In her lecture, Terike Haapoja discusses her older and ongoing projects on polygenism symbiosis, animalism, and anti-capitalist political thought For over twenty years, Haapoja has studied the human-centricity of Western culture in her installations, writings, and collaborative projects She is currently working on the long-term research project Against Animal Capitalism, which seeks to lay the foundation for left-wing politics of polygeny, as well as a project on singing (all living beings) as an ecological resistance.
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Terike Haapoja is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Berlin Her major installations, writings and collaborative projects explore the possibility of nonviolent symbiosis across backgrounds and differences, with a particular focus on multispecies politics Haapoja's work is rooted in environmental thought and draws inspiration from critical zoological research and posthumanism, with a interface to feminist and postcolonialist discourse, which critiques the forms of exclusion derived from Western humanism.
Haapoja is currently working on the long-term project Animal Capitalism, which aims to build the foundation for left-wing multi-genre politics She is co-editor of seven publications on art and politics/environment, and her work has been widely exhibited in international solo and group exhibitions Haapoja represented Finland at the 55th Venice Biennale with a solo exhibition at the Nordic Pavilion, and her work has received numerous accolades, including a Guggenheim Fellowship (2022), the ANTI Award for Performance Art (2016), the Finnish State Art Prize (2016), the Dukaatti Prize (2008), the Säde Prize (2009) and the Honorary Award as Artist of the Year at the Finland Festival (2007) The collaborative Gustafsson & Haapoja project also won the Finnish State Prize for Media Art (2016) and the Kiila Prize.