The Witness
THE WITNESS
Can conscious listening spark radical change?
The Witness is a postactivist opera weaving together the Earth's changing messages and the voices of indigenous wisdom holders. This cooperative practice gathers a network of communities closely following the manifestations of the planetary paradigm shift perceptible in the territory they inhabit. Community members, researchers and artists from all regions of the world develop field projects that explore, document, and share local eco-social relationships and stories.
Each year, a six-month edition spanning from the March equinox to the September equinox, involving the sharing of research fragments, monthly translocal conversations and Openlabs, highlights new projects joining The Witness.
Since 2018, The Witness has grown as research groups from different parts of the world working at the intersection of art, research and community engagement have joined and collaborations have developed between participants. Seven years later, The Witness works with a network of 125 artists, researchers and activists from 20 communities in 16 countries.
