Katja Aglert – författare

Feminist Reconfigurings of Alien Encounters reclaims the notion of alien encounters together with strange but queerly loved companions: Vulgar slugs, diatoms (micro-algae), and familiars (spirit guides of witches). The book’s three human co-authors ask: what would it take to establish more-than-human, bio- and geo-egalitarian co-existence on a planet in trouble?

This playfully crafted mixed-genre book is informed by feminist posthumanisms and co-created with a spectral community of more-than-humans who are respectfully summoned to contribute with their perspectives. In focus of the entangled artistic-philosophical-poetic investigations are questions of ethics, aesthetics, and methodologies to co-exist response-ably rather than based on modern human beliefs in exceptionalism and entitlement to sovereignty, control, and conquest of more-than-human worlds.

Feminist Reconfi gurings of Alien Encounters is intended for broad global audiences of researchers, teachers, professionals, NGOs, politicians, students from undergraduate to postgraduate levels, artists, writers, activists, and artivists who are interested in entangled artistic-poetic-philosophical modes of understanding the world as well as in ecology, new feminist materialism, critical posthumanism, and questions about radically rethinking and reimagining human/more-than-human relations on Earth.

Feminist Reconfigurings of Alien Encounters reclaims the notion of alien encounters together with strange but queerly loved companions: Vulgar slugs, diatoms (micro-algae), and familiars (spirit guides of witches). The book’s three human co-authors ask: what would it take to establish more-than-human, bio- and geo-egalitarian co-existence on a planet in trouble?

This playfully crafted mixed-genre book is informed by feminist posthumanisms and co-created with a spectral community of more-than-humans who are respectfully summoned to contribute with their perspectives. In focus of the entangled artistic-philosophical-poetic investigations are questions of ethics, aesthetics, and methodologies to co-exist response-ably rather than based on modern human beliefs in exceptionalism and entitlement to sovereignty, control, and conquest of more-than-human worlds.

Feminist Reconfi gurings of Alien Encounters is intended for broad global audiences of researchers, teachers, professionals, NGOs, politicians, students from undergraduate to postgraduate levels, artists, writers, activists, and artivists who are interested in entangled artistic-poetic-philosophical modes of understanding the world as well as in ecology, new feminist materialism, critical posthumanism, and questions about radically rethinking and reimagining human/more-than-human relations on Earth.

Nya Småland undersöker på olika sätt frågor om entreprenörskap, in- och utvandring samt förhållandet mellan landsbygd och stad.

Tre teman kännetecknar såväl den gängse, som den historiska förståelsen av Småland. Projektet undersöker frågor som: Vad händer i övergången från glasbruksort till turistort? Hur kan en region som avfolkas, samtidigt växa och föröka sig? Hur kom centrum att hamna på en åker? Hur ser relationen ut mellan Småland och Minnesota idag? Känner konstnärer och formgivare till den kunskap och potential som finns inom den småländska industrin? 

Genom att ställa dessa frågor och komma med olika infallsvinklar i dialog mellan internationell samtidskonst och lokal kunskap börjar vi närma oss en uppdaterad bild av Småland.

I den här boken presenteras även det pärlband av utställningar som ägde rum 2019-2020 och processerna som ledde dit.

Genom texter som reflekterar kring de konferenser, seminarier, residens, workshops och internationella samarbeten som skett i Småland under de senaste fyra åren lyfter boken fram en modell som stödjer långsiktiga relationer och samtidigt tillåter experiment. Den synliggör och engagerar lokala aktörer och lyfter fram samtidskonstens roll i Småland.

Nya Småland är ett samarbete som initierats av fyra konstinstitutioner, tre regioner och ett universitet.

Med bidrag av: Abraham Hurtado, Anders Sunna, Ane Graff, Ane Hjort Guttu, Ann Mirjam Valka, Anna Ekman, Axel Stratschnoy, Behazad Khosravi Noori & René Léon-Rosales, Caroline Mårtensson, Cecilia Järdemar, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Cristina Bogdan, Curatingpublicspace, Dan Karlholm, Elna Svenle, Éric van Hove, Freddy Tsimba, Frida Sandström, Greece is For Lovers, Joanna Sandell, Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Juan Pedro Farba Guemberena, Katja Aglert, Katr na Neiburga, Lela Pierce, Maria Lantz, Markus Vallien, Mike Bode, Olav Fumarola Unsgaard, Peter Aronsson, Petri Saariko, Runo Lagomarsino, Stine Marie Jacobsen, SUPERFLEX, Åsa Jungnelius. Redigerad av Jonatan Habib Engqvist.

Boken ges ut av Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing i samarbete med  Linneaus University Press. www.nyasmaland.se

New Småland investigates issues of entrepreneurship, immigra­tion and emigration, and looks in various ways at the relationship between the rural and the urban. These three themes characterise both a common and a historical understanding of Småland. The project examines questions such as: What happens in the transition from glass industry to tourism? How can a region that is depopulated, grow and develop at the same time? How did the centre of town end up in a field? What does the relationship between Småland and Swedish Minnesota look like today? Do artists and designers know about the knowledge base and poten­tial that exists in Småland s industries? Do local manufacturers know which artists and designers that work in the area and what their skills and ambitions are?

By asking these questions and developing different approaches to creating a dialogue between international contemporary art and local knowledge, we can start to advance an updated picture of Småland.

This book also presents the string of exhibitions that took place from 2019 to 2020 and the processes that led to them. The texts gathered here reflect on the conferences, seminars, residences, workshops and international collaborations that have taken place in Småland during the past four years, and the book as a whole highlights a model that supports long-term relationships and at the same time allows for experimentation. It emphasises and en­gages with local actors and accentuates the role of contemporary art in Småland today.

With contributions by: Abraham Hurtado, Anders Sunna, Ane Graff, Ane Hjort Guttu, Ann Mirjam Valka, Anna Ekman, Axel Stratschnoy, Behazad Khosravi Noori & René Léon-Rosales, Caroline Mårtensson, Cecilia Järdemar, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Cristina Bogdan, Curatingpublicspace, Dan Karlholm, Elna Svenle, Éric van Hove, Freddy Tsimba, Frida Sandström, Greece is For Lovers, Joanna Sandell, Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Juan Pedro Farba Guemberena, Katja Aglert, Katr na Neiburga, Lela Pierce, Maria Lantz, Markus Vallien, Mike Bode, Olav Fumarola Unsgaard, Peter Aronsson, Petri Saariko, Runo Lagomarsino, Stine Marie Jacobsen, SUPERFLEX, Åsa Jungnelius. Edited by Jonatan Habib Engqvist.

New Småland is a collaboration initiated by four art institutions, three regions and one university. The book is published by Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing and Linneaus University Press. www.nyasmaland.se