[Go Green] Gaudeamus Festival
Utrecht, Netherlands
The international festival Gaudeamus focusses on the presentation of the quality, diversity and vitality of international young music pioneers.
As author and philosopher Amitav Ghosh points out, the climate crisis is also a cultural crisis. It is ingrained in a colonial way of thinking that shapes the way we relate to nature. So part of the green transition is a story of imagination; imagining alternative ways of relating to our direct environment. In this spirit we organised a range of events under the name In Situ/City: Naturecultures. In-Situ/City is an ongoing project that focuses on the city as an ever-changing changing collection of historical, cultural, political and social signifiers. For Gaudeamus 2022, four young makers (groups), Annabel Schouten, Gemma Luz Bosch, Espen Hjort & Mees Borgman and Matteo Gualandi, were commissioned to create new work that reflects on this theme, with a special focus on the relationship between humans and non-humans. In four articles, music journalist and researcher Joep Christenhusz dives deep into their work and themes.
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(General Editor: Simon Mundy)
