ECOPOESIS: Dark Ecologies
April, 2019
San Francisco, CA
The inaugural Ecopoesis symposium and workshop took place at CCA in April 2019, featuring Professor Timothy Morton, a leading ecological philosopher and Professor and Chair of English at Rice University.
Morton’s book Dark Ecology served as the thematic catalyst for the event, provoking us to consider new modes of ecological awareness that reflect impending crisis but also offer ways to adapt to and accept profound change. The workshop included a diverse and interdisciplinary cohort of CCA students, faculty, and invited outside guests collaborating in three working groups to produce works of environmental messaging. The groups were organized around three “re-” words — retreat, remain, and resist — that framed the day’s conversations and informed the made work. The gathering included several shared meals and concluded with a public keynote talk by Prof. Morton at CCA’s San Francisco campus.
Participants, Ecopoesis 2019
Timothy Morton, Rice University
Alexander Arroyo, University of California, Berkeley
Joseph Becker, SFMOMA
Louis Bury, CUNY & Writer, Hyperallergic
Kate Bickert, Golden Gate Parks Conservancy
Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz, The Long Now Foundation
Alicia Escott, Artist
Chris Falliers, California College of the Arts
Beth Ferguson, University of California, Davis
Lisa Findley, California College of the Arts
Nataly Gattegno, California College of the Arts
Lynda Grose, California College of the Arts
Maria Paz Gutierrez, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Hunt, California College of the Arts
Margaret Ikeda, California College of the Arts
Janette Kim, California College of the Arts
Adam Marcus, California College of the Arts
Keith Krumwiede, California College of the Arts
Scott Paterson, Adventuring Ventures
Leslie Carol Roberts, California College of the Arts
Erik Scollon, California College of the Arts
Vivian Sming, Art Practical
Tina Takemoto, California College of the Arts
Ignacio Valero, California College of the Arts
Student Participants, Ecopoesis 2019:
Vishnu Balunsat, M.Arch
Jillian Crochet, MFA
Margot Becker, MFA
Isha Fathmath, M.Arch
Sean Cunningham, M.Arch
Mamdouh Khogeer, M.Arch
Marwan Bamasood, M.Arch
Karol Horr, M.Arch
Chang-Tse Sung, M.Arch
Grace Galletti
