In the spring, the growth of reproductive tissues and structures magnifies. When the sun rises, our bodies come closer in the practice of encounter.
As part of Anna Hulačová’s exhibition Sow ideals and harvest hybrids, fluent presents A molecular lexicon, a potential conversation between two texts: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson and Smog Cloud by Italo Calvino. Throughout three consecutive Wednesdays we will celebrate a moment of slow awakening and latent encounter by reading a selection of extracts which, in dialogue, delve into intimacy as a form of ecology.
Silent Spring is the title of a pioneer text in the warning about the impact that pesticides, and DDT in particular, have on ecosystems. Weaving the rigor of the scientific method and a poetic approach, this text inspired the philosophical and political positions we now call environmentalism, illuminating as well our understanding on nature’s complex entanglements and positioning the role of society in the present and future of life.
Smog Cloud is a fiction story continuously suspended in a climate of estrangement, facing the world both as image and ideogram. The dense fog loaded with chemicals from the industrial city cancels any ideal potentiality, while persisting in fixing the gaze to a blurred reality.
The dialogue between these two texts opens up a kind of imaginary conversation resulting from the sculptural materiality of the exhibition, the environments that we inhabit and the performativity of [removed];A molecular lexicon brings these texts into dialogue while focusing on tactics of care, collective knowledge and the interdependency of our contexts, around a collective reading that addresses states of uncertainty and territorial instability, through moments of shared intimacy.
This series of events will take place in person. However, due to the current state of emergency, maximum capacity allows 10 participants per session and prior registration is required.
If you are interested in taking part in these sessions, please RSVP to fluent at
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