The Agency of the Animal in Filmmaking: Natasha Fijn
 
This event is being held in conjunction with the More than Human: the Animal in the Age of the Anthropocene exhibition currently showing at the School of Art and Design Main Gallery.

How is our relationship with the horse changing in the face of extreme weather events and climate change in this age of the Anthropocene? In Mongolia, herder and horse brave a snowstorm to seek out and check on a horse herd, riding through a white, forested landscape; while on the different continental landmass of Australia, a family ride with horses through a recently burnt forested landscape. In a very different filmic context, with the recent re-emergence of the ancient practice of horse archery, horse and rider gallop across expansive grassland steppe in Mongolia, rapidly firing arrows at targets. Meanwhile, during an archery festival in Japan accompanied by fan waving and elaborate pageantry, horses gallop along a narrow runway within a temple complex in the heavily populated city of Kyoto. 
 
Through a series of film segments, anthropologist and filmmaker Natasha Fijn, explores the sensory engagement between human and horse in different socio-ecological contexts.
 
Location: Sir Roland Wilson Building, Theatrette (Rm 2.02)
 
Time: 5pm-6:30pm, Thursday 12 March 2020.
 

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