Undead Matter
Undead Matter is an unfolding conversation about where life lies in the ever-turning matter of our universe, as it rhythmically resurfaces over millennia. Through intersecting conversations with artists, ecologists, poets, cryomicrobiologists, shamen, paleontologists, musicians and quantum physicists, each offer a perspective on our place within the infinite impermanence of life: past, present and possible.
Episodes
9 episodes
Life at the Edges of Shifting Rhythms | Shezad Dawood and Mark Nutall
Artist and filmmaker, Shezad Dawood speaks with social and geopolitical anthropologist Mark Nutall, who’s work is embedded in circumpolar rural communities, tracing the entanglements between climate change, extractive industries and identity of...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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59:56
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Imagining the Permafrost | Special Edition
The permafrost is a thriving ecosystem, teaming with life, mythology, histories and futures, hidden just below the surface. Yet unlike tropical rainforests or the deep oceans, this frozen expanse rarely appears in the cultural imagination. Cura...
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Season 1
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28:31
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Nurturing the Ancient Undead | Oreet Ashery and Tori Herridge
Undead Matter is an unfolding conversation about where life lies in the ever-turning matter of our universe, as it rhythmically resurfaces over millennia.In the sixth episode, Nurturing the Ancient Undead, artist, O...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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38:25
Resurfacing lives | Bo Choy and Sayana Namsaraeva
Undead Matter is an unfolding conversation about where life lies in the ever-turning matter of our universe, as it rhythmically resurfaces over millennia.In this fifth episode of the series, we delve into animated landscapes th...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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37:57
Existing Between | Daisy Hildyard and Karen Lloyd
Undead Matter is an unfolding conversation about where life lies in the ever-turning matter of our universe, as it rhythmically resurfaces over millennia.In this third episode, writer, Daisy Hildyard speaks with marine m...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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51:55
Permafrost Hydrofeminism | Astrida Neimanis and Nikita Tananaev
Undead Matter is an unfolding conversation about where life lies in the ever-turning matter of our universe, as it rhythmically resurfaces over millennia.Cultural theorist, Astrida Neimanis’ theory of Hydrofeminis...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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49:50
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Marking Silences | Myung Mi Kim and Kathryn Yusoff
Undead Matter is an unfolding conversation about where life lies in the ever-turning matter of our universe, as it rhythmically resurfaces over millennia.In this second episode, geographer Kathryn Yusoff speaks with poet Myung ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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49:31
