Facilitated by artist Adriana Gallo, this study group will focus on an expansive definition of metabolism as a concept by which to reconcile vast and microscopic systems to cultivate a critical solidarity with the world around us. The group will discuss processes of metabolism — from digestion to decomposition to regeneration. The structure of the study group will be collective study: combining reading, screening, writing, cooking, and discussion. In each session, participants will encounter and interpret materials (texts, artworks, recipes, films) through the lens of metabolics, guided by Adriana. This study group is for anyone with an established or newfound interest in theories and practices that deal with ecology and labor. The goal is to model a collective method of study without excessive technical or academic prerequisites. There will be minimal to no required work outside of the individual sessions to allow study to play out collectively. Metabolism is the way by which humans interpret and represent systems of relations, exchanges, and any thing produced by those systems. Metabolism refers to not only biological energy systems, but also the flows of energy and resources of bodies, landscapes, and ecologies of all scales. A metabolic understanding of the world is a sublime one and can comfort as it destabilizes our constructed identities as discrete individuals.By recognizing the sublime in the supermarket or the kitchen, we can begin to understand ourselves as both metabolic systems and units in other metabolic flows. Through this understanding, we might then generate a kind of metabolic solidarity with the world around us.

Adriana Gallo

Adriana Gallo (b. 1993 Milan, Italy) is an artist, theorist, and culinary practitioner based in New York. Her practice deals with ecologies of labor, metabolic sublimes, dialectics of conviviality, and speculative production through installation, sculpture, text, workshops, lectures, and meals. Gallo holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MA in Art & Ecology from Goldsmiths, University of London.

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