Lecture and Debate as part of the “Tandems for Excellence” Programme with Adrian Ivakhiv (Simon Fraser University)
13 05 2025
Category: Events, Horizontal activities, II.2.1
Open Lecture
The Lives and Ecologies of Images: Anthropocene, Mediocene, Ecocene
Date: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Time: 9:45 AM
Location: Room 3.014, Faculty of Modern Languages, University of Warsaw
In this lecture, Prof. Adrian Ivakhiv will present key ideas from his forthcoming book The New Lives of Images, an ambitious exploration of the power and politics of imagination in the digital age. Reassessing the role of images across historical and contemporary contexts, Ivakhiv offers a provocative framework for understanding how digital media are transforming our visual cultures, affective economies, and ecological awareness. Engaging with diverse artists and media—from Hilma af Klint and Edward Burtynsky to Sun Ra, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and YouTube animal videos—the book traverses topics such as animacy, prophecy, digital enchantment, and the utopian impulse in the “climate-colonial Anthropocene.”
Filmmakers’ Roundtable
On Ecology in a Non-Ecological Medium
Date: Friday, May 23, 2025
Time: 1:15 PM
Location: Strefa WspółPRACY, Faculty of Modern Languages, University of Warsaw
A roundtable discussion with directors working across minority-language cinemas of the Iberian Peninsula:
- Álvaro Gago (Galicia)
- Eneko Muruzabal (Basque Country)
- Manel Raga (Catalonia)
Moderated by Maria Boguszewicz, the conversation will reflect on the possibilities and limitations of ecological storytelling in contemporary cinema. How can film engage with ecological thinking while operating within non-ecological structures of production, distribution, and reception?
Connected Event
Although not formally part of Prof. Ivakhiv’s visit, participants are also warmly invited to a connected event on the same day:
Short Film Screening and Director Q&A
Date: Friday, May 23, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Cinema, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
This screening will showcase selected short films by Álvaro Gago, Eneko Muruzabal, Manel Raga, and others, followed by an open conversation with the filmmakers.
About the Speaker
Adrian Ivakhiv holds the J. S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. He previously served as Professor of Environmental Thought and Culture at the University of Vermont. A leading scholar in ecophilosophy and media theory, he is the author of several influential books, a Fulbright Scholar, Cinepoetics Fellow, founding co-editor of Media+Environment, and an active musician and composer.
Organizator: EcoCultureLab-Warsaw (część sieci badawczej EcoCultureLab) we współpracy z Instytutem Studiów Iberyjskich i Iberoamerykańskich, Centrum Studiów Galisyjskich, Baskijskim Instytutem Etxepare oraz Instytutem Ramona Llulla.