Ecotone-Film-Venice 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz7xgRNhEoM Ecotone- Laurence explores the use of unconventional performative processes to challenge the notion of engagement and reveal what may be the 'true' value of the arts in the global context. Ecotone (Astreida Neimenis, 2012) defines an area of transition between two ecosystems, which also creates connections where rising tensions generate new forms of lives. The work investigates the 'sites of resistance' between the value of art /the value of this international platform within global concerns such as climate change, migration and the more recent Covid concerns. An Ecology of Learning Against the grain, with the flow Since Venice, Laurence has pursued her PhD research study considering live art as a radical pedagogical tool in secondary education. Inspired by her exploration of resistance, water and displacement in Venice She created a new performance; Against the grain, with the flow, questioning the potential f...