... transitioning queer*scapes

27.10.2025
Luce deLire

Is ecology a cis-het issue? Would a more queer, more trans world escape the climate collapse? Or should we rather suspend queer and trans critiques, solidarity and utopias in the face of larger, more pressing issues? This session will address these and other questions - with help directly from the future. 

Luce deLire is a ship with eight sails and she lies down by the quay. As a philosopher, she publishes on the metaphysics of infinity but also on art, queer theory, anti-racism, postcolonialism, and political theory. In her performances, she embodies figures of the collective imaginary. For more (including booking), see getaphilosopher.com , Instagram

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land*scapes are memory – they forget neither colonialism nor the climate crisis, and they will also remember AI. Soil samples are not the only evidence of how human ideas and activities shape landscapes. If we learn to read them, we see more than forests, seas, mountains and idyllic nature. They are the result of attributions, interventions and power relations – and bear traces of colonialism, extractivism and ecological destruction. At the same time, they open up spaces for resistance, regeneration, care, diversity and creativity. They tell of borders and resistance, of care and displacement.

In our winter lecture series, we encounter one of these landscapes and artistic perspectives on climate justice each week. Methods and practices show how landscapes are shaped by language, perspectives and boundaries – and how different perceptions arise depending on the angle of view. How do we shape landscapes and how do they shape us? What needs to change in order to preserve the foundations of life? And what role can art play in this?

We invite you to become part of these land*scapes: to listen to them, feel them and change them creatively. Together, we will create a winter landscape full of knowledge, experiences and encounters across the degree programmes. The event will conclude with a cosy hot drink.