Performance, Ecology and Sustainability (2024-)

Ecologies perform: artists make performances in and with ecologies. Examining everything from sustainable design and production practices to conceptual, creative approaches to engagement with ecologies, this course will look at the consideration of the non-human in performance through multiple lenses. Students will hear talks from professional performance-makers engaged in sustainability and ecology, learn about sustainable initiatives within Concordia, and create their own works in response to ecological approaches, cycles, materials and themes. How do we work with ecologies to be sustainable performance-makers? This course offers multiple answers to this question.