ARGOS, BRUSSELS

Launch of worldofmatter.net multimedia platform

World of Matter – the visual culture of resource politics

Contemporary discourses are significantly shaped by the images used to represent them. This is particularly true of the intensive discussions that have taken place in recent years about the use of resources and the consequences of human impact on our planet.

The actual locations of resource extraction are often spatially remote, inaccessible due to natural conditions or operational interests and are therefore usually outside of our own world of experience. In addition to abstract statistics, we primarily know about the mining of tar sands in Alaska, offshore oil platforms and the rapid expansion of export-oriented industrial agriculture in Africa through images.

The aim of the World of Matter multimedia platform – presented to the public for the first time in Brussels on 19 October 2013 – is to expand the current resource discussion with new images and new image contexts.

18-19 October 2013

Argos Centre for Art and Media
Werfstraat 13 rue du Chantier
BRUSSELS

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Friday, 18 October 2013

2 pm EMILY ELIZA SCOTT: Entangled Research and Epistemological Alchemy

3 pm URSULA BIEMANN: Geochemistry and other Planetary Perspectives

4 pm Break

4:30 FRAUKE HUBER & UWE H. MARTIN: LandRush

5:30 HELGE MOOSHAMMER: Urban Resources at the Crossroads

6:30 ELAINE GAN: Shattering Seeds (per skype)

Saturday, 19th October

2 pm LONNIE VAN BRUMMELEN: Drifting Studio Practice

3 pm PETER MÖRTENBÖCK: In the Name of Resource Control

4 pm Break

4:30 MABE BETHÔNICO: Imprinting visibility

5:30 Discussion

6 pm UWE H. MARTIN and URSULA BIEMANN: Web Launch of worldofmatter.net

7 pm Wrap up