On Monday 12 April, I was in conversation (from 05:10)with author, multi-species justice advocate, and environmentalist Danielle Celermajer, talking about and reading from her recently published book Summertime, written in the shadow of 2019/2020 Australian bushfires. We spoke about what is it to have a felt connection to land and embodied knowledge of climate change; about stewardship and responsibility; and about the possibilities between climate despair and hope.
After Danielle (from 30:30), I was on call to cross-disciplinary artist, Julie Vulcan, discussing the body of work she made in response to the wildfire that roared through the bush home she shares with her partner, trees, plants, fungi, critters and creatures. The fire miraculously spared her modest house which was now standing amidst a sea of ash. This ash, as well as the remembrance, care, and regeneration, became motives for Vulcan's recent works: Rescript, Dark Interludes, and a poem Ash. She tells us more about each in this interview.
We also speak about her ongoing body of work, WishingDARK which addresses the problems of saturation with light, or light pollution, and what we might be missing on when we loose the connection to and experience of darkness. For this part skip to 1:02:04.
Throughout the show I was featuring music by German/Canadian composer and acoustic ecologist, Hildegard Westerkamp who sees the possibility for environmental responsibility in slowing down and listening. I speak to Julie about this, from 45:19.
For Danielle Celemajers 'Summertime' see: https://www.booktopia.com.au/summertime-danielle-celermajer/book/9781760899035.html
Julie Vulcan: https://julievulcan.net/about/
Dark Interludes: https://vimeo.com/518233183
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