Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Tuesday 27 April
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
These are trying times for our planet. With many species either endangered or extinct, the world is changing at a rapid rate. In this conversation, interdisciplinary artist Alex Last – creator of the Melbourne Knowledge Week event Beast of Burden of Proof – and writer and conservation volunteer Fatima Measham sit down to discuss the relationship between humans and animals, sharing perspectives on the ways we manage destructive or invasive animal species.
Beast of Burden of Proof is a social experiment and participatory art performance that challenges participants to consider ecological ethics. Measham's writing and conservation work are both motivated by her interest in the tensions inherent in our claims of love for animals.
Join them for a conversation about climate change, invasive species, and the fate of our shared planet.
Presented in partnership with Melbourne Knowledge Week
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Featuring
Alex Last
Alex Last (b. 1985) is an interdisciplinary artist living and working on Muwinina land in nipaluna, lutruwita (colonial name; Hobart, Tasmania). Alex works in a range of mediums across various disciplines, exploring the entangled, dissonant, cryptic and transformative relationships between living organisms and their human relatives. In a minor effort to dampen global anthropocentrism, Alex works to uncover those narratives which illuminate the ornate subjectivities of earth's scorned and unseen creatures.
Fatima Measham
Fatima Measham is a writer and speaker living west of the Werribee River on Wadawurrung country. Her recent work focuses on nature, conservation, and the tensions inherent in our claims of love for animals. She is also a conservation volunteer.
She was formerly a consulting editor, columnist and podcast producer for Eureka Street, where she focused on issues of social justice, identity and politics. Her work has appeared in Meanjin, the Guardian, America magazine and other publications. She grew up on the traditional land of the Higaonon in the Philippine south.