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|Summary=Didier Demorcy invites us into his work and its connections to Agency and Kobe Matthys by guiding us through ''"Vital Phantasy: A stitched Story between Animism, Evolutionism and More-Than-Human Earth…"''.
|Summary=Didier Demorcy invites us into his work and its connections to Agency and Kobe Matthys by guiding us through "Vital Phantasy: A stitched Story between Animism, Evolutionism and More-Than-Human Earth…".
 
Light lunch offered to the participants. The visit will be in french, followed by discussions in FR, EN, NL.
|LongDescription=Through an approach often akin to documentary, Demorcy explores situated practices, scientific, popular, and oral knowledge, processes of fermentation, perception, non-human worlds, political ecology, and the Commons.
|LongDescription=Through an approach often akin to documentary, Demorcy explores situated practices, scientific, popular, and oral knowledge, processes of fermentation, perception, non-human worlds, political ecology, and the Commons.


He participated in several exhibitions, some of which together with Agency, such as ''"Laboratorium"'' (Antwerpen Open and Roomade – Antwerp, 1999); ''"Making Things Public"'' (ZKM – Karlsruhe, 2005); ''"Animism"'' (Extra City, M HKA Antwerp, Kunsthalle Bern, 2010-2012).
He participated in several exhibitions, some of which together with Agency, such as ''"Laboratorium"'' (Antwerpen Open and Roomade – Antwerp, 1999); ''"Making Things Public"'' (ZKM – Karlsruhe, 2005); ''"Animism"'' (Extra City, M HKA Antwerp, Kunsthalle Bern, 2010-2012).


He has participated in the creation of several collectives of "activist-researchers" (philosophy, alternative currency, artist status, international network of community radio stations) and is involved in projects related to forest management, community gardening, conservation, selection, and propagation of ancient grains and varieties adapted to current climate change. He's part of [https://www.limestere.be Li Mestère], ''Réseau Belge de semences paysannes''.
Demorcy has participated in the creation of several collectives of "activist-researchers" (philosophy, alternative currency, artist status, international network of community radio stations) and is involved in projects related to forest management, community gardening, conservation, selection, and propagation of ancient grains and varieties adapted to current climate change. He's part of [https://www.limestere.be Li Mestère], ''Réseau Belge de semences paysannes''.


He is also the co-translator, with Isabelle Stengers, of ''"Comment la terre s'est tue - Pour une écologie des sens"'' by David Abram and [https://wiki.erg.be/w/Didier_Demorcy teacher at ERG, Brussels].
He is also the co-translator, with Isabelle Stengers, of ''"Comment la terre s'est tue - Pour une écologie des sens"'' by David Abram and [https://wiki.erg.be/w/Didier_Demorcy teacher at ERG, Brussels].
|Guests=Didier Demorcy
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Practicalities:
When? 29 September 2026, from 12:30 to 14:30.
Where? Agency.


Short summary: Didier Demorcy invites us into his work and its connections to Agency and Kobe Matthys by guiding us through "Vital Phantasy: A stitched Story between Animism, Evolutionism and More-Than-Human Earth…".

Light lunch offered to the participants. The visit will be in french, followed by discussions in FR, EN, NL.


Description:

Through an approach often akin to documentary, Demorcy explores situated practices, scientific, popular, and oral knowledge, processes of fermentation, perception, non-human worlds, political ecology, and the Commons.

He participated in several exhibitions, some of which together with Agency, such as "Laboratorium" (Antwerpen Open and Roomade – Antwerp, 1999); "Making Things Public" (ZKM – Karlsruhe, 2005); "Animism" (Extra City, M HKA Antwerp, Kunsthalle Bern, 2010-2012).

Demorcy has participated in the creation of several collectives of "activist-researchers" (philosophy, alternative currency, artist status, international network of community radio stations) and is involved in projects related to forest management, community gardening, conservation, selection, and propagation of ancient grains and varieties adapted to current climate change. He's part of Li Mestère, Réseau Belge de semences paysannes.

He is also the co-translator, with Isabelle Stengers, of "Comment la terre s'est tue - Pour une écologie des sens" by David Abram and teacher at ERG, Brussels.


Guest(s): Didier Demorcy