This year, Splendour in the Grass is hosting a variety of unique voices at their Splendour Forum, the program of which has been announced today.
Alongside the music element of the festival, Splendour is also giving a stage to comedians, activists, and other creatives to perform, share their ideas and encourage discussion with an audience eager to partake. Check out a bit of a wrap up of what went down at the Splendour Forum last year, below.
I’m stoked to be hosting another Hypothetical (similar to the one I’m helming at CHANGES, and also at last year’s Melbourne Music Week) at the Forum, which poses the question: Is It Environmentally Responsible To Be Human?
Intrigued? I know I am.
Official Description
Amid ongoing global inaction to curb human-driven climate change – humanity faces an existential crisis. Young people worldwide are increasingly engaged in activism, demanding climate action to preserve the habitat they will inherit. Voluntary human extinction movements are gaining mainstream traction, with proponents voluntarily ceasing to breed in efforts to allow Earth’s biosphere to recover.
In this Hypothetical: “Is it environmentally responsible to be human?”, philosophers, environmentalists, artists and experts come together to negotiate philosophical outlooks, influence action and maintain progress in the thick of the climate crisis we face. Presenter and comedian Adam Spencer will take a group of specially selected respondents through a hypothetical exercise to collectively work through a moral dilemma, to aid in navigating future challenges.
The panel is moderated by Adam Spencer, and will feature Allara Briggs Pattison, Prof. Peter Singer, filmmakers Damon & Zoe Gameau, Sen. Peter Whish-Wilson, Marieke Hardy, Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm, The Drones), Heidi Lenffer (Cloud Control), and Mara Bun.
As well as the Hypothetical, I’ll also be speaking on a panel presented by The Pin and APRA AMCOS, entitled “The Power of Enough”. If you haven’t heard of The Pin, check them out here to find out more about the amazing work they do in sharing the stories of some powerful individuals and encouraging, supporting and nurturing a more diverse artistic culture here in Australia.
Official Description:
When there is no blueprint for how to take on a dream, a scene or an industry, how do we know when we’re enough? With rising social change, movements are often criticised for leaving women of colour out of the conversation.
The Pin, a website centred on conversations around race, identity, and culture, investigates the turning point for three dynamic, fascinating and powerful women who have tackled colourism, womanhood, indigeneity, class and the creative industry, to break the mould for the better. Find out where each artist takes their inspiration from, how they have grown both in music and in womanhood, the challenges they have individually overcome to get to where they are, and what they hope to find in the future.
Hosted by The Pin’s Nkechi Anele and Lucie Cutting, I’ll be joining Thandi Phoenix, Neil Morris (DRMNGNW) and DJ Jennifer Loveless in conversation.
SO MUCH IS HAPPENING IN JULY!
If you want to find out more about the Splendour in the Grass program, visit www.splendourinthegrass.com and if you’re going, see you in the tent!