M..E..T..A..S..P..E..C..T – Page 2 – the journal of the Institute of Idle Curiosity for Elements of Seduction

// tPhC // workshop: (education for a) Cosmopolitanism beyond Comfort Zones – 27 September 2019, New York

Posted on 26 August 2019 By Gaston Meskens

What kind of education do our children need to make them more resilient to all kinds of capitalist, conformist and fundamentalist manipulations of our co-existence and to enable them to become self-reflexive, open and tolerant cosmopolitans or ‘world citizens’ capable of living better with each other in our complex society?

What is ethical competence?

The PhɅAct Collective of the Institute organises a dialogue on the meaning and value of cosmopolitanism and ethical competence on Friday 27 September 2019 from 9am to 5pm at the Sukyo center, 124 E 31st St, New York

// tPhC // The New Humanism Project at the Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

Posted on 19 August 2019 By Gaston Meskens

The New Humanism project team was invited to a United Nations conference on human capacity building. During the Capacity-building Knowledge to Action Day on 19 August 2019 (which was part of the United Nations Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week), the team argued for a necessary reform of research and education in order to be able to better deal with the complex social problems of today.

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Gaston Meskens of the New Humanism Project team (second from left)

// tAI // Preview ‘The Better Delusion of Oneself’ – first images of a new project of the idle-city-else Labs

Posted on 23 July 2019 By Gaston Meskens

The Better Delusion of Oneself

The Institute presents the first images of a new project of the idle-city-else Labs:

stay tuned.

// tPhC // The New Humanism Project brought spicy ideas to the Research Dialogue at the United Nations Climate Change conference, Bonn

Posted on 20 June 2019 By Gaston Meskens

We were invited to contribute to the Eleventh meeting of the Research Dialogue ‘Science for Transformation’ as part of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Bonn. We worked on theme 2 Transformative adaptation and climate resilient development.

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Silke Van Cleuvenbergen (the New Humanism Project team) (left) introducing the project’s poster ‘Intellectual Capacity Building for a Climate Resilient Future – the New Humanism approach’.

// tAI // The Arts Institute invites: The runner’s body – Anna Godzina and Domenikos de Visser

Posted on 17 May 2019 By Gaston Meskens

On invitation of The Arts Institute, the show ‘The runner’s body’ of Anna Godzina and Domenikos de Visser was on view at The AnteRoom during the Borger#16 art weekend in Antwerp.

Anna Godzina and Domenikos de Visser

Opening of the show on 17 May 2019

// tPhC // The New Humanism Project at the United Nations Resilience Frontiers Conference in Seoul

Posted on 13 April 2019 By Gaston Meskens

We were invited to participate in a ‘disruptive brainstorming conference’ on the future of resilience, organised by the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Happy to have been among (what they call) ‘100 visionary thinkers and thought leaders’ from international organizations and non-profit, private and academic/research entities, and looking forward to discuss visions for our common future against the backdrop of resilience.

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Silke Van Cleuvenbergen and Gaston Meskens (New Humanism Project team) in the panel on the role of art in designing critical climate resilient futures, Seoul, South-Korea, Thursday 11 april 2019

// tAI // The Clashmood Cycle Poems brought on stage at “LUST – An Evening of Erotic Poetry” in Amsterdam

Posted on 29 March 2019 By Gaston Meskens

17 years after their creation, the Clash Mood Cycle poems were finally brought on stage on 29 March 2019 as part of “LUST – An Evening of Erotic Poetry” at Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam.

Read the Clash Mood Cycle poems here (version of March 2019 edited from the original version of 2002)

Photos Merel Noorlander

// tPhC // The New Humanism Project at the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development in New York

Posted on 23 February 2019 By Gaston Meskens

We had talks about the New Humanism project with a number of nice and interesting people during and around the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development, taking place from 11 to 21 February 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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