---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Oliver Ressler <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 4:24 AM Subject: [Newsletter] Leave It in the Ground at Tromsø International Film Festival (among others) To: [email protected] *Leave It in the Ground* A film by Oliver Ressler 18 min., 2013 Screening at Tromsø International Film Festival 2015 (TIFF) in Norway as part of the program *Beyond Horizons* at Verdensteateret in Tromsø¸, followed by a debate at KulturHuset, Verkstedet, Tromsø. Wednesday, 14 January 2015, 1 PM. Further details: http://tiff.no/program/2015/beyond-horizons Exhibitions of *Leave It in the Ground*: "€œThe Plundering"€œ, Lentos Kunstmuseum <http://www.lentos.at/html/en/2895.aspx>, Linz (A), ongoing till 01.02.2015 (solo exhibition O. Ressler) "œBeyond Horizons"€ , Atelier Nord ANX <http://ateliernord.no/anx/beyond-horizons/?lang=en>, Oslo (N), 15.01. – 08.02.2015 "€œWaterscapes: The Politics of Water"€ , Pohang City Museum of Art, Pohang (KR), 15.01. – 29.03.2015 "€œLeave it in the Ground"€ , NBK – Neuer Berliner Kunstverein <http://www.nbk.org/en/ausstellungen/vorschau.html>, Berlin (D), 27.02. – 24.04.2015 (solo exhibition O. Ressler) In recent years, countless extreme weather events clearly indicate that climate change is not only a future phenomenon but is already taking place. Some effects of global warming—€”desertification, more frequent droughts, less frequent but more intense precipitation, lower crop yields—€”inflame existing social conflicts. In the Global South, climate change aggravates the crises of poverty, violence, and unrest that result from the legacies of colonialism and neoliberal capitalism. This vicious circle fuels humanitarian crises and civil wars that amplify political, economic and environmental disasters. Despite clear warnings, the ruling powers do not have a political agenda with a serious strategy to reduce use of fossil fuels, the main cause of global warming. A fossil-fuel fundamentalism seems to dominate throughout the globe. Recently, some of Norway'€™s politicians have advocated extracting petroleum in one of the largest fish and aquatic life spawning grounds on the planet, the sea encircling the Lofoten archipelago. The deepwater drilling would have unpredictable effects on the fish populations and some of the world'€™s cleanest waters. With the idyllic landscapes of the Lofoten archipelago as its background, *Leave It in the Ground* describes the climate crisis not as a technical and scientific problem, but as a political problem. The film discusses how ecological and humanitarian disasters caused through global warming might topple old orders and open up possibilities that could lead to long-term social and political transformations, both positive and negative. Further details and film excerpt: http://www.ressler.at/leave_it_in_the_ground/ _______________________________________________ Ressler_newsletter mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mediainvent.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ressler_newsletter -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/