WEEK 3: From Plant to Monstrosity: The New Divine Monster

Presentation 3: From Plant to Monstrosity: The New Divine Monster 

• What is does divine mean in contemporary culture, discuss the unknown in relation to The New Weird 
• What is the relationship between the hybrid, divinity and the monster, discuss re-monstering practices 
• Why is the monster divine? What is divinity in contemporary culture? Why is it a part of non-anthropocentrism? 

In-class Exercise 3: 

New Found Beings 

 In-class writing and drawing using found, re-named objects 

• Participants will re-name and write an origin story for one object i.e. a tin can=nose, how does this new being exist/eat/sleep/move, what is its “function”?
• Each participant will draw their re-named objects, creating new hybrid-monsters 
• Jasmine will prompt/support participants during the writing/drawing exercise.

Breakout Groups 

Participants will share results/stories and discuss the characters in small breakout groups.