Sun 25 August
14:00–15:00
Panel Conversation with Embassy of the North Sea, Pilar Mata Dupont & Erika Roux, and Tjesse Riemersma — HYDRARCHY: WATERY POWER RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DUTCH POLDER AND THE NORTH SEA

RADIUS is pleased to invite you to the panel discussion HYDRARCHY: WATERY POWER RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DUTCH POLDER AND THE NORTH SEA. The panel discussion will take place on Sunday the 25th of August and marks the closing of the current exhibition PILAR MATA DUPONT & ERIKA ROUX: SCENES FROM THE POLDER WESTERN. 

The North Sea has long been depicted and understood as a desolate, inhospitable and lawless area. A self-contained no man’s land awaiting exploration, exploitation, and ultimately occupation through transformation. From colonialism and the slave trade, to piracy, commerce, sea tourism and the offshore industry, the Dutch nation and its inhabitants have maintained a longstanding maritime history with the North Sea. Currently, with the climate crisis and the resulting rising sea levels yet another chapter is being added to this history. In response to these rising sea levels and the accompanying instability of our watery environment, one can discern two responses: either maintaining the known level of human comfort through technofixes or more sustainable solutions that would allow the sea and rivers to reclaim and rewild. Yet, where is the North Sea itself in these discussions? Revolving around different ways to relate to and speak for the North Sea, the panel will bring together several practitioners whom have explored a myriad of ways to relate to the North Sea. Ranging from decentering humans and involving more-than-human perspectives in discussions about climate change and the North Sea, to direct political representation of the North Sea to the myths surrounding the North Sea itself the panelists will engage in discussion to explore the many ways in which one can give a voice to the North Sea itself. 

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
⌀ Embassy of the North Sea listens to and involves the voices of plants, animals, microbes, and people in and around the North Sea. Founded on the principle that the sea owns itself, the Embassy makes political space for sea-emancipation through connection, imagination and representation.
⌀ Erika Roux is a visual artist and filmmaker based in the Netherlands. Her work looks at situations and social spaces, which—by their own existence and action—challenge us in the way we perform, produce, and live together. Filmmaking and (script) writing become a process of encounter. With a rather intuitive and personal approach to these mediums, she creates a specific bond with individuals, a group of people or a community.
⌀ Pilar Mata Dupont is a Latina visual artist and filmmaker living in Rotterdam. She uses temporal strategies of looping, fragmentation, and dislocation to delve into the fallibility of narratives of history and memory.
⌀ Tjesse Riemersma is a writer, philosopher, journalist and musician. In his work, Tjesse tries to give words to climate change and biodiversity loss, often focusing on the Dutch seas. 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
⌀ Date: Sunday 25 August
⌀ Price: €10 for admission to the exhibitions and both panel discussions
⌀ Start: 14:00
⌀ Duration: 14:00 – 15:00
⌀ Language: English
⌀ Location: RADIUS CCA, Kalverbos 20
⌀ Please note that the location is not wheelchair accessible