With Emanuele Coccia and Adriana Calcanhotto
Host: Cecilia Cavalieri, visual artist and researcher; her recent work proposes inter/multispecific speculation and cosmopoetic fabulation exercises
Italian philosopher Emanuele Coccia is one of the most important names in what is usually called the “vegetable turning point”: the 21st century moment in which plants assume an unprecedented role in the planet’s cultural history. In two of his books published in Brazil, The Life of Plants and Metamorphoses, he addresses plant intelligence and sensitivity issues, trying to show the absolute relevance of these non-human beings for the survival of all other species. In Metamorphoses, he proposes that all life on the planet takes place as a metamorphic process: not only species, but also plant and animal kingdoms transform into one another, over events that go back to the first living creatures on Earth. Adriana Calcanhotto is among the most admired composers and singers in the Brazilian cultural scene. One of her most recent works is entitled A Mulher do Pau-Brasil [Pau-Brasil Woman], which also resulted in a concert-thesis, following her artistic residency at the University of Coimbra. At this panel, she will also talk about her relationship with Paraty and her project to create a music production studio in the heart of Nhe’éry, as well as commenting on the intense relationship with plants that accompanied her marriage to filmmaker Suzana de Moraes. As Coccia’s philosophical writing is also endowed with a lot of poetry, this dialogue is prone to unleash poetic-floral high voltage.
Adriana Calcanhotto