We close the public programme for On Limits with an ART SCIENCE dialogue featuring artist Eva Spierenburg in conversation with Sjoerd Kluiving, moderated by A nnemie Halsema.
Spierenburg and Kluiving have interacted o ver the course of the exhibition On Limits, with Spierenburg leading a workshop for Kluiving’s students. Both Spierenburg and Kluiving f ocus on the entanglements between the earth and human life and bodies .
Eva Spierenburg explores the relationship between the inner b ody and its environment. She is fascinated by the way experiences are stored in the body and form a source of knowledge. Her drawings, scu lptures, objects and texts express the fluidity that arises between b ody and environment through our sensory perception. Departing fr om personal memories and sensory perceptions, she seeks connections w ith our human and non-human environment. Spierenburg aims to esc ape dualism by liquefying boundaries: between human and earth, body a nd mind, past and present, inside and outside.
Sjoerd Kluiving is Associate Professor working in the fields of geoarchaeology, Quate rnary geology and landscape archaeology. He is also part of the board of the Environmental Humanities Center at VU Amsterdam. Since 2019 h e teaches the course Big Questions in the Anthropocene at Amsterdam U niversity College. Sjoerd initiated the International Association of Landscape Archaeology (IALA), uniting geologists, archaeologists and historians, and is currently Advisory Board member. He has vast exper ience in convening interdisciplinary sessions in soils, landscapes an d archaeology at EGU, EAA and LAC, and is guest editor of multiple sp ecial volumes dedicated to this theme. He has a special interest in i nterdisciplinary collaboration between nature and culture and Anthrop ocene studies.
Annemie Halsema is Associate professor at the De partment of Philosophy (VU) and Socrates professor at the Institute f or Philosophy of Leiden University. Her research project is entitled: ‘Hermeneutics of the gendered, racialized and ageing body’. She is interested in embodiment and identity, and the interrelations betw een body and discourse, in the fields of hermeneutics, phenomenology and gender studies.
DESCRIPTION: We close the public programme for On Limits with an ART S CIENCE dialogue featuring artist Eva Spierenburg in conversation with Sjoerd Kluiving, moderated by Annemie Halsema. Spierenburg and Kluiv ing have interacted over the course of the exhibition On Limits, with Spierenburg leading a workshop for Kluiving’s students. Both Spier enburg and Kluiving focus on the entanglements between the earth and human life and bodies.Eva Spierenburg explores the relationship betwe en the inner body and its environment. She is fascinated by the way e xperiences are stored in the body and form a source of knowledge. Her drawings, sculptures, objects and texts express the fluidity that ar ises between body and environment through our sensory perception.&nbs p;Departing from personal memories and sensory perceptions, she seeks connections with our human and non-human environment. Spierenbu rg aims to escape dualism by liquefying boundaries: between human and earth, body and mind, past and present, inside and outside.Sjoerd Kl uiving is Associate Professor working in the fields of geoarchaeology , Quaternary geology and landscape archaeology. He is also part of th e board of the Environmental Humanities Center at VU Amsterdam. Since 2019 he teaches the course Big Questions in the Anthropocene at Amst erdam University College. Sjoerd initiated the International Associat ion of Landscape Archaeology (IALA), uniting geologists, archaeologis ts and historians, and is currently Advisory Board member. He has vas t experience in convening interdisciplinary sessions in soils, landsc apes and archaeology at EGU, EAA and LAC, and is guest editor of mult iple special volumes dedicated to this theme. He has a special intere st in interdisciplinary collaboration between nature and culture and Anthropocene studies.Annemie Halsema is Associate professor at the De partment of Philosophy (VU) and Socrates professor at the Institute f or Philosophy of Leiden University. Her research project is entitled: ‘Hermeneutics of the gendered, racialized and ageing body’. She is interested in embodiment and identity, and the interrelations betw een body and discourse, in the fields of hermeneutics, phenomenology and gender studies. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR