Extinction Wars


2023

April 5-July 30, 2023
Gwangju Museum of Art

Extinction Wars makes the case that capitalism and colonialism are possible only by waging military campaigns against natures and peoples in the past, present and future. The annihilation of natures, peoples, and their cultures over the past 500 years are extinction wars.

The  Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes  (CICC) is a more-than-human tribunal that aims to prosecute climate crimes committed by states and corporations, not only in the past and present, but also in the future. In the CICC the public acts as jury and is tasked with passing a verdict based on The Intergenerational Climate Crimes Act : the legal foundation of the CICC.

In a court consisting of military frontlines constructed from sandbags, oil barrels and barbed wire, combined with images of animals made extinct from the colonial period to the present, witness statements and evidentiary materials regarding the destruction of communities and ecologies through the military-industrial complex in the Republic of Korea and internationally were presented.

Witness statements by Peace Wind, Saemangeum Citizens’ Ecological Investigation Team, Citizens for Reclaiming Our Land from Gunsan US Military Base, World Without War and Youth Climate Emergency Action. Judges: Ryu, Jung-hwa, Ji, Hyun-Young and Radha D’Souza. Clerks: Jiyoung Kim and Jonas Staal.

  • PROJECT BY

    Radha D'Souza and Jonas Staal


  • PROJECT TEAM

    Radha D’Souza and Jonas Staal (artists); Juhyun Cho (curator); Josien Pieterse (co-founder & co-director, Framer Framed); Cas Bool (co-founder & co-director, Framer Framed); Jiyoung Kim (co-programmer public hearings, Framer Framed); Nadine Gouders (production coordination, Studio Jonas Staal); Paul Kuipers (architect); Hayoung Lim and Dinara Vasilevskaia (graphic design); Chang-yeon Pyo (installation construction), Yena Ku (production manager); Hahae Son (research & communication Framer Framed); Stefan Wharton (communication, Framer Framed); and Jean Medina (production, Framer Framed)


  • CO-COMMISSIONED BY

    Gwangju Biennale Pavilion Project and Framer Framed (Amsterdam, NL)


  • HOSTED BY

    Gwangju Museum of Art


  • IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

    Arts Council Korea (ARKO), the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands), Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AfK), the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Korea, and the Mondriaan Fonds




Extinction Wars


2023



April 5-July 30, 2023
Gwangju Museum of Art

Extinction Wars makes the case that capitalism and colonialism are possible only by waging military campaigns against natures and peoples in the past, present and future. The annihilation of natures, peoples, and their cultures over the past 500 years are extinction wars.

The  Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes  (CICC) is a more-than-human tribunal that aims to prosecute climate crimes committed by states and corporations, not only in the past and present, but also in the future. In the CICC the public acts as jury and is tasked with passing a verdict based on The Intergenerational Climate Crimes Act : the legal foundation of the CICC.

In a court consisting of military frontlines constructed from sandbags, oil barrels and barbed wire, combined with images of animals made extinct from the colonial period to the present, witness statements and evidentiary materials regarding the destruction of communities and ecologies through the military-industrial complex in the Republic of Korea and internationally were presented.

Witness statements by Peace Wind, Saemangeum Citizens’ Ecological Investigation Team, Citizens for Reclaiming Our Land from Gunsan US Military Base, World Without War and Youth Climate Emergency Action. Judges: Ryu, Jung-hwa, Ji, Hyun-Young and Radha D’Souza. Clerks: Jiyoung Kim and Jonas Staal.
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