Eco-Aesthetic Theologies: Interreligious Lessons from Zazu Dreams
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Abstract
Workshop: Following Alhadeff's presentation at HDS’s Ecological Spiritualities Conference 2022 and an extension of International Women's Day 2018 exhibition/performance in Philadelphia's National Liberty Museum, this exhibit of 30-40 reproductions from her 2024 updated interfaith, climate-justice art book Zazu Dreams: Between the Scarab and the Dung Beetle, a Cautionary Fable for the Anthropocene Era The exhibition-scholarly performance-workshop includes the trailer and preliminary episodes for the book-to-screen adaptation. While merging fictional and historical humanities with the sciences, a collaboration among four generations, this multimedia event explores how to manifest collective spiritual intelligence through interfaith perspectives on human rights and ecological justice.
Presenter Biography
Dr. Cara Judea Alhadeff, anarchist mother, performance artist, photographer, author, climate-justice organizer, and professor and has published dozens of books and essays on spirituality, art, sexuality, ethnicity, philosophy and eco-action. Former professor at UC Santa Cruz, her photographs and performance-videos are in collections including MoMA Salzburg and San Francisco MoMA.