About the Project

A regenerative choreography of kinship, imagination, and policy

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Conceived as a living method rather than a temporal event, the ocean comm/uni/ty Festival proposed art as policy: a regenerative grammar where artistic practice, ancestral knowledge, science, and ritual co-exist as tools for ecological, cultural, and emotional transformation.

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Positioned in dialogue with the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the festival functioned as echo and divergence: translating formal policy discourse into embodied, poetic, and speculative forms of action. The ocean was approached not as a theme, but as kin and co-curator.

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Curatorial Role

• Conceptual design of festival framework and methodology

• Program vision and structural choreography

• Integration of interdisciplinary epistemologies: art, science, ancestral knowledge, and policy

• Alignment with UN Ocean Conference 2025 outcomes

• Facilitation of artistic and community-led interventions in dialogue with oceanic futures

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Festival as Ecosystem

The festival unfolded as a living choreography of interdependent elements, structured into thematic pulses rather than linear events:

• Imagination (Seeds): Speculative and visionary spaces for workshops, foresight sessions, and collective dreaming to test regenerative futures.

• Kinship (Blooms): Embodied experiences deepening relationality with oceans, communities, and ecosystems through ritual, storytelling, and sensory practices.

• Action (Harvest): Collective outcomes including co-created micro-manifestos, living archives, and practical proposals for art-led policy interventions.

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Outcomes & Legacy

• Festival conceived as a regenerative cultural prototype, blending art, policy, and ecological practice

• Establishment of a living archive and long-term collaborations across disciplines

• Art as mediation between humans, ecosystems, and policy frameworks

• Foundation for future initiatives in oceanic governance and cultural transformation

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Full Program at TBA21

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