Conference Climate Mobility Justice. Narratives and Visual Politics of the Panicocene

Climate Mobility Justice. Narratives and Visual Politics of the Panicocene (International Conference)

June 3–5, 2026

JUNE 3, 2026

9:30 – 10:00 Opening Remarks & Welcome Address
Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45
Paola Parmiggiani, Elena Giacomelli, Pierluigi Musarò (University of Bologna)

10:00 – 11:30 Futures, Climate, Mobility, Justice: A Conversation Across Disciplines
Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45
Mimi Sheller (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), From Carbon Empire to Mobile Commoning
Andrew Baldwin (Durham University), Climate mobility and planetary conjunctural analysis: in search of a method for the Anthropocene
Alex de Sherbinin (Columbia University), Habitability & Climate Mobility Modeling
In dialogue with Sandro Mezzadra, Lorenzo Pezzani, Emanuele Leonardi (University of Bologna)

11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:00 Critical Reflections & Open Discussion
Discussants response followed by Q&A with the audience

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break 

14:30 – 17:30 Workshop: “Atlas of the New World”
Circolo Anarchico Berneri, Piazza di Porta Santo Stefano 1, Bologna
A workshop led by Giulia Piermartiri and Edoardo Delille, focused on rethinking photography as a tool to imagine the future. At its core is Atlas of the New World: a photographic journey into possible future scenarios of our planet, where photography moves beyond the present to make the climate crisis visible in the here and now. How do you represent what does not yet exist? And what role does imagination play in shaping what is to come? An invitation to use photography not only to document, but to open up new possibilities. (Registration required to secure a spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffsGVsjut_goSPr7_V165K8zLatiSMm-Sy_sv3AJS-j6vvjA/viewform?usp=header) 

14.30 - 17.30 Workshop: Colonial roots of botanical gardens
Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita
The workshop, organized by Mariia Moroz (visual arts student), explores the hidden stories of migration embedded in plants and will conclude with the creation of a zine. Which plants have been introduced to Bologna? What stories and contexts lie behind the familiar greenery of urban gardens? Together, we will look at botany as part of a colonial legacy. (Registration required to secure a spot: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/colonial-roots-of-botanical-gardens-tickets-1988543799033?aff=oddtdtcreator)

17:30 – 18:30 Guided Tour of Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita
Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita
Nicoletta Tranquillo

18:30 – 20:00 Art in the Age of PANICOCENE (artists in dialogue)
Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita
Andreco, Michele Lapini, MaliWeil, Giulia Piermartiri, and Edoardo Delille, in dialogue with Nicoletta Tranquillo
Translation provided

20:00 – 21:30 Liveset Nellospazioo
Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita
Massimiliano Nazzi (@nellospazioo) has worked with sound across a wide range of fields, from art installations to theatre, dance theatre, video, and the construction of sound machines. He was commissioned to compose the tracks featured in the podcast Panicocene, and from those pieces, reworked and expanded, the live project Nellospazioo was born, permeated by relentless repetitions and off-kilter loops, moving between ambient and techno, between cosmic orbits and underwater tunnels

21:30 – 23:00 Listening session MAI MAI MAI
Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita
MAI MAI MAI (in dialogue with Micol Meghnagi)
Mai Mai Mai’s listening session explores his artistic research and sonic imagination, moving through ambient, field recordings, dub, analog electronics, and downtempo. Archaic voices, ritual chants, and archival materials intertwine with contemporary rhythms, creating an immersive experience that brings back the ghosts of folklore and Mediterranean memory. In particular, the listening will focus on his latest work and recordings made between Bethlehem and Ramallah in 2024 during his artistic residency in the West Bank, in collaboration with Radio alHara and Wonder Cabinet

JUNE 4, 2026

10:00 - 10:30 Climate Ecologies: Responses to the Panicocene
Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45
Presentation of the Exhibition of Huddersfield University with Laura Mateescu (Huddersfield University)

10:30 – 13:00 In Conversation: Future, Climate, Mobility, Justice
Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45
Roundtable discussion inspired by the book Climate Mobility Justice. Narratives and Visual Politics of the Panicocene (Elena Giacomelli and Pierluigi Musarò) with Mimi Sheller, Andrew Baldwin, Alex de Sherbinin, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers and open public

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch 

17.00 - 19.00 “The Borders of Responsibility: Migration Control in the Mediterranean Sea” (book launch)
Santa Cristina, Aula C, piazzetta G. Morandi, 2, Bologna
Kiri Olivia Santer (University of Bern), in dialogue with Martina Tazzioli (University of Bologna). Chair: Lorenzo Pezzani (University of Bologna) 
Event organised with LIMINAL

JUNE 5, 2026

16:00 - 18:30 - Elements Of(f) Balance
Cinema Lumière, sala Mastroianni, Bologna 
Pierluigi Musarò and Elena Giacomelli, authors of the book Climate Mobility Justice. Narratives and Visual Politics of the Panicocene, in dialogue with Andrea Grieco, Francesca Gabbriellini e Caterina Orsenigo 
In collaboration with Biografilm