19-21 August — The Sustainability Centre, nr Petersfield, Hampshire — www.uncivilisation.co.uk
How do you describe a festival whose contributors range from a poet wielding a
scythe, to a former banker who wants to organise a mortgage strike, to
an ex-Wikileaks hacker who’s been rigging up improvised internet
services in Afghanistan?
How do you describe a festival whose contributors range from a poet wielding a
scythe, to a former banker who wants to organise a mortgage strike, to
an ex-Wikileaks hacker who’s been rigging up improvised internet
services in Afghanistan?
Add in lessons in foraging and brewing, midnight theatre in the woods, a
celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Luddites, sessions on the
future of the university and the publishing industry — not to mention
music from Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Chris T-T and Marmaduke Dando — and
the result is Uncivilisation 2011, the second Dark Mountain festival.
In the two years since its manifesto first emerged, the Dark Mountain
Project has become a convergence point for writers and makers,
technologists and permaculturists, philosophers, improvisers and
engineers — in fact, people of all kinds, coming together to talk about
the sense that our way of living is unravelling, and to figure out what
still works and what still offers meaning in a time of converging
social, economic and ecological crises.
Uncivilisation is a weekend of stories and ideas, performances and encounters. It
offers a time to slow down, to share our uncertainties and fears, and to
have conversations we might not find room for anywhere else. There’s a
chance to learn about projects for cultural and practical resilience, to
meet potential collaborators and try your hand at new skills. There’s
also a lot of laughter and playfulness, and a sense of finding hope in
the dark.
Guests at this year’s festival include Jay Griffiths (‘Wild’), Melanie Challenger
(‘On Extinction’), Smari McCarthy (ex-Wikileaks), Ella Saitta
(Dymaxion.org), Warren Draper, Rachel Horne, Dearbhaile Bailey, Simon
Fairlie (‘The Land’ magazine), Maddy Harland (‘Permaculture’ magazine),
Vinay Gupta (The Hexayurt Project), Fergus ‘The Forager’ Drennan, Tom
Hirons, Rima Staines, Mario Petrucci, Adrienne Odasso, Alex Fradera,
John Mitchinson (QI/Unbound), Andy Hamilton, Anton Shelupanov, Nick
Hunt, Sharon Blackie (Two Ravens Press), Susan Richardson and many
others.
Uncivilisation 2011 takes place 19-21 August at the Sustainability Centre, nr Petersfield, Hampshire.
Tickets are on sale now through the festival website — www.uncivilisation.co.uk
