Learn about the architectural power dynamics of the zoo through a lecture by the political theorist Lars Tønder and experience the Danish premiere of Patrick Goddard's Animal Antics, a surreal and black-comic critique of the anthropomorphic logic that shapes our present relationship with the natural world beyond humans.
Introductory lecture with Lars Tønder, Political theorist
Animal Antics / Patrick Goddard / 2021 / United King- dom / English / 38’
Anima Urbis:
This film program explores how human-animal rela- tions can breathe new life into the analysis of the city, encompassing a range of themes including home- lessness, zoos, colonialism, sanitation, nationalism, racial identity formation, and urban human-wildlife interactions.
(DA) Dette filmprogram undersøger, hvordan mennesker og dyrs relationer kan skabe en anderledes tilgang til vores forståelse af byen på tværs af et
meget bredt spektrum af temaer såsom hjemløshed, zoologiske haver, kolonialisme, hygiejne, nationalisme, racemæssig identitetsdannelse og interaktion mellem mennesker og dyr i byen.