Wasteland Festival 2023: Unveiling Ecological Issues Through Cultural Engagement

The 2023 edition of this transdisciplinary festival has been a teeming ten-day meeting that made space for urgent ecological issues to be seen, discussed, and questioned. An occasion for encounters through critical thinking, activism, interactive workshops, a collective exhibition, captivating talks, film screenings, performances, sound practices and more. This article aims to give a partial but heartfelt impression of the rich program and compelling discourses explored, while outlining the groundwork and practical choices made to bring it to reality. Departing with the aim of exploring waste as a moving entity, this gathering allowed its participants to politically travel space and time due to the international perspectives that were included, gaining insights on current issues connected to late capitalism and neocolonialism. <a href="https://medium.com/@collective.wasteland/wasteland-festival-2023-unveiling-ecological-issues-through-cultural-engagement-73880d596017">Read More</a>