theories and practices, performance studies and aesthetics, particularly in the realm of public art and performance as research.

Aquatopia is a testament to Harmattan Theaters innovative approach to artistic exploration and its commitment to addressing pressing global issues. It invites readers to engage with the complexities of our interconnected world and encourages us to consider the role of art in shaping a more sustainable and equitable future.

Weight: 242g
Dimension: 144 x 222 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032326405