Natural Contract Lab
L'Art Rue
Co-production: Alkantara
With the support of the Gulbenkian Foundation
Natural contract lab was produced by wpZimmer (BE) // Co-produced by Kunstencentrum Vooruit (BE), NTGent (BE), Workspacebrussels (BE), Dream City (TN), C-takt (BE) // Supported by the Flemish Authorities, BePart, Creative Europe, Garantir Cultura //With the research support of the Leuven Institute of Criminology (BE), Wild Legal (FR), Human Rights Consortium UGent (BE), European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ)
Natural Contract Lab was founded in 2021 by the artist Maria Lucia Cruz Correia in collaboration with a multidisciplinary group, including Marine Calmet (environmental jurist), Brunilda Pali (restorative justice), Lode Vranken (architecture/philosophy), Vinny Jones (sensory scenography) Margarida Mendes (Researcher/sonic guidance). Together they develop a body of care, researching forms of environmental justice through practices of reciprocal care, such as walking-with the river, performative rituals, ecocide hearings, restorative justice and ecological grief circles, somatic and audio scores and other actions that move along with the water’s flow and its communities.
During the artistic and activist process undertaken in Tunisia, around the Sebkha Séjoumi, Natural Contract Lab works with :
> Réseau Enfants de la Terre
We commit to a sustainable society in Tunisia and in all countries of the world. Young people actively participate in shaping a society based on principles of citizenship. Their association "Réseau Enfants de la Terre" aims to promote an ecologically sustainable and socially equitable society. To achieve this goal, they need to educate, train, raise awareness and mobilise. "We are all Children of the Earth!
> Les Amis des Oiseaux (AAO)
Association "Les Amis des Oiseaux" (AAO/BirdLife in Tunisia) is a national Tunisian Non-Governmental Organisation working for the study, sustainable management and protection of avifauna, and biodiversity in general, along with key-sites and habitats for conservation.