with Elizabeth DeLoughrey, Olivier Marboeuf, Jennifer Gabrys, Ros Gray and Shela Sheikh
Join us for the launch of Manifestos, the collected manifestos of Édouard Glissant and Patrick Chamoiseau, published through the Planetarities Series with Goldsmiths Press, and translated by Betsy Wing and Matt Reeck.
For this special launch event at The Showroom, Elizabeth DeLoughrey and Olivier Marboeuf will present their research and practice as it resonates with the Manifestos collection. Jennifer Gabrys, Ros Gray and Shela Sheikh will discuss the ethos of the Planetarities series, which seeks to advance theoretical, experimental and practice-based work that shares a sense of urgency in relation to planetary troubles.
Manifestos brings together for the first time in English the manifestos written by Édouard Glissant and Patrick Chamoiseau between 2000 and 2009. The individual texts grapple with concrete historical and political moments in France, the Caribbean and North America. Across the manifestos, as well as two collectively signed op-eds, the authors engage with socio-political aspects of climate catastrophe, resource extraction, toxicity and neocolonialism.
The book will be on sale for a special launch price on the night: £23
