Three (or more) Ecologies: A Feminist Articulation of Eco-Intersectionality Part I: For the World to Live, Patriarchy Must Die 3 Channel Video Installation, HD, Stereo, 37min, 2019
The way one relates to land, water and “resources” is reflected in the way one produces goods, relations and affinities. “Three (or more) Ecologies: A Feminist Articulation of Eco-intersectionality – Part I: For the World to Live, Patriarchy Must Die” juxtaposes the highly industrial/technical nature of the destructive fracking industry driving North Dakota’s Bakken shale oil boom on the Ft. Berthhold - Three Affiliated Tribes Reservation with voices from Jinwar – Village of Free Women, a women’s collective agricultural village project in the autonomous region of Rojava (Northern Syria).
The first chapter of this ongoing audio-visual research project emphasizes the urgent necessity of redefining value in the face of economic models that are driving the current climate crisis and the ongoing disruption/destruction of ecosystems, with blatant disregard for the embodied knowledge these ecosystems cultivate and nourish. It calls into question capitalism’s unbridled accumulation, fostered by competition, inequality and exploitation, the undergirding of patriarchal society, and comes to a singular conclusion: For the world to live, patriarchy must die.
The three-channel video installation is accompanied by two visual elements:
Gaslighting I (2019) Visualization of natural gas flaring in North Dakota as seen from outer space Nov 2018 - April 2019 dirt, sand & led lights, 260cm x 290cm
Gaslighting II (2019) Out of control gas flare Williston, ND 48º20'37.4"N, 103º34'17.8"W digital print, 230cm x 73cm
Camera, Sound, Editing: Angela Anderson
Sound Design, Sound Mix: Angela Anderson, Manuela Schininá
Surround Sound Mix: Manuela Schininá
Color Correction: Sebastian Bodirsky
Arabic and Kurdish Translation: Cihad Hammy
Interviews Rojava: Marwa Arsanios with Angela Anderson and Marie-Nour Héchaimé
Interviewees:
Silvia Federici - Feminist activist, theorist and writer, co-founder of the Wages for Housework campaign
Ladonna Tamakawastewin Allard - Storyteller & Tribal Historian, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - founder of Sacred Stone Camp and initiator of the Dakota Access pipeline blockade
Nicole Montclair Donaghy - Dakota Resource Council, Bismarck ND, member of Standing Rock Sioux and Ft. Berthold Mandan tribes
Lisa and Walter Deville - founders of Ft. Berthold Power - Protectors of Water and Earth Rights, members Ft. Berthold Hidatsa tribe
Dilar Dirik - scholar and activist with the Kurdish Women’s Movement
Sawsan Mahmoud - Jineoloji Committee, Kobane
Siham, Amira, Najat, Dalin & Reiza - Women from Jinwar - Village of Free Women
Text excerpts from: The Three Ecologies by Félix Guattari (translated by Ian Pindar and Paul Sutton)
Thank you:
Joletta Birdbear, Jodi Rave Maxo Kxakxe, Frankie Lee, Ruth Buffalo, Kelly Josie Albers, Katherine Young Bear, Valerie Tatanka-Pa, Fern Bull Head, Marilyn Hudson, Matthew Lone Bear, Elliot Bannister, Marwa Arsanios, Marie-Nour Héchaimé, Mazen Hashem, the comrades from Jinwar, Ana Hoffner, Aikaterini Gegisian, Andrei Siclodi, Catalina Fernandez, Angela Melitopoulos, Josina Malzmann, Nicola Pine, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Jumana Manna, Johannes Paul Raether
Produced with the kind support from:
Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, ÖH AKBILD, RD Foundation, Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa