The Artist Chantal Meza and the Political Philosopher Brad Evans discuss their SoD Project. They talk about the Artworks, their understanding of Art, the Politics and Abstraction. This Project is part of the Histories of Violence. You can find more information in the links below. Histories of Violence https://www.historiesofviolence.com/ State of Disappearance https://www.chantal-meza.com/stateofdisappearance Chantal Meza https://www.chantal-meza.com/ Brad Evans https://www.brad-evans.co.uk/

The “State of Disappearance” series asks urgent questions about extreme violence, the ‎normalization of human vanishing, state and ideological complicity, and memorialization, ‎along with wider concerns about what it means to be human in the twenty-first century. ‎ In this event, Brad Evans and Chantal Meza will be joined by renowned critical race theorist ‎David Theo Goldberg. Addressing the relationship between disappearance and racialised ‎bodies, the conversation will attend to the history of racial persecution, the vanishing of bodies ‎from sites of meaning, memory and justice, along with the ways the violence of disappearance ‎is marking the present. As disappearance sets apart those who should be looked upon with ‎dignity from those whom society deems to be disposable, the question of absence is rethought. This conversation is part of the ongoing State of Disappearance project: ‎https://www.historiesofviolence.com/stateofdisappearance David Theo Goldberg is the former director of the University of California Humanities Research Institute ‎and a distinguished professor of comparative literature, anthropology, and criminology, law ‎and society at UC Irvine. Goldberg’s work ranges over issues of social, political and critical ‎theory, race and racism, the future of the university and digital technology. He has written ‎extensively on race and racism. His books include Are We All Postracial Yet? (2015), Dread: ‎Facing Futureless Futures (2021), and The War on Critical Race Theory (2023). ‎ Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist, and writer whose work focuses on the ‎problem of violence. He is the author of twenty books and edited volumes, along with over a ‎hundred and fifty academic and international media articles. He is the founding director of the ‎Centre for the Study of Violence and holds a Chair in Political Violence & Aesthetics at the ‎University of Bath. Website: https://www.brad-evans.co.uk Chantal Meza is a self-taught abstract painter living and working in the United Kingdom. Her ‎works have been exhibited in more than 30 group and individual exhibitions in prominent ‎museums and galleries in Mexico, Paraguay, and the United Kingdom. Website: https://www.chantal-meza.com ‎

The “State of Disappearance” series will ask urgent questions about extreme violence, the ‎normalization of human vanishing, state and ideological complicity, and memorialization, ‎along with wider concerns about what it means to be human in the twenty-first century. ‎Political philosopher Brad Evans and abstract painter Chantal Meza will be joined by a ‎series of guests to explore the states of disappearance into which life is continually thrown. What does it mean to resist oblivion? Can this be explained through attending to the ‎intensive interplays between appearance and the vanishing of life? In this conversation with ‎Gil Anidjar, we will interrogate the drama of the political as it relates to rituals of ‎disappearance. The talk will address the politics of stasis and the links between sovereignty, ‎the logics of forgetting and repression. It will then move onto rethinking the art of ‎disappearance through an excavation of the word where the disappearance opens up a space ‎to transform into d-ance. The art of dance thus returns here, reminding us of the way that it, ‎too, disappears from politics and the choreographed movements of the body politic. Can the ‎political dance, or can we dance politics? Can we re-imagine the pure movements of dance ‎just as we learn to detect traces on a canvas of life?‎ This conversation is part of the ongoing State of Disappearance project: ‎https://www.historiesofviolence.com/stateofdisappearance ‎ Gil Anidjar is professor of religion, comparative literature, and Middle Eastern, South ‎Asian, and African studies at Columbia University. His research interests include Political ‎Theology, Race and Religion, and Continental Philosophy. Academic Homepage: https://religion.columbia.edu/content/gil-anidjar ‎ Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist, and writer whose work focuses on the ‎problem of violence. He is the author of twenty books and edited volumes, along with over a ‎hundred and fifty academic and international media articles. He is the founding director of ‎the Centre for the Study of Violence and holds a Chair in Political Violence & Aesthetics at ‎the University of Bath. Website: https://www.brad-evans.co.uk Chantal Meza is a self-taught abstract painter living and working in the United Kingdom. ‎Her works have been exhibited in more than 30 group and individual exhibitions in ‎prominent museums and galleries in Mexico, Paraguay, and the United Kingdom. Website: https://www.chantal-meza.com ‎

Victims of non-state and terrorist violence still receive too little attention, with other people’s voices and experiences frequently obscuring them. Literal disappearance – all too often a tragedy inflicted on victims of such violence – can therefore be compounded by victims’ disappearance also from memory, debate and discussion.Through consideration of many different cases and aspects of the subject, this conversation between Professor Brad Evans & Professor Richard English who is Director of the George Mitchell Institute at Queens University in belfast, provided an opportunity for important reflection and wide-ranging dialogue.

Professor Lucy Easthope is the country's leading authority on recovering from disaster and the Sunday Times bestselling author of When The Dust Settles.For over two decades Lucy Easthope has challenged others to think differently about what comes next, after tragic events. She is a passionate and thought-provoking voice in an area that few know about: emergency planning. She is known globally for her work and holds research positions in the UK and New Zealand. Much of Lucy Easthope’s work in disaster has presented scenarios where bodies or remains are not recovered. In this talk hosted by Professor Brad Evans, she discusses the specific challenges that this poses for families, responders and communities.

At CentreSpace Gallery, Bristol. United Kingdom. On her Solo Show State of Disappearance, the Artist Chantal Meza chats about her collaborative event D__ance for the Disappeared that took place in Heidelberg, Germany at the Karlstorbahnhof in June, 2023. To know more about the Event please visit: https://www.chantal-meza.com/danceforthedisappeared

The Story of the Disappeared | Professor Brad Evans & Chantal Meza. Tuesday 17th October, Queen Square, Bath. A discussion between Professor Brad Evans, and Mexican abstract painter Chantal Meza, takes the notion of the ‘disappeared’ and engages the audience in an open conversation on what might by many be considered one of the more pernicious forms of violence. Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist, and writer who specialises in the problem of violence. He is author of over twenty books and edited volumes, including most recently Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of Humanity (Columbia University Press, 2020). Forthcoming books include State of Disappearance (with Chantal Meza, McGill Queens University Press: 2023) and How Black Was My Valley (Repeater/Penguin Random House: 2024). Chantal Meza is a self-taught abstract painter living and working in the United Kingdom. Her work has featured in exhibitions, auctions and biennials in prominent museums and galleries in Mexico, Paraguay and the United Kingdom. Recently, her solo show State of Disappearance has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

En este episodio de la @tertuliadelmartes2551 , María Victoria Cristancho conversa con Chantal Meza es una pintora abstracta autodidacta que vive y trabaja en el Reino Unido. Aquí conoceremos más sobre sus inicios en la pintura, su entorno familiar y profesional. Recuerda sintonizar este programa este martes 07 de noviembre de 2023 a la 1:30pm hora del Reino Unido a través de nuestro canal de @Youtube y por la señal de @ExpressNewsTVUK. #latertulia #entrevista #MariaVictoriaCristancho #personalidades #mundo #entretenimiento #Arte #Lectura #Escritura #Talento #Cine #locucion #voces #Televisión #Radio #Cultura #Escultura #cultura #cine #television #danza #escritura #informacion #modelaje #gastronomia #Latinoamerica #hispanidad #venezuela #migracion #ReinoUnido #uk

The “State of Disappearance” series asks urgent questions about extreme violence, the normalization of human vanishing, state and ideological complicity, and memorialization, along with wider concerns about what it means to be human in the twenty-first century. Political philosopher Brad Evans and abstract painter Chantal Meza are joined by a series of guests to explore the states of disappearance into which life is continually thrown. In this opening event of the series, renowned philosopher Bret W. Davis speaks on the relationship between art and the bodies that are forcibly disappeared. The conversation explores the philosophical question of nothingness, what memorialisation in the face of human absence looks like, and what role art can play in recovering the human. This conversation is part of the ongoing State of Disappearance project: https://www.historiesofviolence.com/stateofdisappearance Bret W. Davis is Professor and T. J. Higgins, S.J. Chair in Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland. His research focuses on East Asian philosophy and religion (especially Zen Buddhism), modern Japanese philosophy (especially the Kyoto School), Continental philosophy (especially Heidegger), cross-cultural philosophy, and comparative philosophy of religion. His latest book Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism was published by Oxford University Press. Academic Homepage: https://www.loyola.edu/academics/philosophy/faculty/davis Public Writing: https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/nothing-matters Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist, and writer whose work focuses on the problem of violence. He is the author of twenty books and edited volumes, along with over a hundred and fifty academic and international media articles. He is the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Violence and holds a Chair in Political Violence & Aesthetics at the University of Bath. Website: https://www.brad-evans.co.uk Chantal Meza is a self-taught abstract painter living and working in the United Kingdom. Her works have been exhibited in more than 30 group and individual exhibitions in prominent museums and galleries in Mexico, Paraguay, and the United Kingdom. Website: https://www.chantal-meza.com