SUPERFLEX: Interspecies Assembly
Introducing the first ever gathering of humans and non-humans alike, taking place during the 76th United Nations General Assembly
By ART 2030
SUPERFLEX & ART 2030
Dive-In, SUPERFLEX. Installation View: Coachella Valley, from above. (2019) by SUPERFLEXART 2030
We are in the midst of an environmental crisis
Biodiversity is collapsing, sea levels are rising, and the weather is becoming extreme and unpredictable.
Human activity is at the root of climate change, and our unwillingness to listen to the wants and needs of other species is contributing to the Earth’s ecological turmoil.
How can we find creative ways to change the course of our planet?
"Art can capture attention, stimulate imagination, and inspire action" says Luise Faurschou (2021) by ART 2030ART 2030
How can art make impact on these urgent issues?
"Art can capture attention, stimulate imagination, and inspire action" says ART 2030's Founder and Director Luise Faurschou
Calling for Dialogue Between Species
Against this backdrop, artist group SUPERFLEX has initiated the Interspecies Assembly: an open invitation to humans and non-humans alike to gather, to listen, to debate, and discuss how pave the pathway for a sustainable future together
Interspecies Assembly Call, SUPERFLEX (2021) by SUPERFLEXART 2030
So this year, during the 76th United Nations General Assembly at New York's UN Headquarters
Species from all walks of life
Life on land
And life below water
Are all invited to join world leaders and the people at the first ever Interspecies Assembly
Still, Vertical Migration, SUPERFLEX. Detail: An almost transparent nectosome (2021) by SUPERFLEXART 2030
Among Them, The Siphonophore
The first official non-human UN representatives
Trailer for Vertical Migration by SUPERFLEX at the United Nations Headquarters (2021) by SUPERFLEXART 2030
During the UN General Assembly and the Interspecies Assembly, the Siphonophore representative will travel from the twilight zone in the deep sea to the United Nations Headquarters
"I like to think of Siphonophores as my cousins" Rasmus Nielsen, SUPERFLEX (2021) by ART 2030ART 2030
Why Siphonophores?
SUPERFLEX's Rasmus Nielsen describes the first non-human representatives, can be a potential role model for a new perspective on our world
Interspecies Assembly, SUPERFLEX. Detail: engraving of "Based on Interspecies Ethics" (2021) by SUPERFLEXART 2030
The Interspecies Assembly site will be marked by a series of pink stone sculptures.
Engraved across the sculptures is an Interspecies Contract, made especially for human participants
"We have decided to set some rules for how to act" Bjørnstjerne Christiansen, SUPERFLEX (2021) by ART 2030ART 2030
Why an Interspecies Contract?
SUPERFLEX's Bjørnstjerne Christiansen tells us about why humans need to participate in the Interspecies Contract
Interspecies Assembly, SUPERFLEX. Detail: "Purpose" engraved the sculpture. (2021) by SUPERFLEXART 2030
A Monument To This Urgent Time In History
The sculptures will represent a gathering point and beginning, where we can really make a difference for all life on this planet. Among them: to boost Climate Action, protect Biodiversity, and support the UN's 17 Global Goals.
Between Art and Science - A conversation on Biodiversity and the Interspecies Assembly (2021) by ART 2030ART 2030
Let's Try To Fix Things
"We have a lot of knowledge, we have playful minds, we have imagination, we have rational minds."
Click here to learn about how you can #ActNow for our planet.
Interspecies Assembly by SUPERFLEX for ART 2030 debuts in September 2021 during the 76th United Nations General Assembly.
Interspecies Assembly by SUPERFLEX for ART 2030 is a project that features the works Interspecies Assembly and Vertical Migration. The project is generously supported by New Carlsberg Foundation, The Obel Family Foundation, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, The Ministry of Culture Denmark, Beckett Fonden and the Danish Arts Foundation.
Vertical Migration is commissioned by ART 2030 and TBA21–Academy, and supported by Avatar Alliance Foundation, Dalio Philanthropies, OceanX, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, New Carlsberg Foundation, The Obel Family Foundation, Beckett Fonden, and Danish Arts Foundation.
The Interspecies Assembly project was developed in close collaboration with Kollision and KWY.studio.
ART 2030’s Biodiversity Focus is generously supported by the Hempel Foundation.
ART 2030 Interview Videos are kindly supported by the Danish Arts Foundation.
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