(2021 – Current)
These workshops, talks, artworks and research projects look at relationships between “humans” and “other-than-human species” within artistic processes.
Who has agency?
What kinds of agency do they have?
What ethical questions are formulated?
These activities involve thinking about how I live and work with other-than-human species. This follows a desire to dwell in imaginative relationships, beyond mastery (Singh, 2018).
If you are interested in talking about this project or if you have a workshop or residency opportunity please contact Rosa via rosapostlethwaite@gmail.com.
Workshops
Dramaturgy with other-than-human species (3 March 2025), Northumbira University
Dramaturgy with other-than-human species (17 October 2024), Cardiff Metropolitan School of Art and Design
Speculative writing with other-than-humans (4 – 5 August 2023) Gylleboverket Performance Festival
Writing with other-than-humans (5 June 2023) at Peopling the Palace, Queen Mary University
Writing with the other-than-human (14 January 2023) at Vivid Projects Birmingham
Performance with non-human agents (22 September 2022) with Dramaturgy BA students at Aarhus University
Talks
“Solos” with Sourdough: Dramaturgy with other-than-human species (Revised paper) (15 March 2024), Microscopic Life in 20th- and 21st-Century Performance Conference, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris
“Solos” with sourdough: Dramaturgy with other-than-human species (15 July 2023) Dimensions of Dramaturgy, EASTAP Conference, Aarhus
Dramaturgy with Sourdough (28 January 2023) at Muffatwerk, Munich
Dramaturgy with Sourdough (8 August 2022) at BABLab Bio Arts Birmingham
Performance-to-camera
“Solos” with Sourdough (19 – 20 May 2022) at Convergence Conference, Coventry University
Research
Dramaturgy with other-than-human species PhD Research at Coventry University and Aarhus University (2021 – 2025)
Reading List Extract
Annette Arlander, Meetings with Remarkable and Unremarkable Trees (blog)
Donna J. Haraway, Staying with the Trouble
Julietta Singh, Unthinking Mastery
Karen Barad, Meeting the Universe Halfway
Kathryn Yusoff, A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None
Editors: Konstantina Georgelou, Efrosini Protopapa, Danae Theodoridou, The Practice of Dramaturgy: Working on Actions in Performance
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