EPA Summit - September 33 2017 in NYC

Please join us for the first EPA Summit!

When: September 23rd, 9:30am - 5:30pm
Where: EPA Headquarters at 1067 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY

The EPA Summit is cross-disciplinary gathering bringing together artists, thinkers, scientists and others in the fields of urban ecology, art, dance, movement and performance to explore the possibility of embodied research, and the value of urban weeds as collaborators, guides and mentors.

The Summit is a public day-long event rain or shine. We invite you for the duration of the gathering, but if you cannot dedicate the whole day, RSVP either for the morning or the afternoon.

RSVP REQUIRED, PLEASE GO TO  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epa-summit-tickets-37822815058

Suggested Donation of $20/person

Any questions please contact: environmentalperformanceagency@gmail.com

SCHEDULE

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
WELCOME with Fresh Foraged Chicory Coffee

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
EMERGENCY WEEDY RESILIENCE KIT: The Weeds Welcome You
Catherine Grau

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
INTRODUCTIONS
Welcoming remarks by EPA artist collective

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
URBAN WEEDS GUIDE TO BORDER CROSSING
Chris Kennedy

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
POOR BUT SEXY (Activist) LUNCH
guided by Catherine Grau
with guests Thomas Choinacky, Johann Diedrick, Darryl Montgomery-Hell and Moira Williams

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
RADICAL CARE SITTING: Guerilla Encounters with Weedy Islands
andrea haenggi

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
NEXT EPOCH SEED LIBRARY: Time Capsule for Pacific Street Futures
Anne Percoco + Ellie Irons

5:00 PM- 5:30 PM
GROUP REFLECTION
End remarks by all participants

*Several sessions involve actions out in the streets and are not suitable to casual drop-in mid way. Thank you for being considerate!

About the EPA

The Environmental Performance Agency (EPA) is an artist collective founded in 2017 and named in response to the proposed defunding of the U.S. Environmental Protection . Our aim is to shift thinking around the terms environment, performance, and agency – using artistic, social, and embodied / kinesthetic practices to advocate for the agency of all living performers co-creating our environment, specifically through the lens of spontaneous urban plants, native or migrant. The current collective includes andrea haenggi, Catherine Grau, Christopher Kennedy, Ellie Irons and the spontaneous urban plants of 1067 Pacific Street, Brooklyn. http://www.environmentalperformanceagency.com/